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fps_d0minat0r on 14 March 2014
daredevil.shark said:
sales2099 said:
Huh. I mean this must be because of the $ difference? But even so, that ain't cool.

Ah, the cons of winning ;)


This seems to be the case. Either way I am jealous of US gamers. They are getting the system and games at cheap rate.


US get everything at a cheaper rate.

They even get an extra PS3 game on PS+



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think-man on 14 March 2014

Expect a boost in PS4 sales then a drop the following week as people rush to buy it at the cheaper price.



 

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Enspire on 14 March 2014

True everything is cheaper in US. Ice cream was like 3.50$ for a 6 pack of ice scream sandwiches when I went to platsburgh. Here that stuff is like 5$. Pshhh.



binary solo on 14 March 2014

But surely it's CAD vs Yen that sets the price for PS4, not CAD vs. USD. For XB one it is CAD vs USD of course. Sony will consider the US price when setting the CA price, but it's still all about converting the money to Yen for Sony revenue.

NZ price (without tax) converted to CAD is $564. Aussie price (with tax I think) is $550 CAD. EU price (with tax I presume) is $616 CAD. So CA price is still bloody good on a global comparison basis, and no one should be bitching about $449CAD MSRP price.

If Xb one price in CA is $499 that means MS is probably taking a small HW loss in CA while making a slight HW profit in USA. Damn! lucky Canadian Xb one fans, US buyers are subsidising your purchase.



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Dr.Henry_Killinger on 14 March 2014

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MoHasanie on 14 March 2014

The source has always been such a ripoff.



    

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superchunk on 14 March 2014
sales2099 said:

The Canadian $ is 0.90 of the US dollar, but this is just taking too much advantage of their fortunate situation. $420 would have sufficed if they were really pinching every penny.

You can't just look at the exchange rate. US is  far larger market than Canada, so the cost to bring PS4 per unit here is cheaper than Canada.

Though, this really is more likely just a store or market trying to capitalize on the high demand.



playnbox on 14 March 2014

Never buy in the Source. They tend to jack up the price even if they listed the prices on sale



ozsman on 14 March 2014

fuck they have 2 left in my store at 399 i should buy one asap



 

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gergroy on 14 March 2014
superchunk said:
sales2099 said:

The Canadian $ is 0.90 of the US dollar, but this is just taking too much advantage of their fortunate situation. $420 would have sufficed if they were really pinching every penny.

You can't just look at the exchange rate. US is  far larger market than Canada, so the cost to bring PS4 per unit here is cheaper than Canada.

Though, this really is more likely just a store or market trying to capitalize on the high demand.


No, it is an official price change by sony.  Freaking sucks for canadians.  

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/14/playstation-4-prices-going-up-in-canada