Games Getting a Price Hike in Canada; inFamous: Second Son Jumps Up by $10; Titanfall Unaffected

Canadian gamers woke up to a bad surprise today, as video game prices are suffering from a sudden hike ($10 in average) due to the recent drop of the canadian dollar compared to the US Dollar. The change is being operated across the board by all retailers (including digital stores like Sony's SEN, while the Xbox store seems not to have applied the change yet) on upcoming titles.

[KingDadXVI]

If it is due to our dollar being down 10 cents then why were games not $10 less a couple years ago when the Canadian dollar was worth 10 cents more than the US dollar.

What other games have been affected? I see nothing on the Xbox Store that has changed.

[Abriael]

Pretty much all upcoming games across all the retailers I could check. The only one I saw not affected is Evolve. If you buy stuff on the Xbox store you may want to preorder all you want now, because they'll probably hike the price later.

[bradfh]

best bet is to buy digital copy that dont cost 10 dollars more and you dont even have to pay tax either and stop supporting the greedy retail stores with a cash grap.

[Allsystemgamer]

Brad

Even the digital copies are going up. This is just stupid.

[Thehyph]

PPP is not $1 CAD to $1 USD.
We've had a few years now in Canada where it's been one of the best places to buy video games, especially since the PSN/SEN doesn't charge the 13% in tax that retailers in this province would hit me with.
Still sucks though. I've noticed ebgames raising prices on upcoming games for a while.

Could be worse. (Read: Europe, Australia, etc.)

[TheGreatAndPowerful]

Can't you guys buy from the US store with pre-paid PSN cards?

[jocomat9]

@TheGreatAndPowerful nope. When i was giving my friend psn money. (im canadian hes american) i had to buy a psn card in the states in order to do so.Just so he could redeem the code that i sent him. Canadian psn code didn't work on an american account. so i assume vice versa.

[ITPython]

Wonder if this is a scare tactic to try and get more people to pre-order games? Cause I seriously doubt a change in 10 cents to the dollar would bring about a $10 price hike.

I know Amazon has a pre-order price guarantee, so as long as you pre-ordered the game, no matter how much it goes up you will only pay the price that you pre-ordered it at.

I bet that as soon as word got out that game prices in Canada were going up $10, the pre-orders on games likely went up significantly across the world.

[Patrick_pk44]

It is complete BS! I remember when the dollar was strong and we still payed the same or more than the regular price of video games. It is just a cash grab from our pockets.

I pre-ordered InFamous, MGS:GZ, and Destiny before all the prices have risen or will rise. I knew we would get fucked over again. But I only buy exclusives or only console exclusives that appeal to me. Thank god for my PC.

[KingDadXVI]

I agree. Don't worry though our government is going to stop country pricing and bring parity to US prices for us, after they are done fleecing us to pad their pensions and pay more legal bills for Senators who are charged with Fraud. LMFAO, welcome to Canada.

[ShaunCameron]

@ KingDadXVI

Don't forget transfer payments to all the have-not provinces (Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, the Maritimes except Newfoundland) so they can maintain their progressive utopia. LMAO

[SteamPowered]

This is all Rob Ford's doing, I swear!

[psDrake]

Sorry but I am not paying that much for a game. I barely justify paying $60 for a game.

Will wait for a price drop.

[SkippyPaccino]

that would be a good way of making people pre-order games " if you pre-order its 60$ and if you wait its 70$...That's how you make your pre-orders sales go up

[SteamPowered]

Steam games do that very thing. Thief was 10% off as a preorder, full price after it dropped. Seems like they do that with quite a few new games. Didnt happen with Stick of Truth though :(

[levian]

It would if that's how it worked. Just pre-ordered Dark Souls 2 today and was shocked to find out it was $70

[memots]

You know how much Bs this is ?

When the Canadian dollars was worth more than the U.S dollars everything was on par, i wouldn't get a "rebate" because my dollars was worth more. Now i see all the time on digital download on pc and now they are increasing retails !!?

So in the end i still pay more wtf

[HyperBear]

Yup, just one of the joys of being a Canadian gamer in a continent where one country controls the entire stocks, trading agreements and MSRPs of products.

I remember when EB Games initially increased the prices on all PS4 1st party games beginning last month, then it became all PS4/PS Vita and Xbox One 3rd party game prices rose middle of February. Then other retailers including Best Buy, Future Shop and Amazon.ca all increased their prices accordingly. And it wont be long till all Xbox One 1st party games increase to $69.99 as well...

Sad day for gaming in Canada, makes me wonder if I should re-think my decision to continue to be a gamer or not :(

[rezzah]

Just means you wait until price drops. And by wait, I don't mean have your eyes glued to a web page that's refreshed every second.

Pick a game you want above all, get it and enjoy it while others drop in price.

You don't need to give up the entire hobby.

[memots]

@rezzah

Problem is Second Son was on my day 1 list. But it looks like i will wait.

DriveClub will remain day no matter what lol

[nevin1]

That's what you get from winning the Gold Medal in hockey.

[iWishTifaWasReal]

LOL! well said.

[MisterFantastic]

Im not in Canada, but paying $10 more for a SP game (or any game) is ludicrous. I will NEVER pay full price for a game especially an extra 10 bucks. I'm with psDrake, i'll wait for a price drop.

Canada, you're drunk.......

[Kribwalker]

I typically buy multiplayer games on day 1. Otherwise unless I really want to play the single player I will wait until used or dropped price

[SteamPowered]

Steam Spring Sale cant come soon enough!!

[Dasteru]

As KingDad said, if it was truly due to the canadian dollar being down, games would have been $49.99 2 years ago when our dollar was worth 10 cents more. Publishers are just using this as an excuse to further gouge people on game prices. Hopefully nobody buys any of these games, the developers and publishers can burn in hell.

Games were already severely overpriced as it was, the Canadian government needs to step in and put a federal ban on charging more than $39.99 for any game.

[ShaunCameron]

Not gonna happen. The government is part of the reason why we pay more in the first place.

[Kribwalker]

If the game is made in canada we are already paying for it with tax credits. Most of my EA games I get for free anyways by going game testing there

[jonboi24]

Damn this sucks for us. Though I wonder is this the publishers or the retailers rising the price.

[Allsystemgamer]

Gee thanks. I can barely afford them as it is.

[JohnathanACE]

Well there goes the chance of me buying Infamous day one.

[snarls200]

infamous is still 60 on the store for me

[firelogic]

If you're using the canadian store, it's listed as $69.99.

[snarls200]

it changed after i looked

[firelogic]

Well damn. Glad I pre-ordered Infamous SS digitally.

[JaredH]

I was going to preorder digitally, and it was $60 yesterday, but now it's $70 digitally on psn.

I'm waiting till a price drop now I guess since I have more than enough to play in the meantime and am not supporting this.

[solidsheep]

Wow this feels so scummy. I hope more information comes out.
I know Canadian gov is trying to place laws to stop retailers from doing this.

[urwifeminder]

Stealth ads on xb1 page again hey we do not want this at all just ruins page continuity.

[mrdeli]

Due to the value I get from Steam I just cannot justify 69.99 at retail for anything but the most AAA of the AAA. Be interesting if steam prices go up. If they stay the real price then you are going to see a lot of gamers go PC.

[memots]

agreed, Buying a game full price on Pc digital is not happening for me anymore. When after 3 months i picked up BF4 Deluxe Edition for 34.99$ it makes it hard to even consider buying full price.

[pkb79]

looks like I will be waiting on Bargain deals this gen again.
Just don't buy them at this price. I'd rather wait 3 years for a game to hit $20 then put up with this price gouging.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

If that's how they want to play it fine then. Guess I'll just get used games.

[i8urCAKE]

STEAM SALES MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!

[porkChop]

Yeah this means that I'm gonna be waiting on price drops or used copies for many games coming out this year. $70 plus tax, which comes to $80, is ridiculous for just one game. Especially with how short games are getting these days.

[bleedsoe9mm]

i find it hard to believe this has anything to do with the cdn dollar , maybe a test balloon for worldwide next gen game price increases

[ironmonkey]

damn canadien dollar sucks.

[kingduqc]

Glad I don't really game on consoles

70$ + taxes hahahahhahaha That's like 20 steam games

[shuuwai]

That's fine with me. I usually buy game when they're 39.99, 1 month wait isn't bad. I rarely buy it at 59.99. I've pre-order all ps4 games for 39.99 on last year E3 @ futureshop's sale, I'm good till 2015. Please jack the price higher, so less people will buy the games day one, and price drop will come faster.

[porkChop]

Man even Murdered: Soul Suspect which is supposed to be $49.99 on PS3 is $69.99 here in Canada. That's an extra $20 plus tax for literally no reason.

[brandonb21]

1 Canadian dollar = 90 cents USD ... that not that bad....

[bleedsoe9mm]

as long as i can remember games have been on par with the US , even when it was 70cents

[firelogic]

They actually haven't. Games and consoles used to cost more in Canada than in the US. It's only the last several years that they've been on par. It's not surprising that it's happening again.

[bleedsoe9mm]

consoles yes , but i can remember paying 49.99 for Atari games same price as in the US . books were always more expensive in Canada as well , or maybe i'm getting too old and my mind is failing , which is very possible

[memots]

what about comic book. I remember them being 80 cents in the U.S and 1.25 here.

If push comes to shove ill just go buy my games across the border i am 20 minutes drive to the border.

[Gamer666]

It is BS.

When the CDN dollar was 70-80 cents US we used to see $69.99 games.

10% lower dollar should not equal a 14.28% price hike.

Especially, since most 3rd parties are not doing this yet and MS (The supposed money hungriest of all) isn't...

I will not buy a game for $69.99 unless the CDN dollar is 70-80 US.

[Bytor]

What did you guys pay when it was like a 40 cent difference a 100 dollars.

[Shinuz]

Seriously guys, just don't buy your games day one and wait for a price drop or buy used.

I don't even remember the last time I paid 60$ for a game.

[tanookisuit]

You guys should check out VideoGamesPlus.ca. They are a great alternative to EB Games, Futureshop, etc. They haven't raised prices on newer games, and they stated (on their Twitter page) they don't plan on doing so either.

Plus, they ship to the U.S, too!

[HyperBear]

Thanks for the info. man! really appreciate it, cause I've never heard of them before, and every game is literally $59.99. +bubs :D

[tanookisuit]

I hear Microplay is another option (they are located in Montreal I believe). I haven't fully explored their stock/website, but I'm really impressed with VGP otherwise.

I'm so sad Amazon, Futureshop/Bestbuy followed EB Games (in raising prices). Too bad for them; they dun goofed up hard, because now VGP will be getting all my money from here on in (except for Collector's editions, I have to shop else where, lol).

And, you're welcome. Game on, friend.

[snarls200]

not everybody want's to use the net to buy thier games