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SuaveSocialist on 18 April 2015
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ReimTime said:
SuaveSocialist said:


It's the exchange rate.  Your dollar is worth less than theirs, so you have to spend more of them to equal out.  Your wages don't have much to do with the strength or weakness of the dollar, though.  That's more to do with the cost of living and inflation rates within your country.  As for being level across digital stores, they probably list the prices in American and your bank calculates the exchange rate for the transaction.  


If that were the case it would make more sense, but it isn't. Then again I don't have an alternative theory to counter your point. Maybe for once the cost of production and shipping in Canada has finally caused a price raise that outpaced the need for parity between digital and physical retailers. In the UK, their digital games are usually 10 pounds more, but in Canada, they are starting to become $10 less. We also save the 13% tax if we go digital. And I'm not sure why the price of games is increasing another $10.

I also have a correction to make in regards to the wage part. Apparently our wages have been outpacing inflation as of late, but no one has seen a 33% wage increase to match the increase of games price. Which really is a moot point since I don't spend all my money on games; but I included it to show that we do in fact pay more than Americans, regardless of exchange rate. Correct me if I'm wrong. I could be completely daft about that point. It wasn't really the main point of my post though haha


Then I really don't know what's going on with the prices in digital stores.  That was my best guess.

Well, the way I understand exhange rates, if the Canadian dollar was worth only half an American one, it would cost twice as much for you guys to purchase American products, while they'd only have to pay half for Canadian ones.  If the dollar's doing badly, you'd have to pay more than an American would.  That being said, your dollar looks only to be 18% lower than theirs, so the prices do appear higher than they ought to be even with the exchange rate working against you.  And I have no idea why.  It makes sense for the prices to go up, but not to go up as much as they have.  Maybe it is time to call shenanigans.