scrapking said:
Apple (and apparently now Sony) are profiteering then. Microsoft is generally slightly cheaper, and sometimes significantly cheaper in Canada. For example, the regular price of an Xbox Live subscription is $59.99 in Canada ($45.77 USD at the current exchange rate). The red Gears of War 2TB Xbox One S console is $449.00 CAD at the Microsoft Store, the equivalent of $342.63 USD. A Groove music pass is $99.90 CAD, the equivalent of $76.23 USD (vs. the $99 USD Microsoft charges in the U.S.). So Canada is a good deal, or a bad deal, depending on which manufacturers, and which storesl, you're patronizing. As for Australia, remember that Australian prices generally include sales taxes, and Canada/U.S. prices are almost always advertised at a pre-tax price. You generally have to remove VAT from the Australian price to do anything close to a fair comparison. |
Odd, 2TB XBox One S gears bundle is CAD 549 in regular shops, there is no Gears bundle here in the microsoft store (online)
PS4 pro will be CAD 499, $380. It's just that shops have chosen to round up psvr to 549.
You have to shop around though, for example Microplay charges 65 for the camera and 140 for 2 move pack, Best buy 75 for the camera and 130 for 2 move pack. But yeah ps+ was 50 here, recently increased to 70 :/
Physical games were usually cheaper here than on Steam although that difference has pretty much disappeared, CAD 80 for new games no matter where you get them. But that's $60. Burn more oil then our dollar can go back up!
