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So us Canadians are screwed (PS5 will be like $630 CAD and $89+ for a game)
- Thread starter Meelow
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Sony is doing an excellent job making GamePass look attractive.
I'm guessing PC prices will get an increase eventually as well; meaning I'll finally stop buying more games and focus on my backlog.
80 CAD for a new game already feels ludicrous. No way am I shelling out over a bill per game.
I pre-ordered and instantly stopped thinking about the insane price.
Kinda felt like a really bad alcohol shooter.
Kinda felt like a really bad alcohol shooter.
The PS5 being more money than the Series X is criminal.
At $107 there isn't a game worth getting on day one.
At $107 there isn't a game worth getting on day one.
It's cheaper than the straight conversion would be. $499 right now is about $660, so we're getting a $30 break.
In Mexico the price is going to be around 15k pesos for the main unit (711 USD), so I'm gonna wait until being in Canada, lol
The buying power of imports is weakened with a weak dollar, surely you understand this. It is more expensive for us than it was a couple years ago plain and simple. Games went from 60 to 90 in one generation and we aren't paid in USD. If americans had a similar price hike the whining would have been biblical.
This, plus the difference on income makes your situation seem pretty damn good OP
It's because Xbox set the precedent with $599 CAD.
Also Game Pass looking attractive with $90+tax games
Do you all have a VAT up in Canada? Most of us in the USA will be paying sales tax on our $399 purchase.
I would prefer our dollar to be on par with the US like it was in 2013, but I saved up expecting $500 USD (each, plan on getting a Series X too to play with some friends who don't have a decent PC) so I'm good. That said I'm only planning on buying one PS5 game for a while, the rest will be my PS4 backlog so I can finish that.
The Xbox is 30 dollars cheaper.
So you have a more powerful consoles that is also smaller, and cheaper, and has a service that blunts the insanely high game prices we have now(not to mention a SKU that is under 400 bucks)
That's the issue.
I'm really hoping that JB and Big W keep the trend of selling games below RRP. I've never paid $100 aud for a game. Always around $69. Hopefully that means I'll pay $89 or less :(
honestly I think gamepass looks better and better by the day.
Canada loves to tax, in Quebec we also have tax on digital purchases
I'm buying my PS5 here but I have a US account so I'll just be buying a couple more games at launch digitally than physically >.>
Time to consider gamepass and multi-plat gaming on another comparable but more affordable device / ecosystem?
Yikes, a 15 % sales tax? I just calculated what I'll have to pay. I live in the District of Columbia. We have a 6% sales tax, so I'll be out 479 USD or 632 CAD.
I am so glad that on my last birthday I took the money my grandmother gave me and bought three years of live then did the convert to ultimate for 1 dollar trick.
I'm always a person who believes in supporting devs but 90 dollar games makes it hard to do unless I am SURE I will enjoy it. Increasingly gamepass is looking like it will be a part of my gaming life going forward. I may only ever buy first party games if they are limited editions or super discounted, and at least gamepass lets me know they are getting support.
granted it was 2010 when it was done, but a econamist modeled ourt a maxuim revenue model for games and found $40 to be it. we have had so manny secusses thois gen in that range too of games just blowing up. I am almost shocked to see game prices go up.
