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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 7: More Shipping Talk than Anime & TV GAF

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moyashimon

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Ventara said:
So I'm looking up gameplay and reviews of Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival since I bought it on sale, and I'm wondering now if I should return it. The game looks nice, and the few minigames it has seem alright, but other than that, the game looks absolutely boring. The inclusion of an Isabelle Amiibo is nice, since I've always wanted a little Isabelle figurine, but I don't know if the rest is worth keeping it for.
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I think if you have friends whom you know will play the game with you, you should keep it. Otherwise, think of it as you having bought the amiibos and some nice amiibo cards (Stitches!).

I thought about getting it myself (with the sale from Amazon) but I already bought this game once (at release) and returned it after watching gameplay vids... I don't think I should buy it again even if it's at that price.
 
TechJunk

TechJunk

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Microsoft Store Canada has a decent bundle on sale:

Xbox One Spring Value Bundle

1 TB Xbox One with new 3.5mm controller
Halo 5
Gears of War Ultimate
Ori and the Blind Forest
Rare Replay
+
1 of either Watch Dogs or Just Dance 2016/Disney
+
1 of either COD Blops3, Forza Horizon 2 or some other game

Comes to about $475 with taxes... is that not a decent deal?
They also confirmed 30 day return policy, so if something gets announced at e3 that's much better, you CAN return.

Ends tomorrow, I'm seriously on the fence.
 
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knacklover

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Ventara said:
Damn. I bought this for $20 a few months back and haven't even opened it yet. Great price, though! Might pick up another copy just because.
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The amount of 3ds games that I have not opened yet...

I have been playing Xenoblades Choronicles 3D for like the past 2 months on my 3ds...
 
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catpurrcat

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TechJunk said:
Microsoft Store Canada has a decent bundle on sale:

Xbox One Spring Value Bundle

1 TB Xbox One with new 3.5mm controller
Halo 5
Gears of War Ultimate
Ori and the Blind Forest
Rare Replay
+
1 of either Watch Dogs or Just Dance 2016/Disney
+
1 of either COD Blops3, Forza Horizon 2 or some other game

Comes to about $475 with taxes... is that not a decent deal?
They also confirmed 30 day return policy, so if something gets announced at e3 that's much better, you CAN return.

Ends tomorrow, I'm seriously on the fence.
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Unbelievable. 4 of those games have a permanent spot in my collection.
 
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antibolo

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Hi there guys, haven't been on GAF in almost a year.

I'm in a bit of a pickle, I have an extra VIP ticket for the Hatsune Miku concert in Toronto tomorrow that I really need to unload, and I'm really not in the mood for playing scalper in front of the venue.

So yeah, PM me if interested. Current asking price would be $150 but I'm willing to bargain. The ticket will be transferred via ticketmaster.ca, have an account ready.

EDIT: Sold!
 
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krae_man

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antibolo said:
Hi there guys, haven't been on GAF in almost a year.

I'm in a bit of a pickle, I have an extra VIP ticket for the Hatsune Miku concert in Toronto tomorrow that I really need to unload, and I'm really not in the mood for playing scalper in front of the venue.

So yeah, PM me if interested. Current asking price would be $150 but I'm willing to bargain. If you buy before 6pm EDT today I can transfer the ticket via ticketmaster.ca, or else we'll meet up there in person.
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This thread would be a better place to post that.
 
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ReddishGUI

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antibolo said:
Hi there guys, haven't been on GAF in almost a year.

I'm in a bit of a pickle, I have an extra VIP ticket for the Hatsune Miku concert in Toronto tomorrow that I really need to unload, and I'm really not in the mood for playing scalper in front of the venue.

So yeah, PM me if interested. Current asking price would be $150 but I'm willing to bargain. If you buy before 6pm EDT today I can transfer the ticket via ticketmaster.ca, or else we'll meet up there in person.
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I could meet Miku in person?
 
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terrible

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Lone_Prodigy said:
DEAL

40% off select game guides at Indigo. Includes the following games:

Quantum Break
Zelda TP HD
Deus Ex Mankind
Uncharted 4
Gears of War 4
Star Fox Zero
Doom
Dark Souls III

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/sale/deals-of-the-week/books/game-guides/
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The Dark Souls III guide is the same price on Amazon.ca right now too. It's the only one I checked.. might be the same with the others.

univbee said:
Yeah, it's $59.99 on the US store so this is likely a pricing error.
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$79.99 on Amazon so it's pretty much guaranteed to be an error. Jump on it if you want to go digital. Even the 30% off E3 deals if they happen will probably cost more because of tax.
 
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Lone_Prodigy

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Past said:
Did this game flopped? Nintendo games typically never drop in price.
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It was $13 last May (two months after release). So yeah, it flopped.

Still salty I wasn't able to get a MM pin for pre-ordering this (apparently they don't hold such items). And they lost my pre-order deposit too.
 
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Gravidee

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DeathByBacklog

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schlew said:
Just a heads up, the Scotia Bank Theatre in Toronto has tickets available for the Overwatch Launch Celebration (showing off OW animated shorts, a mini-doc of Blizzard discussing the game's lore, and some OW "swag"). It read as Sold Out for days now (I watched for Canadian dates, and when I finally saw some, this one was sold out), so I'm happy to see I can go now.
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I'd totally be down for a full length animated feature. Art style is awesome. And if those shorts are any indication, it'd translate very well to the big screen.
 
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23qwerty

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oh yeah people talking about vanilla and cherry coke 500ml's being too expensive a while ago, wholesale club sells them for like $1.33 each or something I think. idk if that's their normal price or was a sale.
 
LordAmused

LordAmused

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Just got my pc back after 8 days in repair. I've blown my second GTX 970 Asus Strix in 2 months. Now my local shop has replaced it with a Mini-ATX Gigabyte 970, which definitely isn't up there in my standards.

Apparently, the GTX 1080 releases tomorrow? Is it available for preorder yet?
I don't want to even ask for the MSRP.
 
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terrible

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LordAmused said:
Just got my pc back after 8 days in repair. I've blown my second GTX 970 Asus Strix in 2 months. Now my local shop has replaced it with a Mini-ATX Gigabyte 970, which definitely isn't up there in my standards.

Apparently, the GTX 1080 releases tomorrow? Is it available for preorder yet?
I don't want to even ask for the MSRP.
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I've heard $1000. Zero interest on my end at that price.
 
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23qwerty

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$1000? Isn't it supposed to be $600 USD?

Would expect it to be $800 or $850 in that case.

Of course that's just wishful thinking I'm sure.
 
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DOATag

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23qwerty said:
$1000? Isn't it supposed to be $600 USD?

Would expect it to be $800 or $850 in that case.

Of course that's just wishful thinking I'm sure.
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Every model at launch right now is a founders edition which is 700US, converted to Canadian and it kinda makes sense
 
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terrible

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$999 is the rumoured pre-order price from Canada Computers. I haven't called them to ask myself so I have no confirmation on that at all. With how poorly things are priced here I tend to just blindly believe it though.
 
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User 479360

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Got an email via Kijiji, from someone who's looking to buy the copy of Star Fox Zero I picked up and wasn't a big fan of. "I'll take it for $40 cash," he says. (What else would he pay me in?)

I said, "Nope," and replied with $55. I'd been asking $60. He told me to keep it, so I said okay and laughed about how he won't find a cheaper copy for quite some time. He thinks it's going to drop in price crazily because it's a Wii U game and I'll be lucky to get $25 for it soon.

Okay...
 
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Vamphuntr

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LordAmused said:
Just got my pc back after 8 days in repair. I've blown my second GTX 970 Asus Strix in 2 months. Now my local shop has replaced it with a Mini-ATX Gigabyte 970, which definitely isn't up there in my standards.

Apparently, the GTX 1080 releases tomorrow? Is it available for preorder yet?
I don't want to even ask for the MSRP.
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How did you blow it? I've had mine for close to 2 years now (970 Strix). Only issue I had was a wire that would go close to the fan and make an awful sound so I pulled it away.
 
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Firestorm

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Feeling a lot better about picking up a used 970 Twin Frozr for $300 last month though I'm not sure why I keep getting this weird graphical glitch while scrolling on browsers :(
 
LordAmused

LordAmused

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Vamphuntr said:
How did you blow it? I've had mine for close to 2 years now (970 Strix). Only issue I had was a wire that would go close to the fan and make an awful sound so I pulled it away.
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They ran every test they could at my local shop: I am actually the only client who blew up his GTX 970. And TWICE! The first one gave up after 16 months, it would downclock to half speed under load. They changed it under Asus Warranty and gave me a new one, which blew up exactly one month later, that's a week ago from now.

They haven't found anything, PSU and MOBO were rock solid but they still swapped my Asus B85 for a Z97-E for 70$. The only thing left in their minds is that I must have overclocked it, but I don't mess with any of this. I'm clueless but also a bit unlucky I believe. Let's just say I'm done with GTX970's, so if anybody wants a mini-atx GTX970 brand new from Gigabyte, send a PM!

Thanks for all your answers, 1000$ is certainly a lot of money in this economy...
 
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killroy87

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OCDChewie said:
Got an email via Kijiji, from someone who's looking to buy the copy of Star Fox Zero I picked up and wasn't a big fan of. "I'll take it for $40 cash," he says. (What else would he pay me in?)

I said, "Nope," and replied with $55. I'd been asking $60. He told me to keep it, so I said okay and laughed about how he won't find a cheaper copy for quite some time. He thinks it's going to drop in price crazily because it's a Wii U game and I'll be lucky to get $25 for it soon.

Okay...
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While you can probably still unload it for $50+ if you find someone willing, the guy isn't too far off. I bet that game starts popping up for sale en mass in the coming weeks, whether because of quality or short length.
 
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terrible

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killroy87 said:
While you can probably still unload it for $50+ if you find someone willing, the guy isn't too far off. I bet that game starts popping up for sale en mass in the coming weeks, whether because of quality or short length.
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Don't Nintendo games tend to hold their value really well?
 
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