Time to lengthen your PS+ subs, folks!

Is crazy expensive, which is why I'm barely buying any games day 1

Games on the 3DS can go to $67 dollars when MSRP is $50 now and 2 years ago was $40 D:

Donald Trump will put a stop to that, by crashing the US economy the CAD will be great again. Trump 2016

The CAD isn't done dropping either. I heard it would be in the 60s before it hits bottom. It has forced me to narrow my day one purchases to like 3 per year. Either that or I give up gaming completely because this is getting ridiculous. My semester-long gym membership is cheaper than buying a game day 1 here!

I remember when our dollar was worth more than the greenback

I can feel your pain. I remember back in the early nineties, when some games retailed around here for more that 120€. The most expensive game I've ever bought is Mortal Kombat 2 on the Snes, I paid 135 to 140€ for it.

Back in the early N64 days when the Canadian dollar was around 60 cents to the USD, it was the norm for N64 games to cost $80. I remember seeing a flyer once advertising Doom 64 for $120.00. Looks like we are just going back to that!

The prices seem to be all over the place too. Street Fighter V will retail at $70 yet Black Ops 3 and Fallout 4 still retail at $80. A few games are coming out at $75 too

Just embrace digital .... I got Rise of the Tomb Raider for $52.75 CDN including tax during the Xmas Xbox One sales. 

It would of cost $75 plus tax at retail.

Physical can be sustainable. Bundles are great, and depending on how many times you intend to play a game, trade-ins are a good option too. For instance, buying MGSV, The Witcher 3 and Fallout 4 for launch price - and trading them in after playing them to buy each other game - saved me quite a bit of money. Ignoring GST, see the following:

Batman Arkham Knight: Originally $70 as a standalone, I got it in my PS4 bundle and traded in for $35 credit (Net -$15 as bundle was $50 more than standalone PS4)

Metal Gear Solid V: Originally $75, I bought for $40 and traded in for $40 credit (Net $0)

Fallout 4: Originally $80, I bought for $40 and traded in for $45 credit (Net +$5)

The Witcher 3: Originally $70, I bought for $25 (haven't finished yet) (Net -$25)

Total net $: -$35

Managed to play all those games at launch price yet only lose $35 total in the process.

*edit* At the same time, ebgames gives you considerably less than you could probably get on Kijiji, so a cycle of selling the games on Kijiji and putting the money towards the new games would result in even less money lost.

If you include taxes I owuld have spent ~$75 total to play all those games at launch