ShadowSnake said:
Like I mentioned earlier, I find futureshop usually has good deals. Oblivion,bioshock and AC for 40 bucks. and then I picked up MGS4 and Dead space for 40 bucks. At one point staples was getting rid of all there stock round new years and i picked up infamous for 17 bucks plus tax. |
Yeah it's not always bad for Canadian retailers. Though it does seem that Canadian retailers often times lag behind when it comes to price cuts. Valkyria Chronicles is $20 at GameStop in the US. You can't find that price in Canada for it. And like I said, Infinite Undiscovery, Fable II and many other games have taken a lot longer to drop in price in Canada than they have in the US. I remember when IU was on sale for $10 in the US (and the regular price was like $20-ish) and it was still $50 in Canada. I was like wtf was up with that? I settled for getting it off ebay for $20 instead.
And in Canada, Canadian retailers still charge up to $70 for games even though games are $60 US max in the US (The Canadian dollar is pretty strong these days. $70 Canadian is over $65 US) Add in sales tax (Canadians try to justify the high sales tax by saying we are a socialist country that needs safety nets. But ironically, high sales tax hurts the very people it's supposed to help. Because sales tax is a regressive tax, not a progressive tax like income tax), and you're paying almost $80 for a brand new game in Canada.
