Canada is Getting flooded with Downloadable Content

The Canadian gamers at Citizen Game are mad has heck and they're probably not going to take it anymore, barring some genuine apologies and possibly an adjustment pricing schemes more in line with Canadian to US dollar exchange rates!! Why the measured, polite rage? Seems that Canadians are paying an unfair amount for their downloadable content. Or, in more blogger struck with a case of the hyperboles terminology such as financial rape, unfair, obfuscation, retarded, and pudding.

[Maddens Raiders]

you S.O.B., I almost spewed coffee all over my monitor when I saw those images, I was laughing so hard. Be careful dammit!lol

..yeah, never been a proponent of points. Consistency is the key and even though Sony is overall $1 over m.s.r.p., the other two have some explaining to do. Are the points arbitrarily translated into actual dollar amounts? I.E. 2000 wii points $19.99USD / $24.99CDN wtf?

[Bazookajoe_83]

The entire europe is getting raped by high prices...

[Lyberator]

Haha, nice title.

[IQUITN4G]

How hard is it to come up with non offensive title.Some might not think it a big deal but if people that have been raped check this site out , they're not going to be exactly delighted with what they read.I live with someone that's been raped and we both enjoy reading N4G.A little common sense guys.

It's not like you can get away from the word or anything but it's not needed here when all you got to do is reword the title.

[smart_head]

Hey, I agree with you 100%. But I'm sure the N4G contributor didn't mean to offend anyone. You're right, though - people tend to get inconsiderate at times.

[kingofps3]

I apologize to all those offended by the use of certain word in the title. I have updated the story but I don't have the ability to change the title of the story. I will try and request the admins guys to change it if possible. Thanks

[Halonator]

thats the only reason i did not approve. i don't think you shold have to be told that is offiensive, its commen sence.

[kingofps3]

"Always use the original headline of the source article for your N4G headline when possible. Do not create your own headlines unless the original headline doesn’t make any sense when posted on N4G."- N4G News Posting Guidelines. http://www.n4g.com/Info/Pos...

I never though of altering the title because it maybe offensive. My bad for that.

I did contact News Bot and hopefully they will look into the matter at hand and resolve it.

[Morbius420]

Why are people becoming such pussies? We are human beings. We get offended from time to time. We live and move on. GET OVER IT!

[IQUITN4G]

Yeah i know it's only that and i'm not hating on anyone for it as it's not intended to offend obviously.Thought it was worth the mention though.

[MewMew]

Micro$tinkins is sooo greedy and do not care for you Xbots.

As for that picture and this report, Nintendo and Sony names should not be mentioned in this.

Ahahahaha! *MeeeeeeeeeoooooooowwwwWow!*

[Daxx]

Normal people don't act like cats. So you must be a furry because you sure as hell like acting like a cat.

You disgust me.

[MewMew]

You is the biggest chump-a-lump, that TheMewtasticOne has ever seen. Also you are "teh suck".

Ahahaha! *Meeeeeooooowwwwwdupertastic!*

[IQUITN4G]

Yes but where possible it's surely nicer not to add upset for those that have suffered wouldn't you agree Morbius?

[razer]

don't buy it..

Nobody is forcing you to purchase DLC.

[Kleptic]

the article obviously went right over your head...

Canadians are mad at the fact that they have to pay more than everywhere else (except apperantly parts of Europe)...not that they simply have to pay for it...

did you even read it? or just read the title and figure your comment would actually make sense?...what you said had nothing to do with a single thing in this article...

[razer]

It's called voting with your wallet, supply and demand. You can whine about it all day long but if nobody buys it then the publishers/MS/Nintendo/Sony will need to respond by lowering the prices/adjusting then to make it more fare. I did read the article genius, appearently my comment went over your head.

[DethWish]

It's still weird that other people should have some kind of advantage though, like they were better or something?
Does MS, Nintendo and Sony like Americans better than Canadians since they take less pay from them?

[mbmonk]

The US market, population wise, is around 10 times the size of the Canadian market. Canada’s population is around 32 million and the US population is around 300 million. Unless you have an insanely high percentage of the population in Canada that plays videos games your answer could be right there. Aye?

So now we can move on to EVERYONE in EVERY COUNTRY complaining about how they are getting shafted in terms of prices.

[Clinton514]

This is why as a Canadian I'm extremely selective about what I purchase/download.

[progx]

I don't want anyone having my credit card info. I just buy the points cards at the store. I stream everything from my pc to my 360, so I only buy themes if I really like em. I do buy gamerpics though, but those are cheap as hell.

EDIT: How can someone disagree with my personal preference? F*cking [email protected]

[Bnet343]

United States and Japan. Everywhere else you're pretty much getting "raped" I live in US, so I have nothing to worry about. How about Germany? They don't even get games like Gears of War or Dead Rising. Now that's messed up!

[toughNAME]

its like on Microsoft Word, theres no Canadian-English (anyone tired of neighborhood, and color?)

why should MS points be different?

overall i hate MS points..but i still buy them...f u MS

but yes...i spent July in England/...and they get screwed over waay worse

[Fighter]

$97 US is $100 Canadian yet we still get ripped off on everything. I have to pay 15% tax on almost everything I buy. I guess its not as bad as Australia where a PS3 is over $1000.

[darkvenom]

man i could not stop laughing at those pics!,bubbles for making me laugh(sorry but i've had such a hard day at work.)

[pilotpistolpete]

Its a pretty irritating thing. Whenever the canadian dollar goes down, prices go up, but then the canadian dollar goes up, we don;t see any changes. It's all about greed. Why hurry to lower your prices when you can suck up every dime you can

For almost anything right now, its cheaper to drive down to the states and buy your stuff. Even if its a long ride, its easily worth it. You can save tens of thousands of dollars on a car if you buy it across the border, even with all the fees to legalise it here in Canada.

[iceice123]

is Americas hat, so I hear.

[djt23]

i like the title
all i have to say is, if you dont live in US or japan and your pay for VC XBL and PSN games you are going to get ripped off.

japan is really luck they get free XBL games and VC PSN games are very cheap or affordable.

[stunt213]

this article is so true, its bullshit i live in canada and i have to pay 70$ for a game then 14% tax which comes in a total of 78$ while people in us pay 60$ us and thats about 62$ canadian dollars

[Lumbo]

Honestly thats peanuts, Games cost EUR 69.99 here in the old world:
69.99 Euro = 101.443 Canadian Dollar

So if you feel ripped off, imagine how we EuroPEONS feel

[MK_Red]

In case of DLC the article isn't lying but overall, most non-J and non-US regions are being kinda robbed, specially Europeans: They usually have to wait for more than 6 months for a game and then sometimes get it edited/censored for a much higher pirce (Thanks for all kinds of tax) and thats just the software, we all know the story of console launch delays such as PSP and PS3.

[Fighter]

In Canada PS3 games are $69.99 + tax(14% in my province)and X-Box 360 games are also the same price even though they use the DVD9 format. I guess it's still better than Europe or Australia.

[ChickeyCantor]

........like EU gamers pay way more then americannnnnnnnnnnns?

[mbmonk]

Uk, Canada, Australia.. please stop the complaining. These are all smaller markets.

Population, All estimates:
UK - 60 million
France - 60 million
Canada - 32 million
Australia - 20 million
Japan - 127 million
US - 300+ million
India - over 1 billion
China - over 1 billion

Imagine what kind of prices China and India could get if everything wasn't pirated there :).