Yeah, games were all $60 for almost a year at Future Shop and Best Buy, though EB Games usually still charged $70 for the same game. Now it seems everywhere has gone back to $70. It sucks. Especially when you pay $70 + tax and they STILL try and milk you for DLC later that day. Yet somehow the games industry is in peril and they can't turn a profit. Ugh, wake up. Either games need to cost less to get more people to buy them, or these companies need to manage their finances a lil better.
Hmm... I haven't seen any gakmes that price yet...
BuryMe
all new releases in major canadian cities are now 69.99, all I know is this just pushed me to buy games used/new from outside sources other than retail. I don't care how the person who's selling it to me acquired it (ie stolen or not) but if its 1/2 price Ill take it. I never thought I would stoop that low but everything is tough these days and if Im going to indulge in a hobby like video games, I might as well be economical.
I guess the next time I buy a video game, I really need to make sure it is a good game. Damn, I have to choose between Prototype and the new Batman game. :(
Console games cost 60-70 euro here, even older ones. That's why now i import everything from the UK or US, I never pay more than 40 euro(Shipping included) now for games that just released, and often find bargains like recently I bought Mirror Edge for 22 euro, LBP 20 euro and Prince of Persia 27 euro all new. I would have to pay 60+ euro for any of these games here in Belgium, considering i buy easily 40-50 games on a good year, that's a LOT of money i'm saving with importing.
Well $1 = CAD1.23 (Rounded Up). So $59.99 = CAD73.63. So paying CAD69.99 for a game is a better deal than paying $59.99. Just saying :D
Dreamable
paying 69 bucks is better then paying 59 .. wtf//you see a couple of months ago. Us and Can games were both 59.99 now can is 69.99. Us is still 59.99 right?
Well $1 = CAD1.23 (Rounded Up). So $59.99 = CAD73.63. So paying CAD69.99 for a game is a better deal than paying $59.99. Just saying :D
Dreamable
true but when the canadian dollar = $1.22 US, there was absolutely no change in pricing, which is probably why so many canadians started going south and purchasing items for their "real" value. I'm just saying that it should go both ways, and all I know is I'm never paying $70 + tax for a game unless it gives me like 100 hours of gameplay minimum. 'Till then I'll stick to used and online for half price.
Ok i don't know what the **** is this scam, but i see games like fallout 3, street fighter 4 and Resident evil 5 and others at 69.99$ 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
It sucks! I hate paying up to 20 dollars more for games...nice avatar by the way. :D
Boohoo, think about the UK. Nintendo actually UPPED the price of it's bloody console. Although thankfully retailers seem to be taking it on the chin.CreepyBacon
They upped it with good reason, it seems. The PlayStation 3, for example, is about €82 cheaper in the UK than in the rest of Europe.
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.
Soy our saying they screwed Canadians by not lowering the price as the CDN got better, but raise the price as it gets worse? ... hmm i smell possible lawsuit...
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