Various retailers are currently holding pre-orders for the upcoming NHL 13, this is despite the game not yet having a cover athlete.
With deals beginning online at 5pm PT/8pm ET on December 24, and in stores at 6am local time on December 26, Future Shop has revealed their Boxing Day 2014 flyer ahead of time.
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Has anyone got a refurbished Xbox One? Says Microsoft Store certified so I'm curious as to what kind of condition it would be.
Pretty weak deals in terms of games tbh...
The NHL 15 bundle would mean something to me if I didn't already know that it needs an immediate huge update to have the best modes.
Offering up similar deals to Best Buy Canada, the Future Shop Black Friday 2014 ad has been leaked ahead of time. Unlike Best Buy though, this flyer doesn’t feature the deals that run through the entire week.
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These Black Friday software sales this year don't seem to be so hot. Guess Boxing Day is where its at this year.
Its not bad for individuals or families looking into buying PS4 bundle. As for us who already own a system and games it's really a slap in the face. I was really hoping Playstation Plus cards would be $29.99 again. I guess not. Also with Ubisoft and Assassin Creed Unity, I would not by a game that was condemned broken from the publisher itself.
With that said it leaves nothing for us gamers who were looking for better games at a cheaper price. Most notable is the Dualshock 4 at $39.99. I will buy that and thats it.
Just a shame there are no good deals. I personally think Black Friday has gotten to big for its own good. I will wait for boxing week as well.
Folks in Canada may have to start breaking their piggy banks to buy games. Major retailers are raising the prices of next-gen games throughout the country
I wonder if there's a new tax/fee that went into effect in Canada since it appears to be "nation" wide
No new taxes or fees to report from the Canadian front. It's most likely to do with currency fluctuations. The Cdn dollar was trading above the US dollar for quite some time but now that the US dollar is improving and investors aren't quite as spooked about the state of the US economy (even if some would have you believe the US is on the verge of economic armageddon). Cdn dollar is back down around 0.90 US and expected to dip a bit lower as the US dollar strengthens.
Still sucks though.
No new taxes. The other retailers in my city are still at $59.99. Costco is at $54.99.
Apparently software sales were down for EB/GameStop in December so they are probably trying to make up the short fall.
Just a note for those claiming that it is due to the dip in the Canadian Dollar, they may use that excuse but in reality it is not due to that. Most businesses hedge their currency at least one year ahead if not longer. This means that even though most retailers in Canada purchase foreign goods with the American dollar, due to hedging they purchased those US dollars at par and will not be affected until 2015.
It is very common in Canada for prices to rise right away when the Loonie drops in comparison to the US dollar but it takes forever for the prices to come down once the Loonie is at par or above against the US dollar, due to hedging again.
So yes they may say that is the reason but technically it is just a good excuse to increase prices.
Can't believe that price! In UK the retail for current/last gen is £40 whereas for next green it's £50. I would switch to an American account but it wouldn't work on remote play: (
@n4rc
Ebgames only has games that are months out priced at $65. The new Final Fantasy and castlevania, for ps3, are both $65 on their website for example. I'm guessing they're implementing it for games released after January or something.
Well damn.. I don't shop there anymore and this is a good reason to continue going elsewhere..
Future shop and Walmart etc are still $59.99 as well as the cdn xbl marketplace.. So GameStop is going to suffer huge.. Probably on the verge of pulling out of Canada or something
If this happens and the online stores don't follow suit I'll seriously consider going digital only. Or if amazon Canada doesn't do the same thing I'll get prime and only use them. I'm not paying more of my money to the companies that "forget" to give preorder bonuses yet always ask you preorder something and plead ignorance for anything negative you have to say.
Considering the loonie is in a free fall at the moment it doesn't surprise me.
All this. ^
I call around. Only EB seems to be doing this now....that may change.
I know if this keeps going - the retailer (looking st you Walmart) who stays at $59.99 wins.
So much for keeping current on my Video Game collection. I thought $59.99 was too much most of the time and feel most games are not worth that to begin with. There are a ton of older games I have yet to finish or play. I can wait it out until a price drop happens on the games I want, over a year if I have to. I'm not going to be happy about it.
New games here plus tax are $69 already, jacking up the price another $5 is not helping. Might just go digital as you save the tax on XBL/PSN and no word if the price changes are happening to them. Retailers might be making a digital future happen faster. So PSN/XBL games might be 59.99 and at the retailers be $75.
I dunno.. What does entertainment cost?
Its nothing to blow $100 at the bar.. Or drop $60 to take a date to a movie..
For a game I'll get 100+ hours out of.. I feel its well worth $60..
Not to say all games are worth $60.. But the good ones are imo
I see what your saying, I spent $1600 over the weekend just so I could have a Hotel party after the club.
I have no problem with paying the full price if the game is worth it. Problem is out of the thousands of titles released on the 360/PS3/Wii last gen, my guess is only about 10% were worth it. In the Xbox/PS2/GC days, I was paying full price weekly on games. I make more money now and I have no problem paying if the value is there.
Now they are raising the price for all games while holding content back to release as DLC, Micro Transactions have now started showing up in full priced retail games and you might as well say games require a subscription because you need Gold/Plus to access all the features.
360/PS3/Wii gen has watched myself and my friends go from always day one purchasers, to waiting for a sale or the Goty version most of the time. We just don't see the value in paying full price when you have to spend more on it later and now the price increases.
An expiring CBA, which could mean no/delayed hockey. The game also usually launches 2nd week of September
Hopefully they learned from the NFL/NBA mistakes as of late and get that thing squared away asap.
Cover athlete should be Malkin