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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 5: Much Ado Aboot Shipping
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
HMV sells vinyl now, so the idea is to try to chase the hipster music crowd I suppose.
Crazymoogle
Member
Still exists in some places. Montreal still has one downtown. But it's all music / tv / films / related weird items so games are still long gone.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I remember when they cleared out all their game stuff. There's something crazy when the margin on CDs is better than the margin on video games.
nobodyshero
Banned
They opened another one in Van on Robson months ago
wow, I had no idea
It was the most fun place I've ever worked
Exactly this for me. I'm glad it is delayed just for money's sake. I pre-ordered it the other day during Best Buy's 10% thing, but am definitely gonna re-pre-order if I can get a better discount during E3.
KnightHart
Member
Yep. There's 2 near the Eaton Center here in Toronto. One GIANT store that's like 4-5 floors, and a small one in the Eaton Center itself. The one big store has a floor just for vinyl for whatever reason.
Then there's another one in Yorkville but I don't think that one will be around much longer.
Those 3 are the only ones I know of though. Not even sure if the others are still around anymore.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The HMV at Yonge and Dundas downsized a while ago, didn't they?
Vinyl "sounds better" or something, and everyone is fine with supporting this model because the alternative is making nothing on Spotify. lol
There is a new, yet smaller HMV along Robson street that is situated between Bute & Thurlow St.
reSpec Gaming
Member
Nice welcome to the Alpha club
Man that guy arguing that you can build a better computer for half the price is an idiot, haha.
KnightHart
Member
The big one? I guess they did. Still looks the same to me. But the one inside the Eaton Center, I don't even know why that's still there.
I only started going there recently cause I found out they actually sell a good amount of anime DVD's/Blu-Rays
maybe that's a feature
That place was so neat. And so huge. I could spend an hour just browsing.
Black Republican
Member
theres some backwards compatible ps3s newegg canada is selling for 184.99 on ebay
User 479360
Banned
Now, when the prices are outrageous, EB Games is exclusively selling the Magma Red DualShock 4 I've wanted since launch. It's so tempting.
(Note: It's apparently more than a month away)
(Note: It's apparently more than a month away)
chrominance
Member
Yes, it did. Half of it is now a few different stores. There's a Five Guys and a Silver Snail in the part HMV used to have alongside its current store. Don't recall if they cut any floors from the current layout, they might not use the basement anymore?
It makes sense, practically no one buys music from big chains anymore. The people who care about buying music on physical formats (increasingly vinyl) go to independent stores. Play De Record's just down the street, for example. Everyone else just buys online, uses a streaming service, or torrents. HMV's basically Hot Topic at this point.
Usually means it got sorted incorrectly and they noticed it later and put it back to be re-sorted. You should be getting it tomorrow.
nice surprise, Toys r us decided to accept the order !
0.2 $ for the starter pack , 10 $ shipping
so I'm waiting for release
One of RFD's all-time greats, I think.
"I could build a better computer for half the price: Just use your old memory, buy a used graphics card, a Pentium processor, a case and a power supply.
TOTAL COST: $295."
"Wait. That's more than half the price already... and what about a motherboard, hard drive, input device and operating system?"
"Shut up. Be ignorant for all I care."
I was almost interested by his claims about the next line of Intel integrated graphics, but then came to my senses and realized I have to take anything this guy says with a grain of salt.
If I had the funds and a bit more time to play games (well, maybe the time would just be a nice-to-have), I'd seriously consider one of these systems.
It's becoming more and more compelling to me as a Windows PC option, because Microsoft keeps jacking up the price on the cool HP Stream Mini.
Likely delayed since the banks were closed three days.
nice surprise, Toys r us decided to accept the order !
0.2 $ for the starter pack , 10 $ shipping
so I'm waiting for release
That's good to hear!
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Did Victoria's Secret take all 3 floors of the old downtown HMV? Crazy if true.
Looks like Best Buy Canada Splatoon preorders are getting those wonderful Smash Bros costumes.
https://twitter.com/BBYC_GamersClub/status/600810720553500672
https://twitter.com/BBYC_GamersClub/status/600810720553500672
Is it only Best Buy getting them?
NamikazeBurst
Member
Sweet. Didn't even know if EB was going to get them, but Best Buy getting them is great for my E3 order from last year.
Well EB Games Canada tweeted getting the posters but haven't talked about the costumes. Gamestop said they'd be getting it so we assumed EB would too, but that turned out to be baloney.
It goes without saying, but pre-order exclusives are the worst, I don't want a poster.
Jesus Christ I wanted to play it today.
doctorcdcs
Member
I got my witcher 3 collectors edition from ebgames.ca today
...jesus the box is huge. I didn't think it was that big.
...jesus the box is huge. I didn't think it was that big.
I received The Witcher 3 fom shop.ca today and holy crap it came with so many freebies:
- Thank you sheet
- Set of stickers
- Map
- Slipcover for the case
- Compendium Booklet of the series
- Soundtrack CD
- 16 free dlcs
- Manual (!!)
Most games doesn't even come with a manual these days, so I was blown away with all the stuff I received just from the regular edition.
- Thank you sheet
- Set of stickers
- Map
- Slipcover for the case
- Compendium Booklet of the series
- Soundtrack CD
- 16 free dlcs
- Manual (!!)
Most games doesn't even come with a manual these days, so I was blown away with all the stuff I received just from the regular edition.
Damn, that's a lot of stuff. I kinda regret cancelling my E3 preorder.
*starts hunting for a first print regular edition*
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh god, somehow Futureshop or Canada Post fucked up my address and no one bothered to try to send the stupid extra copy of The Witcher I ordered. Blah.
MrBambinoDent
Member
This is my Bb E3 copy? Is yours the same?
Yep it is. Everything I listed were inside the case, apart from the manual which was in the slipcover since it didn't fit inside the case.
MrBambinoDent
Member
OK, I was surprised with the slip cover and all the extra content but I wasn't sure all stores had the same!
AzureSkies
Member
Go to a local bestbuy, chances are you'll be able to get it replaced if you bring evidence of your online order with you.