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Canadian Gaming Deals & Discussion 8: Don't Move Here For The Deals
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ChosenPredator
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Aint touching any game special editions but i'll cop it once it goes live on amazon.ca hopefully, thankfully i slept early today..knowing some sort of glitch will happen and it'll come out 8 am eastern time lol
no kidding I was super excited for this, but I am not going to enroll in the main-board manufacturer lottery for 400 bucks. I'll wait till the fall once they get their manufacturing sorted out and do their inevitable price drop. I don't see how they could compete with a possible 299 CAD ps4 in the fall at 399......
It's just money.
Man, $400 for a Switch is expensive. I was expecting $300-$350.
What's more worrying is the price of accessories tbh. $90 for just a Pro controller is insane. $140 for the joycons + grip (a full controller) is a complete ripoff.
That combined with paid online (which offloads all proper online management to a smartphone app) and a paltry launch window line-up really removed all of my hype for the Switch. I'll definitely get one later down the line once Pokémon comes to it but not anytime near launch.
What a disappointment.
What's more worrying is the price of accessories tbh. $90 for just a Pro controller is insane. $140 for the joycons + grip (a full controller) is a complete ripoff.
That combined with paid online (which offloads all proper online management to a smartphone app) and a paltry launch window line-up really removed all of my hype for the Switch. I'll definitely get one later down the line once Pokémon comes to it but not anytime near launch.
What a disappointment.
ChosenPredator
Banned
yeah it's not really a must buy system right now, which im happy about just in case i have to wait to get mine i can just wait to for the price to lower.
yeh looks like I'll finally get to finish witcher 3 blood and wine, and I can now buy Andromeda and Dishonered for the PC.
Some updates to the list (Amazon added yet another product page)
Grey Joy-Con Edition:
https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01LTHP2ZK/022748-20/
Neon Blue and Neon Red Joy-Con Edition:
https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01MUAGZ49/022748-20/
Alternative Listing (may end up going away I think)
https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01M6ZJW0O/022748-20/
BestBuy
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/nintendoswitch.aspx
Walmart (curiously the page has been removed, still watching)
http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/nintendo-switch-console/6000196750729
EBGames
https://www.ebgames.ca/Platform/Games/726935
Toys R Us
http://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=115713676
Grey Joy-Con Edition:
https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01LTHP2ZK/022748-20/
Neon Blue and Neon Red Joy-Con Edition:
https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01MUAGZ49/022748-20/
Alternative Listing (may end up going away I think)
https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01M6ZJW0O/022748-20/
BestBuy
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/nintendoswitch.aspx
Walmart (curiously the page has been removed, still watching)
http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/nintendo-switch-console/6000196750729
EBGames
https://www.ebgames.ca/Platform/Games/726935
Toys R Us
http://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=115713676
Don't worry we're not the only one getting screwed in the buttFellow Canadians, are we prepared to get screwed in the butt with $399.99 price tag for Switch ??? I'm calling that now
ChosenPredator
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ReddishGUI
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Seems like the pre-order periods were pretty long in the US.
EBGames's Twitter account says stores open at the regular time.
https://twitter.com/EBGamesCanada/status/819777149133418496
For sure. Following all of the leaks I really expected more. Obviously my own fault for getting on the hype train but starting with the announcement of the price and paid online the presentation was disappointing.
That Zelda trailer was amazing though
It's currently sold out at Walmart and Amazon. I think it will later on Gamestop. I wonder how much they will sell on this. Way too expensive.
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
Member
Thank God Super Mario Odyssey doesn't come out until the holiday season. That was the one thing that would have actually made me consider paying $400 for the Switch.
I'll have the rest of the year toplay Overwatch clear my backlog on PS4 now, so it works out.
I'll have the rest of the year to
Well in the USA the price is on the upper end of reasonable. In Canada not so much, low dollar biting us.
ReddishGUI
Member
I've read that it's been up for hours though?
ReddishGUI
Member
Same day as the switch.
The Elite
BOSS
I think that is just Best Buy and they have done that in the past. They usually do it here as well. I'm not sure they will all be launch and they also offer in store pickup.
Captain_Wreckus
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For 400 bucks and it seems no good games coming out at launch, I'm just going to wait and not pre-order.
I can already see a splatoon 2 & Mario Odyseey bundle coming out when those games come out.
But paid online play for a Nintendo System? Not sure about this.
I can already see a splatoon 2 & Mario Odyseey bundle coming out when those games come out.
But paid online play for a Nintendo System? Not sure about this.
Yeah I thought this was a lock as the first console I'd ever be in for on day 1. Not happening now.
On the bright side my very last $40 Future Shop preorder is Wii U Zelda. I've moved twice and that credit card expired last year, but I was able to adjust my Tokyo Mirage Sessions order last time. So here's hoping I can update the Zelda order. If I can't, oh well. Nothing about that game has really grabbed me yet either.
On the bright side my very last $40 Future Shop preorder is Wii U Zelda. I've moved twice and that credit card expired last year, but I was able to adjust my Tokyo Mirage Sessions order last time. So here's hoping I can update the Zelda order. If I can't, oh well. Nothing about that game has really grabbed me yet either.
SuperPoncho
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I'm still excited (probably due to Zelda mostly) but 90 for pro controller or 100 for two joycons holy shit!
FAST racing. prob wii u port
SuperPoncho
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The Omega Man
Member
Just woke up, Amazon.ca sold out I pressume? Any chance still of pre-ordering online?
TheGamingBox
Banned
no, preorders dont open until 9am est
The Omega Man
Member
OK thanks! Do you guys think these are going to go out fast?
rather get for wii u where wii remote can be had for like $15, thanks for heads up
god luck to all those that are pre-ordering btw, pretty sure you guys will all get one
chrominance
Member
Either that, or more likely Redout, which is apparently part of the launch window lineup.
Yes, just because Nintendo will probably only produce seven of them. But it probably won't be NES Classic levels of fast, especially given the tepid response here. If people who buy tons of games are balking at the price, it's hard to imagine the general public being super excited for $400+.
They'll sell out, but you'll have a while. The $400 base price tag plus hundred dollar accessories is highway robbery and I'm not sure if Canadians will go for it
UberTag
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Depends on how enthusiastic the RedFlagDeals scalper community is on this.
They might think last night's conference went swimmingly and these will move with 150% markup as quickly as the NES Classics did.
Captain_Wreckus
Member
At first, yea. But I highly doubt they will be very hard to get like the NES mini is.
Unless I get some some gift cards for my Bday on March 1, I'm going to wait for either a bundle (like a Zelda or Mario bundle) or I feel crazy enough to just buy it one day because of Zelda.
But the prices for the accessories are nuts IMO.
No way. If it does then they are playing it cautious with low preorder allotments.
HubbaBubba
Member
Now I am gonna have to figure out what to do with the eb games credit I had been collecting that I was gonna use for a Switch. No reason to use it for new games since I have prime.
added_time
Member
hmmm I'm back in.
My wife has been waiting years to play that Puyo Pop Tetris game and she was so excited that it's being released that I can't let her down. She saw the games and like screamed for Puyo and Bomberman. Pretty cute.
Honestly, I always regretted not getting a Wii-U until last year. I missed out on great games for no reason. As a primarily Steam gamer, I have no problem with a Nintendo game every month or two and the droughts don't phase me at all since I have like 100 games in my Steam backlog.
So is online the way to do this then?
My wife has been waiting years to play that Puyo Pop Tetris game and she was so excited that it's being released that I can't let her down. She saw the games and like screamed for Puyo and Bomberman. Pretty cute.
Honestly, I always regretted not getting a Wii-U until last year. I missed out on great games for no reason. As a primarily Steam gamer, I have no problem with a Nintendo game every month or two and the droughts don't phase me at all since I have like 100 games in my Steam backlog.
So is online the way to do this then?
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