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| hush404 said: As someone who rarely buys new games now because of the price, I just see that personal trend continuing. Games are already $69.99/$79.99 here in Canada and this just means we jump to $79.99/89.99. After tax, we're looking at over $100 per title. The list of games that are worth that, in my eyes, is very small. Example from Amazon:
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Yep, the upcoming Paper Mario is also listed at 79.99.
I hope it will 'only' go up to 89.99 next gen, however $70 translates to CAD 95 nowadays :/
I've been buying far fewer new games this gen as well. Start of this gen games were still CAD 54.99 or 59.99
Digital gets more enticing since you don't get the tax on top (for now) (Except in Quebec)
With 13% sales tax on physical games the difference keeps increasing. Next gen a physical game will be over $12 more.
https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/news/canada/2018-09-13-tax-on-digital-services
Under the current tax rules—which allow foreign companies, like those mentioned, to avoid paying sales tax because they don’t have a physical presence in Canada—the onus is on the consumer to pay. That means we should keep track of what we spend, reach out to the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA), and pay the tax we owe.
Sure, I'll get right on that.
