Canadian new game prices jump to $75

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Canadian gamers are in for an unpleasant price hike.

As spotted by HardcoreGamer, the local Canadian branches of Amazon and EB Games have raised the prices of upcoming games to CAD$75.
The CAD$5 increasing comes within a year of prices hitting the CAD$70 point.
CAD$75 (£38/€53) currently exchanges for $60, the standard US pricing. The change is likely due to to fluctuation in currency value, but since that doesn’t mean local wages go up, from a consumer perspective it’s just less cash in their pockets.
Standard new release console game RRPs are also pretty expensive in the UK at £50 ($77/€70), Europe at €70 ($78/£50), and Australia at AUD$110 ($85/£55/€75).
Oh, hell – they’re expensive everywhere and none of us are getting paid enough.

Source: VG247

Guess Play-Asia is getting tht much more of my business.

It's honestly ridiculous. Just price the games at their base currency, and convert on purchase.

Online ordering is going to completely boost.

DaTeckno wrote:

Online ordering is going to completely boost.

Only from the publisher. Paying NISA or Iffy's $10 shipping is better than paying extra over bullshit. Watch them keep the prices at that level even if the Cad$ increases.

The RRP of new games in Australia is still $119 but most retailers will sell new releases $90 tops for standard copies.

Man that sucks. I fear that a standard price rise might occur here as well, just not as dramatically. I'm expecting it go from $60 to $65.

It really depends on the average consumer. People might say "it's only $5" and couple years later they will be saying the same thing.

I'm not paying $75 for a game unless it at least comes with a wallscroll and an art book.

Angelus wrote:

I'm not paying $75 for a game unless it at least comes with a wallscroll and an art book.

Shipping cost to Australia is way to high ; ;

2Sugoi2Die wrote:

Angelus wrote:

I'm not paying $75 for a game unless it at least comes with a wallscroll and an art book.

Shipping cost to Australia is way to high ; ;

Ship your games to me and then I'll ship them back for free to you.