Is Sony Taking Advantage of Canada Because of Their Lead?

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rolltide101x said:

Acevil said:

NeoRatt said:

Acevil said:

Okay I can fill in this one.... what is happening is that the Canadian Dollar is now not on par with the United States dollar. Some companies have added 5 Dollars. Sony has added 10 dollars. Some time next year, all games should be $10 higher, like the start of generation of the last generation.

 

The Price of Infamous Second Son in Canada should be be 66.41 CAD compared to the 59.99 USD. However 69.99 is what the rounded up price is, and 64.99 is the rounded down price.

 

All companies will do this in the long run, unless some companies decide to establish Canadian Specific price strategy. 

Xbox One:

Elder Scrolls online and Spiderman 2 are $64.99...  Destiny and Murdered are $69.99

All Xbox One Exclusives listed at Best Buy including Sunset Overdrive, Titanfall, Halo 5, Kinect Sports Rivals, D4, Quantum Break, Below, and Disney Fantasia are listed for $59.99...

Playstation 4:

Elder Scolls Online and Spiderman 2 are $64.99... inFamous Second Son, MLB 14, The Order, Destiny, Drive Club, and Murdered are $69.99

Sony has no PS4 exclusives at $59.99

The hypocracy is even worse with PS3 MLB 14...  How come it is only $59.99 on PS3?  If the exchange rate was really to blame why is this not priced the same?

Seems like Sony is more than willing to jump ahead, raise the price of their exclusives, and be anti-consumer probably because of their market position.  Whereas Microsoft is being consumer friendly in Canada by keeping their exclusives at a traditional price.

Really all I am pointing out here is how dangerous domination is by any console.  When consoles are even in sales, we don't see these kinds of unilateral behaviours from the console vendors with their exclusives. 

If you are in Canada and buy any PS4 exclusives on Day 1, you are paying a $10 premium.  That is a fact. You can make any excuses you want, but that is the fact of the situation currently.  Cheaper console, more expensive exclusives...

I will be buying Infamous for 54.99CAD...

So when Microsoft and other companies start retroactivily raising prices, will you be calling BS on them, and make a thread, because I look forward to it. 

 

(Also Traditional prices is 69.99.... for CAD....)

OMG, just buy the darn thing or stop. Why would you compare them anyway? Canada honestly should be more expensive because it is more expensive for Sony to bring them there. Maybe Sony faces taxes MS does not? Maybe Sony has to ship from a more expensive area? Also maybe not and they are preparing for a price shift?

It's not more expensive to bring them into Canada. The taxes are the same for each. Quit making excuses. They do it because they can. 

 

Also, 69.99 is not the traditional price for a game in Canada, the normal price is $59.99. Most of the time they are on par, there are only a few times where a game like the ones mentioned become more expensive. However, generally lots of general products are slightly more expensive than the US. They usually say it's because of the Dollar, but in reality when the Canadian Dollar was worth more than the US the prices didn't reflect that, so it's just charging extra because they can.