If digital pricing was more competitive would you consider it more?

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ReimTime on 28 June 2015

MoHasanie said:

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Most big releases are £44.99 usually. Comparing the retail releases on amazon of $74.99 CAD (+13% tax = $84.75 CAD) and £44 (tax included) for Halo 5. $84.75 CAD = £43.68 on XE.com give or take a little there both basically the same price of $44.

Halo 5 is acutally one of the games that has a competative pricing on the Xbox store as its listed at £44.99 for the standard edition and I'm actually getting it digital for this reason and comparing this to Black Ops 3 been £44 on amazon and £54.99 on the Xbox store.

Interesting. So the UK and Canada's prices are quite similar when including tax. I guess us Canadians need to complain less

Our prices used to be $60 for new game last gen, but this gen they raised the price to $65. Also the tax rate isn't the same throughout the country. Most provinces have a tax rate between 12-15%, but in Alberta it's only 5%.

Well they're about to become $80 now o.O yea I kinda miss Alberta's low tax rate. Oh well I'll be back there soon.

OP: Yep. I move around a lot so I don't like lugging around huge physical collections anymore. The only reason that digital costs the same is probably to maintain parity with physical stores. However most retail stores have plans to go digital should the market shift that way, like ebgames, who plan to create a large online store to replace their retail outlets.

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MoHasanie on 28 June 2015

ReimTime said:

MoHasanie said:

Interesting. So the UK and Canada's prices are quite similar when including tax. I guess us Canadians need to complain less

Our prices used to be $60 for new game last gen, but this gen they raised the price to $65. Also the tax rate isn't the same throughout the country. Most provinces have a tax rate between 12-15%, but in Alberta it's only 5%.

Well they're about to become $80 now o.O yea I kinda miss Alberta's low tax rate. Oh well I'll be back there soon.

$80?! :O I just don't buy new games anymore since I don't think they're worth it.
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ReimTime on 28 June 2015

MoHasanie said:

ReimTime said:

Well they're about to become $80 now o.O yea I kinda miss Alberta's low tax rate. Oh well I'll be back there soon.

$80?! :O I just don't buy new games anymore since I don't think they're worth it.
Wish I lived in Alberta :( . I bought my Wii U from there :D .

Yea it's pretty ridiculous! Games sthat release in November have been listed at $80 last time I checked (Batllefront, Black Ops 3). Even digitally they are at that ridiculous price. I think I may create a US PSN account and play around with IP addresses to cut my prices

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IamAwsome on 28 June 2015

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Lack of resale value and HD space is the main issue. I am selective when it comes to digital.

Sunset Overdrive for instance is only around 20GB, a fair size. Something like Arkham Knight or 90% of the other games out there are well over 40GB. A no for me.

This. Not to mention internet speeds for downloading a game that big.

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StuOhQ on 28 June 2015

I have to be seriously bribed by a great price to buy digitally over physical. I like owning little pieces of history.

On the less sentimental side, I like being able to sell a game back if I don't really care for it. I don't actually own anything digitally, and I'm stuck with something (nothing) that I don't really care for, and can't use towards the purchase of another game that I may or may not like.

Buying Nintendo games physically is always a safe bet. They are almost always good, and they retain their value in a big way.

If you don't like a third-party multiplat (or even a Sony/M$ exclusive), you'd better trade fast, as their value is going to sink like a stone.

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oldschoolfool on 28 June 2015

of course I would. It's all about those price drops. lol

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ZombieVito on 28 June 2015

No.

The only digital games I buy are 5 or 10 bucks.

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LipeJJ on 28 June 2015

No, only if it was a 50%+ difference. I really like to collect stuff, so I prefer physical. s2

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