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Amazon price matched EB/BB for Destiny at 9.99 for PS4/XBOne

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00BGA9Y3W/

Just gonna repeat what was mentioned a page or two back. At 9.99 it's worth checking out Destiny, however if you want the full package you can wait until the Taken King Legendary Edition comes out in September.
 
Any deals on Xbox Live? I only really need a months worth, but figured i might as well grab 12 months if there are any deals floating around
 
FrsDvl said:
I don't have a Costco membership, is one required?
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Not for online purchases, though the online pricing is usually more than in-store to compensate for that and shipping.

That code is just e-mailed, though, and I don't think it's any cheaper in the warehouse either.
 
It's official, I had to cancel my $48 MGS pre-order from BB because they wouldn't change my shipping info. They wouldn't even cancel the order and re-order it for me for the same price.

I don't know how anyone ever got their address changed. Two emails, three calls. It's not worth the effort anymore.
 
terrible said:
It's official, I had to cancel my $48 MGS pre-order from BB because they wouldn't change my shipping info. They wouldn't even cancel the order and re-order it for me for the same price.

I don't know how anyone ever got their address changed. Two emails, three calls. It's not worth the effort anymore.
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I wonder if this is a policy change. I've had my address changed on Future Shop orders in the past (maybe also BB ones too) but it's been a while since I've called in to do something like that. Which is not good as I think I have some outstanding FS/BB orders that need changing still. I guess we'll see.
 
terrible said:
It's official, I had to cancel my $48 MGS pre-order from BB because they wouldn't change my shipping info. They wouldn't even cancel the order and re-order it for me for the same price.

I don't know how anyone ever got their address changed. Two emails, three calls. It's not worth the effort anymore.
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Going to be a nightmare changing my FS preorders since I'm moving soon.
 
In the market to get a new Iphone (my 4 just broke today; cracked screen among other issues). Will the Iphone 6 drop in price next month when they announce the new model? Or will it take some time?
 
terrible said:
It's official, I had to cancel my $48 MGS pre-order from BB because they wouldn't change my shipping info. They wouldn't even cancel the order and re-order it for me for the same price.

I don't know how anyone ever got their address changed. Two emails, three calls. It's not worth the effort anymore.
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Whaat? I had few orders and moved in the meantime. Yes they cancelled the orders but adjusted the new one with same price. Push harder!
 
fooish101 said:
Is it worth picking destiny up for 10 bucks or will it be pretty worthless without the previous and upcoming expansions?
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Yeah don't buy it unless all you want to do is experience Dinklage before he is wiped out from the game.

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Also, did Amazon or Best Buy ever put up Persona 5 for pre-order? I can't remember if I have it pre-ordered, but it's not listed on either site now...
 
fooish101 said:
Is it worth picking destiny up for 10 bucks or will it be pretty worthless without the previous and upcoming expansions?
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At $10, I can't call it worthless because the game still has a ton of content and vanilla Destiny still receives some fundamental changes coming with the TTK update for free (including a revamped levelling system and reorganized mission structure).

However, as someone who's recently tried getting back into Destiny after putting it down a year ago, you do reach a bit of a wall where by the nature of the game being social and catering to higher level/dedicated players who have the expansions, you just can't do the things everyone else is doing (like Raids) as easily, and are locked out of some things that were available to everyone at launch (i.e. Weeklies, Nightfalls) because they now require expansions. This is endgame content after you've put like tens of hours into the game, though.
 
enzo_gt said:
At $10, I can't call it worthless because the game still has a ton of content and vanilla Destiny still receives some fundamental changes coming with the TTK update for free (including a revamped levelling system and reorganized mission structure).

However, as someone who's recently tried getting back into Destiny after putting it down a year ago, you do reach a bit of a wall where by the nature of the game being social and catering to higher level/dedicated players who have the expansions, you just can't do the things everyone else is doing (like Raids) as easily, and are locked out of some things that were available to everyone at launch (i.e. Weeklies, Nightfalls) because they now require expansions).
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The thing is, as a single player game it's boring, and if you are serious about playing the game, you're going to want to buy all the expansions anyway. You can't even buy TTK digitally without owning the previous DLCs, although I assume they'll change that at some point.
 
firehawk12 said:
Yeah don't buy it unless all you want to do is experience Dinklage before he is wiped out from the game.

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Also, did Amazon or Best Buy ever put up Persona 5 for pre-order? I can't remember if I have it pre-ordered, but it's not listed on either site now...
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Best Buy had it up during E3 2013 for PS3, but then took it down sometime between then and E3 2015. I don't think it's even been on Amazon.ca.
 
chrominance said:
Best Buy had it up during E3 2013 for PS3, but then took it down sometime between then and E3 2015. I don't think it's even been on Amazon.ca.
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Yeah, I have the PS3 preorder... but obviously I'd rather have it on PS4. Oh well, I guess I'll have to buy an 80 dollar game this year. :(

(Knowing Atlus, they'll somehow charge 100 for it).
 
firehawk12 said:
The thing is, as a single player game it's boring, and if you are serious about playing the game, you're going to want to buy all the expansions anyway. You can't even buy TTK digitally without owning the previous DLCs, although I assume they'll change that at some point.
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I agree, especially considering IMO the game gets much better after you go through the story stuff once and then it starts cranking the difficulty up in different ways (and presumably with expansions).

I guess the dilemma here is whether to try it with the $10 version and then bite the bullet with expansions later if everything checks out, or just pick up the TTK LE. I would still recommend people check out the demo/F2P version to gauge whether they like the mechanics or not, because their progress from that will carry over if they do end up purchasing something. If you're worried about endgame this early, there should be no question and people should go for the TTK LE.

I'm refreshing RFD daily looking for deals on the TTK LE but I think I'm SOL :(
 
Thanks for the opinions guys. Honestly I got a big enough backlog I'll probably pass on it, maybe I'll pick up the complete collection when it goes on sale if there is still a solid player base.
 
I have about $330 in trade credit towards eb games if I decide to trade in stuff I don't use or play anymore and use my Onyx bonus credit. Waiting for any Xbox One bundle to go to $350 again. Hopefully the fully matte one like the FIFA or Gears bundle.
 
Prolly been posted but Pokemon ORAS Is ringing out at 29.99 at walmart even if the sticker says 44.99, not a huge deal but this is a Nintendo game so probably won't get better than this.
 
enzo_gt said:
I agree, especially considering IMO the game gets much better after you go through the story stuff once and then it starts cranking the difficulty up in different ways (and presumably with expansions).

I guess the dilemma here is whether to try it with the $10 version and then bite the bullet with expansions later if everything checks out, or just pick up the TTK LE. I would still recommend people check out the demo/F2P version to gauge whether they like the mechanics or not, because their progress from that will carry over if they do end up purchasing something. If you're worried about endgame this early, there should be no question and people should go for the TTK LE.

I'm refreshing RFD daily looking for deals on the TTK LE but I think I'm SOL :(
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Probably the only deal would have been during E3.

You can probably get something out of base Destiny, but I don't know if there's anyone doing any of the old content now - particularly VoG. You also can't do the hardest level strikes, which might make the playlist hard to find players these days (although I don't know anyone who does strikes anymore anyway...)
 
Has anyone seen any good deals for Pokemon Y? Apart from Emerald and FireRed/LeafGreen (which I'll have to try to find on Kijiji or eBay) it's the only games in the series I'm missing.
 
Cloud Strife said:
In the market to get a new Iphone (my 4 just broke today; cracked screen among other issues). Will the Iphone 6 drop in price next month when they announce the new model? Or will it take some time?
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Won't drop in price, but telecom companies will increase the amount they subsidize (ie. $0 on 2 year term or whatever but you're still "paying" for the rest of it through the term with how awful plans are priced). So if you're one for contracts, do it. If you're not, buy a OnePlus One or something and save on not having to get a stupidly priced plan (I'm assuming you'd want to keep your old plan at whatever price you're currently paying)
 
reSpec Gaming said:
Won't drop in price, but telecom companies will increase the amount they subsidize (ie. $0 on 2 year term or whatever but you're still "paying" for the rest of it through the term with how awful plans are priced). So if you're one for contracts, do it. If you're not, buy a OnePlus One or something and save on not having to get a stupidly priced plan (I'm assuming you'd want to keep your old plan at whatever price you're currently paying)
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That's not true. It should totally drop in price when the new phone is released. The challenge is determining exactly whether their cheaper phone will actually be the 6 that we know right now (plus, the question of a price drop is a bit muddier, due to our crappy exchange rate).

The iPhone 5S launched in Canada for $729. It's now selling for $719, but the 5S price actually dropped $80 when the 6 was released (http://mobilesyrup.com/2014/09/09/iphone-5s-and-iphone-5c-prices-drop-after-new-phone-launch/). At some point in the last year, Apple tweaked prices for exchange rates (the iPhone 6 launched at $749 and is now $839). There's no guarantee they won't adjust them further.

Another question is, will the 6 be modified in any way (is there an 8GB version on the way, for example)? Will there be some sort of 6"C" iPhone instead of a continued offering of the 6?
 
Finally bit the bullet and called up Best Buy last night to change the payment info on the 2013 Future Shop pre-orders I have for MGS5 and Star Wars Battlefront.

Totally painless, took five minutes on the phone. Was expecting it to be way worse

Looking forward to getting both for $40 :)
 
Dazzler said:
Finally bit the bullet and called up Best Buy last night to change the payment info on the 2013 Future Shop pre-orders I have for MGS5 and Star Wars Battlefront.

Totally painless, took five minutes on the phone. Was expecting it to be way worse

Looking forward to getting both for $40 :)
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When it comes to any business I find that when it has to do with payments, there quick to process your order. They don't want any problems receiving their money. ;p
 
10k said:
When it comes to any business I find that when it has to do with payments, there quick to process your order. They don't want any problems receiving their money. ;p
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If they're happy to lose money fulfilling old E3 pre-orders then I'm happy to do my part :)
 
I just noticed that Amazon.com has two separate SKUs for Fire Emblem Fates listed now. Does anyone know what happened to people's pre-orders of the single SKU? Kind of concerned about how Amazon.ca is going to handle it...
 
reSpec Gaming said:
Won't drop in price, but telecom companies will increase the amount they subsidize (ie. $0 on 2 year term or whatever but you're still "paying" for the rest of it through the term with how awful plans are priced). So if you're one for contracts, do it. If you're not, buy a OnePlus One or something and save on not having to get a stupidly priced plan (I'm assuming you'd want to keep your old plan at whatever price you're currently paying)
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SickBoy said:
That's not true. It should totally drop in price when the new phone is released. The challenge is determining exactly whether their cheaper phone will actually be the 6 that we know right now (plus, the question of a price drop is a bit muddier, due to our crappy exchange rate).

The iPhone 5S launched in Canada for $729. It's now selling for $719, but the 5S price actually dropped $80 when the 6 was released (http://mobilesyrup.com/2014/09/09/iphone-5s-and-iphone-5c-prices-drop-after-new-phone-launch/). At some point in the last year, Apple tweaked prices for exchange rates (the iPhone 6 launched at $749 and is now $839). There's no guarantee they won't adjust them further.

Another question is, will the 6 be modified in any way (is there an 8GB version on the way, for example)? Will there be some sort of 6"C" iPhone instead of a continued offering of the 6?
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Thanks, guess I'll wait and see!
 
zroid said:
I just noticed that Amazon.com has two separate SKUs for Fire Emblem Fates listed now. Does anyone know what happened to people's pre-orders of the single SKU? Kind of concerned about how Amazon.ca is going to handle it...
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Please don't default to the easy mode one. D:
 
zroid said:
I just noticed that Amazon.com has two separate SKUs for Fire Emblem Fates listed now. Does anyone know what happened to people's pre-orders of the single SKU? Kind of concerned about how Amazon.ca is going to handle it...
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I really hope they ask us what we want to do and I hope an option to take both versions at the 30% off is an option.
 
MarkusRJR said:
Has anyone seen any good deals for Pokemon Y? Apart from Emerald and FireRed/LeafGreen (which I'll have to try to find on Kijiji or eBay) it's the only games in the series I'm missing.
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I pm'd at Walmart for 29.99 the other week when it was onsale at Shoppers.
 
zroid said:
I just noticed that Amazon.com has two separate SKUs for Fire Emblem Fates listed now. Does anyone know what happened to people's pre-orders of the single SKU? Kind of concerned about how Amazon.ca is going to handle it...
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Simple: everyone gets Nohr
 
I decided to check my Future shop order for The Division...old CC, old address.

I phone Best Buy and they updated my CC, but they couldn't do my address as another part of the order had shipped. Crazy system. So they told me to open a best buy order and they'd apply the same price to it that I had on my old FS order.

So I did.

After calling back again they put a $40 discount on the order to bring me down to the 39.99 price I had with Future Shop...but of course the $40 discount is on the after tax price?? She said I'd be paying $49.59.

The extra $5 isn't a big deal and from the crapulence I've read here about trying to get orders changed I'll take this as a success. Still better than that $89.59.

Of course I look at the order now and it's still sitting at full price. Come on BB, don't make me call a third time.
 
Palehorse said:
Of course I look at the order now and it's still sitting at full price. Come on BB, don't make me call a third time.
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the site will probably never update the price. what they'll do is charge you the full price then days later later, refund the difference so you pay 49.59 in the end
 
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