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Sevengen on 26 February 2014
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Blood_Tears said:
Sevengen said:
wouldn't anyone like to point out that if the rolls between Sony and Microsoft were reversed and the X1 had a 2 million console lead this soon after release, it would be Sony's exclusive sporting the cheaper price.
The ONLY reason that Infamous is listed at 69.99 CAD is because Sony knows they can get away with it.
This is exactly what companies do when they have a commanding upper hand in the market.
... and it's also the reason that strong competition is so important.

Fanboys on either side light up at the prospect of their respective console dominating the other(s), unfortunately, the hegemony of any one product within its market will ALWAYS lead to higher prices in the long run.
So with all the congratulatory praise and foolish ideological worship for the PS4 running rampant on sites like this, it's nice to see that higher price stick sorely out as a reminder of supply and demand... and the trouble with fanboyism.

So it's fanboyism that has made the cost of games in Canada $69.99 and not the Canadian looney which lost parity with the US market?  wow!   You do know this has nothing to do with market lead or share right?  It's based on canadian economics. Why would a 2M lead world wide cause an increase only in Canada?  If that were true, wouldn't the increase be for other countries as well? Plus we don't even know who is the market leader in Canada as NPD for Canada does not release numbers.  A little research on your part would go a long way. Take for instance back in 2006 when the loonie was in a similar state as it is now. The PS3 launched at $649.99 in Canada and games were $69.99. Sony was in last place then and therefore defeats your own logic. It wasn't until a year later that Canadian software and hardware for both PS and Xbox games met parity with the US counterpart. Once again, this is not a "Sony" thing, just look at some X1 games such as Elder Scrolls Online, Destiny etc. Your going to see a lot of both PS4 and X1 games in Canada higher priced, get your head out of the console war for 1 second to realize this please...

Blood_Tears.. did you happen to catch NeoRatt's response posted directly below your reply to me?
Since my head is all wrapped up in the console war and I'm obviously not thinking clearly, I was surprised to see another post that 'proved' what I was saying.
I mean, how could that have happened?
I didn't know what I was talking about right?... lol.

Accept it my man, Sony's taking advantage of their position and charging a little more for certain products.. simply because they can.
As far as the PS3 in 2006, they really didn't have much of a choice but to release at a much higher price, including games. Also, Sony's hubris at the time led them to believe their fans would pay just about anything for PS2's successor, which helped to affect that decision.
So you quoted the release price of the PS3 and it's games.. comparitively what were those prices a year or so later in Canada.
hmm... that's right, they were much lower. Exchange rates and the sliding worth of the Canadian dollar were only a part of that price difference.
See how that works. Supply and demand my friend.