Games cost 69.99$ in Canada now ?

Ok i don't know what the **** is this scam, but i see games like fallout 3, street fighter 4 and Resident evil 5 and others at 69.99$ at bestbuy.ca or futureshop.ca, then i go to bestbuy.com and they are 59.99$. Can someone explain this to me ?Don't tell me we are in regression or the Canadian dollar is not as high as it used to be because even when the canadian dollar didn't worth crap games were not 69.99$.

Erm... Bestbuy.com is American, and the US dollar is worth more than the CDN... hence the $60US and $70 CDN. However even when the CDN $ was worth more, companies do not lower the prices to match.

Ok i don't know what the **** is this scam, but i see games like fallout 3, street fighter 4 and Resident evil 5 and others at 69.99$ at bestbuy.ca or futureshop.ca, then i go to bestbuy.com and they are 59.99$. Can someone explain this to me ?Don't tell me we are in regression or the Canadian dollar is not as high as it used to be because even when the canadian dollar didn't worth crap games were not 69.99$.

jack00

Yes, and I hate it. Some PC games cost $60 like Fallout 3 and E: TW.

Yup, its sucks but you can just wait for bargain bin games I guess. We have it easier then some other places in the world (looking at you australia)

Ok i don't know what the **** is this scam, but i see games like fallout 3, street fighter 4 and Resident evil 5 and others at 69.99$ at bestbuy.ca or futureshop.ca, then i go to bestbuy.com and they are 59.99$. Can someone explain this to me ?Don't tell me we are in regression or the Canadian dollar is not as high as it used to be because even when the canadian dollar didn't worth crap games were not 69.99$.

jack00

Best Buy and Futureshop have higher prices because they can. Lucky for me both were out of stock on SF4, so when I went to Gamestop (or maybe it was EB) I found it at for $60, as it should be. Plenty of stock too.

Yep, they're back to $69.99. I don't think this will change soon.

All 1st party Sony games are still 60 bucks but all others are 70. It's kinda stupid and I haven't bought any game at 70 yet because that's just a rip off

Ok i don't know what the **** is this scam, but i see games like fallout 3, street fighter 4 and Resident evil 5 and others at 69.99$ at bestbuy.ca or futureshop.ca, then i go to bestbuy.com and they are 59.99$. Can someone explain this to me ?Don't tell me we are in regression or the Canadian dollar is not as high as it used to be because even when the canadian dollar didn't worth crap games were not 69.99$.

jack00

games always used to be $10 more here for a long time, then it wasnt for a bit i think, now it is again.

Im pretty sure i payed $70 for RotK when it came out for the ps2.

what are you talking about? I havent paid more than 60 canadian for any regular game... Bestbuy.ca and futureshop.ca often have wrong prices

Edit: Wth hes right it is 70 on the websites.. Call your store and ask the price.. Because by the canadian dollar logic greatest hits shouldnt be $30

what are you talking about? I havent paid more than 60 canadian for any regular game... Bestbuy.ca and futureshop.ca often have wrong pricesshahchip

Nah you see them in store now. EBgames are increasing prices also. Some games are still $60, but newer ones are icnreasing to $70 where I live

its so much worse in australia, $100 for a single game. those poor lemmings who bought too human lols.

Yup, its sucks but you can just wait for bargain bin games I guess. We have it easier then some other places in the world (looking at you australia)

ActicEdge

$70 Canadian dollars? Ouch, that's going to leave a hole in your wallet.

I think some of you are having selective memory, and furthermore, why would you buy your new games at Futureshop or Bestbuy? I can't speak for the Americans, but here in Canada, every one of those huge retailers, BestBuy, Futureship, Zellers, ect all have overpriced their games for the longest time; this is with the execption of Wallmart which has not. For the past err maybe five or so years I've bought all of my new games from EB Games, because while they are scammers with their used games, new games their prices are always clutch.

Last gen, all of the new games at EB Games were between the prices of 49.99 to 59.99, which I can vouch for; even when this gen rolled around the prices remained at 59.99, with only a select few games being 69.99, the only one I can think of was Ninja Gaiden Sigma, but thats just one. Still now a lot of third party games such as Fallout 3, RE5 and SF4, that new 50 Cent game, are 69.99, a lot of first party games, Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 are still 59.99.

Lucky for me I was able to get SF4 when it was still 59.99 for a day or two.

Right now, $70 CAD is equal to $56.43 USD.

The cost probably evens out with taxes taken into consideration.

Yeah. Halo Wars cost me 75$ and I'm getting RE5 tomorrow for the same price. It's too expensive:x

Almost all 3rd party multiplats i've bought recently have been 69.99. I'm hating it :(

70 cad = 56.5 usd. Stop complaining!!! you pay less than everyone else does!

well our dollar is about 80 cents US, so it's pretty fair. but from i've seen, all third party games are 69.99, but first party games are still 59.99.

70 cad = 56.5 usd. Stop complaining!!! you pay less than everyone else does!

Guybrush_3

Game prices have gone up, but last time I checked people over here aren't getting raises in their salary. So no its not that simple.

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Ok i don't know what the **** is this scam, but i see games like fallout 3, street fighter 4 and Resident evil 5 and others at 69.99$ at bestbuy.ca or futureshop.ca, then i go to bestbuy.com and they are 59.99$. Can someone explain this to me ?Don't tell me we are in regression or the Canadian dollar is not as high as it used to be because even when the canadian dollar didn't worth crap games were not 69.99$.

warmaster670

games always used to be $10 more here for a long time, then it wasnt for a bit i think, now it is again.

Im pretty sure i payed $70 for RotK when it came out for the ps2.

Yeah back to about Christmas 2007 when the Cdn $ was on par with the US $, most Wii and PC games were $49.99 and the 360/PS3 games were $59.99. It stayed that way for the whole year, but now that the Cdn $'s back down to about 80 cents US, they're back up now.

Ok currency converter tells me 70 CAD = 39.59 GBP, which is around what console games cost in shops over in the UK.

So are we getting ripped off as well or is my ignorance with currency conversation showing?

The Canadian dollar is hovering around $0.80USD right now... that is more than enough justification for retailers to jump the price by $10. Be happy you don't live in New Zealand or Brazil.

PC games are cheaper than console games because developers don't have to pay royalties to the console manufacturer. Seems like it's time to switch to PC gaming!

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Ok i don't know what the **** is this scam, but i see games like fallout 3, street fighter 4 and Resident evil 5 and others at 69.99$ at bestbuy.ca or futureshop.ca, then i go to bestbuy.com and they are 59.99$. Can someone explain this to me ?Don't tell me we are in regression or the Canadian dollar is not as high as it used to be because even when the canadian dollar didn't worth crap games were not 69.99$.

xsubtownerx

Yeah noticed this with some recently released games.Just a matter of finding the outlets that are selling it at $59.99 and making them match prices.

Yeah noticed this with some recently released games.Just a matter of finding the outlets that are selling it at $59.99 and making them match prices.

strudel420

It's like we are in 2006 again...

Ok currency converter tells me 70 CAD = 39.59 GBP, which is around what console games cost in shops over in the UK.

So are we getting ripped off as well or is my ignorance with currency conversation showing?

AnnoyedDragon

It's never that easy, because pay scales are different in England and cost of living is higher. However that's always the same I paid when I grew up in England for 17 years.

It all pans out in the end.

Yea its pretty damn annoying, especially the fact that no one's wages are getting any higher here, well not the 'normal-class population' anyway. And all the employers here are also scared to death and keep cutting jobs despite nothing bad is happening to most of them yet.

stop complaining you still get a bargain, how about $140 here in nz for res evil 5 and silent hill, and most other games are $130. $60 / .57 = 105 so the game companies are making a ripping. imprezawrx500

Yeah I saw Re5 in JB Hifi queen street on "special" going for a massive $118 for 360 and $128 for ps3. Wii games are $108 aswell, what a rip, seems like the rest of the world always get it a little sweeter than us, Oh and before us.

Ya it's rediculous, I've stopped buying in stores now. Pre-Order everything from Amazon.ca + Free-Shipping ... even after pst & gst it comes out to a cheaper price.

Even if you don't pre-order (price goes up just a little after launch at amazon.ca) it still comes out cheaper than bestbuy or futureshop or gamestop (ebgames) or gamebuzz (assuming you have these in your city) ... i'm in Montreal.

I haven't noticed a price change.

Certain 360 games range from 59.99,64.99 or 69.99. Honestly, just depending where you go or what game it is.

Wii games are still 49.99.

PC games are still cheap, less than 360.

If American companies sold games in Canada for $60 CAD at the current exchange rate they would be getting only $47.58 USD for the sale.

I also can't understand this, I understand the prices are going up because of the dollar but this was never the case with the ps2. I refuse to buy anything at 69.99 as i had a hard enough time justifying a 59.99 price tag, Im by no means broke and can afford the 69.99 but Ill simply be boycotting all stores as long as this lasts. Online and used locally can be great ways to get games at 40 and below nowadays so using an electronic store like best buy or futureshop you're being lazy, you're paying for convenience if you could phrase it like that. Its strange that when the canadian dollar was 1.25 the american everything was the same price for months. As many fellow canadians know, that was the prime time to buy online and import from the US (aka boosting sales bigtime), I had friends who went to the US to buy cars for like 2/3 the price they were here, it was disgusting how bad our own screw us. Now the minute it goes the other way they flip on us, fine, I just won't shop at either retailer.

I understand other countries pay more but I'm talking on relative terms, a 15% increase in price would be significant for all of you as well, we've always payed relatively more than the US but this is too far. Its akin to the snes/n64 days where games could be like 90$ which is prob why I don't have many brand new games for either of those systems, used games galore in my collection...its time gamers make a statement.