For those who lives in Canada, do you buy games at 69.99$ ?

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#1 jack00
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I e-mailed bestbuy a couple of days ago because i wanted to know why games jumped from 59.99 to 69.99$ all a sudden since 3 months or so. Of course they didn'trespond me with a clear answer, hell i know they don't have anything to justify that price raise, but with that i'm wondering how many of you still buy them at 69.99$ ?

I for one didn't buy them when they were 59.99$, i normaly wait to see them on sale for 39.99$ or just buy them used for half the price.

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#2 ujjval16
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Yea I buy them

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#3 jus2nyce
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Nope not at all. It's outrageous

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#4 humber_matus
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I buy them.
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Well the only game I bought in the past few months prices have been $69.99 was BlazBlue, and that was totally worth it.
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#6 jack00
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I supposed i should be thankful to those who still buy them, otherwise there wouldn't be any used copy anywhere...
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#7 monkeyd_93
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in australia we pay about an extra $30 for the same game at RRP :|
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#8 brumley53
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I e-mailed bestbuy a couple of days ago because i wanted to know why games jumped from 59.99 to 69.99$ all a sudden since 3 months or so. Of course they didn'trespond me with a clear answer, hell i know they don't have anything to justify that price raise, but with that i'm wondering how many of you still buy them at 69.99$ ?

I for one didn't buy them when they were 59.99$, i normaly wait to see them on sale for 39.99$ or just buy them used for half the price.

jack00

I live in australia and i buy games for $110

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#9 110million
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They really shoulden't be so much when the Canadian dollar is at about 91 cents to the American one right now, we pay $6 more plus a lot more tax, so it does suck, but I do still buy games, usually new at full price, pre-ordering games helps takes a bit of the edge off if I put down $10 or $20 dollars, especially since you only get taxed for the remainder of the price, and not for the pre-order amount (at least thats how it has been for me).
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#10 MonsieurX
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I don't even buy games over 50$
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#11 CleanNJerk
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I always try to get them on sale. That said I wont hesitate buying my games at 70. I'll just cut back on the crap I try. Yeah so R & C and Uncharted 2 anyone? fk yeah!!! Oh and who took advantage of the Batman 38.33 sale ay BB, Walmart FS & EB? I am SOO lucky I got a copy the last day as everywhere I had gone said the whole city sold out.
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#12 BuryMe
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Sometimes.

Of course I usually just trade them on the internet

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#14 Sokol4ever
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Sometimes, it's usually a exclusive title.

The last game I paid full price for was InFamous.

I usually look for better deals from independent retail stores where I can bargain for sell/trade aspects. I try to stay away from EB Games business simple because the value for me is no where near the value they gain.

With game prices seem to be only rising I'm forced to think twice if the game I spend full price point-out is money well spent.

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#15 Sweetbrad316
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if i want the game first day i will but if not i will buy it on ebay

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depends on the game
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#17 Heartagram_03
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It's really beginning to get annoying purchasing games at that price. I normally wait for the game to get a price drop around $30-40 and sometimes $50. The only games I purchased for $69.99 was Resident Evil 5, Sacred 2 and Street Fighter IV.

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#18 93soccer
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[QUOTE="jack00"]

I e-mailed bestbuy a couple of days ago because i wanted to know why games jumped from 59.99 to 69.99$ all a sudden since 3 months or so. Of course they didn'trespond me with a clear answer, hell i know they don't have anything to justify that price raise, but with that i'm wondering how many of you still buy them at 69.99$ ?

I for one didn't buy them when they were 59.99$, i normaly wait to see them on sale for 39.99$ or just buy them used for half the price.

Depending on the game, I wait a couple weeks to let the price come down, especially near holidays and then buy them
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I always try to get them on sale. That said I wont hesitate buying my games at 70. I'll just cut back on the crap I try. Yeah so R & C and Uncharted 2 anyone? fk yeah!!! Oh and who took advantage of the Batman 38.33 sale ay BB, Walmart FS & EB? I am SOO lucky I got a copy the last day as everywhere I had gone said the whole city sold out.CleanNJerk

Same here i tend to wait for a deal on a new release game for under $50. I got batman:aa for $40, great deal, my local stores had tons of copies left and i went on the last day of the sale. The enxt game ill probely but at full price is uncharted 2(since i madely like the first one) and maybe even nhl 10.

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#21 foxhound_fox
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No. I almost always refuse to buy games at $60 CAD (Mirror's Edge was the only exception this generation). The "reason" why they went up was because the Canadian dollar dropped again to $0.70 USD... but is now back above $0.90. So retailers have no excuse not to lower the prices again. The best way we can get them back down again, is refuse to buy games priced at $70 CAD.

The odd thing is though, Wii, DS, PSP, PC and PS2 games didn't go up. Just 360 and PS3. They did the same thing a few years ago too, back before the big economic boom right before the recession.

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#22 funsohng
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last game i got for that much was KZ2 i had 30 bucks deal thing for the infamous luckily and yeah i buy them like that if i really want them
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#23 royie
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depends on the game

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#24 wiifreak93
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I've never seen a $69.99 game before. I've seen $64.99 though and i still think its ridiculous.

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#25 johncraven
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no, even ebay is cheaper with shipping at this price.

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#26 Ringx55
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Barley buy games. Got the new batman for like 30.99 @ Walmart But I'm getting Beatles Rock Band f or sure

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#27 Big_Red_Button
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Well, I don't usually see them at 70$...

I don't know where you're all buying them, but at my local EB they're 60$ for console games and 50$ for PC games, even brand new.

I guess the GTA is closer to the shipping hub so it costs less? I dunno...

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#28 Toriko42
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Yeah only if I really want the game though, I've only bought one game this year for that much and I've bought about 10 games this year. Two more is all I'll buy by the end of the year.