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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...

Incorrect as I suspected for game prices. Today, MS has raised the price of all their upcoming exclusives just like Sony to $69.99 ( Sunset Overdrive, Halo 5, QB, D4, Disney Fantasia etc)  Now I wonder how long they will hold out on their current hardware price..

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/bethesda-the-elder-scrolls-online-xbox-one-16024/10255663.aspx?path=86a26ec0c9b036fa93f3667675c6ef09en02

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/bethesda-the-elder-scrolls-online-xbox-one-16024/10255663.aspx?path=f1046734e3d93a334bfb6afd3c08d08een02

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/microsoft-sunset-overdrive-xbox-one-sunset-overdrive/10255628.aspx?path=225f990973d04e327c541ce3aa408ff5en02

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/microsoft-sunset-overdrive-xbox-one-sunset-overdrive/10255628.aspx?path=0501a75b1ef3fa377120e9205b8ff4e8en02

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/microsoft-halo-xbox-one-halo/10255635.aspx?path=c3d516fe959da9f37e6dc04d5153ed0ben02

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/microsoft-halo-xbox-one-halo/10255635.aspx?path=70be0503a10b9ff5304c87c7cdf2502een02