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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 7: More Shipping Talk than Anime & TV GAF
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Zombie James
Banned
Prices going up while quality goes down is bad.
If it weren't for fighting games I would have never re-subbed.
The Elite
BOSS
We've been getting by paying $38 USD for our PSN + for a while now. It sucks to see it change.
Hey, still no tax on the PSN store though. Hope that doesn't change any time soon.
Nuckerbockers
Member
To be a dissenting voice. Even with the price increase I still find PS plus to be worth the price of admission.
Yes, most of the free games end up being not to my taste. But even if there's 6 a year I get into it's worth it to me.
I've put 200+ hours into Rocket League. I've probably put 50 into NBA2K16. Not to mention numerous smaller indie titles that I completed and enjoyed that I probably never would have looked at other wise.
I understand why people would be/will be upset. But overall I still really enjoy the service.
Yes, most of the free games end up being not to my taste. But even if there's 6 a year I get into it's worth it to me.
I've put 200+ hours into Rocket League. I've probably put 50 into NBA2K16. Not to mention numerous smaller indie titles that I completed and enjoyed that I probably never would have looked at other wise.
I understand why people would be/will be upset. But overall I still really enjoy the service.
The hell you ordering at McDonalds that runs to $20 a person?
At least he screwed over the US too...
DeathByBacklog
Member
Ok. 1.75 trips to McDonalds.
Works fine for me.
But I don't eat at McDonald's.
I was about to reply with something snarky, calling this post out for providing zero justification (like Sony gave) for a price hike on a service that's historically functioned poorly and has been aggressively testing the lower limits of what people will tolerate in terms of the "free" games offered which are one of the biggest and unique benefits of the service..
..but now I'm concerned that anyone is spending $20 in one trip on food at McDonalds in 2016.
But yeah, not so bad. In fact, just to prepare myself for it all im gonna throw a 20 out of my car window on the high way to acclimate myself to all the added value I'm anticipating come September.
UberTag
Member
Clearly there's somebody new in power at Sony Canada that decided to gouge us given these latest price increases. I'm not impressed.
ReddishGUI
Member
And the same guy works for nintendo of canada too...
Quintin DM
Member
man that price increase is insane, guess I'll stock up on some PS Plus cards after work.
The scoundrel!
Can't be, Nintendo charges tax. He is the maddest of men.
TheGamingBox
Banned
its back up now for me, was down since friday for me
Lone_Prodigy
Member
It was going to happen eventually. If the increased PSN prices weren't foreshadowing it, Sony had been relatively generous on the digital exchange rate since the dollar started tanking.
Super-sizing those fries.
The Elite
BOSS
We've been paying $38 USD for PS+.(You can still do this right now until the 22nd of September).
No tax charged on games bought off PSN.
Frequent price errors that mark items at USD price points without exchange. + no tax.
We have it pretty good. I'm not going to complain.
What I'm most surprised about is that they warned us in advance. I kept expecting it to be a surprise price correction like what frequently happens with PSN Pre-orders.
Does buying the 12-month cards at Costco (or retail in general) charge additional taxes? Will want to stack a few years.
Does buying the 12-month cards at Costco (or retail in general) charge additional taxes? Will want to stack a few years.
The Elite
BOSS
I didn't buy one but put it to checkout and it didn't' calculate tax.
kitschykitty
Member
I was not charged tax on Costco's website
I'm just glad I only play single player games on my PS4. Not missing anything with not having PS+ that way.
I couldn't justify the original price with the weak game offerings, and with the increase it's a guarantee I won't be buying it without a major MP game out that I want to play (none of which are on the horizon).
I couldn't justify the original price with the weak game offerings, and with the increase it's a guarantee I won't be buying it without a major MP game out that I want to play (none of which are on the horizon).
A Grizzly Bear
Member
Eh, that's still a bit much for The Division.
Hey! It's still less then a PS+ subscription! Bodoom pssh! :-(
The Elite
BOSS
You don't.
A Grizzly Bear
Member
I'm pretty sure it asks you for your membership ID on checkout.
Edit: Hmmm, maybe it depends on what you're buying?
I can confirm this also - just bought 2 years worth and don't have a membership.
catpurrcat
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Deleted member 126221
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You can up it whenever, and even stack several years.
BigJonsson
Member
How fast are stores going to run out of PS+ 12 month cards =/
And the codes don't expire.
Bought two in 2013 and used one of them this year no prob.
That's true, but with saving up for the video card I won't have too much funds left, especially when grabbing a few of the previous year's Amazon games. Might have to trade in a couple things and up it that way!
Ahh. As someone who has never had PS+ I didn't know it's quality had dropped by that much. Shame.
Yea to be fair, credit where credit is due, not having to pay tax on PSN is a really great feature. I wish Xbox Live had that.
Iamcorrupt
Member
Ps+ is now costing more than xbl. Literally pants on head retarded, corporate hubris is a hell of a thing.
DeathByBacklog
Member
But...while processing...I was asked to sign in, or register. Registering required a account number.
The Elite
BOSS
I registered a couple of years ago and they didn't require it. Maybe that's changed?
It's not required, I just registered and left it blank.
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