$60 Game Comeback?

[GameKinG]

I hope not. I have 20 gamecube games and many more purchases in mind.

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by manasecret

I still don't understand Candanians bitching about game prices over there; I mean, isn't everything over there a higher number price than it is in Amrica?

How much is a value burger there? Or a movie ticket? 24-packs of Bud Light?

Anyway, Ikaruga is only $40 and it's a fantastic game! ...it's just all 2D and not exactly an 80-hour RPG.

...Not to mention the fact that the canadian dollar is only worth about 75cents and they have nationalized healthcare.

[PureEvil]

Originally Posted by Stonecutter

...Not to mention the fact that the canadian dollar is only worth about 75cents...

Right. Which is only good if you have American money to exchange for the lower Canadian rate.

Living here, if you have 75 cents, it's 75 cents Canadian. If you have 75 cents American though, it's a dollar Canadian, which is advantageous. The weak Canadian dollar is in no way good for Canadians (Excluding certain business aspects, but who cares about that); thus the bitching.

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by PureEvil

Right. Which is only good if you have American money to exchange for the lower Canadian rate.

Living here, if you have 75 cents, it's 75 cents Canadian. If you have 75 cents American though, it's a dollar Canadian, which is advantageous. The weak Canadian dollar is in no way good for Canadians (Excluding certain business aspects, but who cares about that); thus the bitching.

Yeah, but you're still paying only 60$ (US) for a 50$ (US) game.
And that extra 10 (im guessing) is coming from the insanly high canadian tarrifs/taxes, but as I said, there's your free healthcare.

It all balances out.

[Joeiss]

Well, there are no tariffs from stuff coming in from America to Canada, stupid! NAFTA NAFTA NAFTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

Umm.. How much in minimum wage in the states? In Ontario, it is 6.85 i believe. So I guess if yours is lower, than it is all good.

But the thing is, for those who don't work, you get like 20 bucks from an aunt from your birthday. In America, you only need like 30 more bucks, but in canada you need like 60 for bucks. See the diff?

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by Joeiss

Well, there are no tariffs from stuff coming in from America to Canada, stupid! NAFTA NAFTA NAFTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

Umm.. How much in minimum wage in the states? In Ontario, it is 6.85 i believe. So I guess if yours is lower, than it is all good.

One of two things is happening and it doesn't matter either way.

Either the games come direct from japan to BOTH the US and Canada, or since japan is the country of origin you're still paying the tarrif. If you've ever shipped something internationally you know you have to list all the contents of what you are shipping, the countries the items were purchased in AND the country the items were manufactured in. In this case, Japan, or possibly china is the country of origin. Either way, tariffs still apply since it originally comes from overseas.

I believe the minimum wage varies from state to state. In Illinois its 5.35$ an hour.

But the thing is, for those who don't work, you get like 20 bucks from an aunt from your birthday. In America, you only need like 30 more bucks, but in canada you need like 60 for bucks. See the diff?

Uhhhhhh....

Think about what you just said.

If 20$ was actually 20$ you'd need the same amount of money. Its just that your basic monetary unit is worth less than ours and thus your aunt gave you less money than my aunt.

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by GameKinG

I hope not. I have 20 gamecube games and many more purchases in mind.

But at that same rate, you'd still be able to buy 16 games at 60$ each.

Seeing as how you already own 20 games, I'll bet you have 4 games that, though you might not regret buying, you wouldn't buy again given the chance.

And if not, I'm sure you can come accross an extra 240 to get those extra 4 games.

[BlueFire]

I hope they don't do this. My mom usually buys my games... and knowing her, she won't be happy to see $60 dollar price tags..

i need a job... lol

[Joeiss]

Originally Posted by Stonecutter

Uhhhhhh....

Think about what you just said.

If 20$ was actually 20$ you'd need the same amount of money. Its just that your basic monetary unit is worth less than ours and thus your aunt gave you less money than my aunt.

But it is all relative. $20 is like the basic currency that people give and receive. When I get 20 bucks I don't say that I need more to equal that of the American 20 dollar bill.

[gekko]

I think the whole argument is that it balances out. In Canada, everything costs more money, but you also make more money. Forget Canada and the US, too little difference.

Let's take the US and Japan. Games generally run 5800 yen. Everything costs thousands! In the US, some kid may make $5 an hour, but in Japan, they would make 580 yen an hour. Everything costs more, but they make more. Both work for 10 hours and they have a game.

Now back to the US and Canada. The US dollar is worth more because we can buy more with it. $1 will buy us 1/50 of a game, so when we go to Canada and turn in a buck, we should be able to buy 1/50 of a game in Canada too, and that amounts to more than $1 Canadian.

It's not that you're paying more for the games, it's just that it costs more. Just like Japan isn't paying more for their games, even though they cost over 100 times as much. Of course, it's probably a lot more complicated than that when you get into currency exchange rates.

Anyway, currently...
$1 US = $1.3489 CDN
$50 US = $67.44 CDN
$50 US = 5972 yen

$60 US = $80.93 CDN

It's not costing you anything more than it's costing us. In fact, you would get the game $.93 CDN (or $.69 US) cheaper than us if they raised the prices.

[Joeiss]

Yeah, if it is 59.99 American, it would most likely be 79.99 Canadian. But the thing that I do not understand, is that most games right now do cost 79.99. But what I don't understand is that when we pay 59.99 for a game, how much do Americans pay? 39.99? or 44.99?

[gekko]

Americans pay $49.99 for games. A select few come out for $39.99.

When you pay $59.99, it would be about $44.50 US.

[Seth]

I've got a question for the yanks. When you're buying a 355 ml pop from a pop machine....do you pay 1 buck american?


Also, most of the games up here range from 49.99 to 79.99. Enter the Matrix costs me 69.99 cdn. Usually the only games that'll cost me 79.99 are on the PC. Warcraft 3 being one of them.(atleast used to)


Actually, right now Canadians get the better deal as far as games go. Most of the games from my local Walmart are 59.99. A lot of the games that are a year old down around 39.99 to 49.99.

So ya, we're getting the better deal now.

I think i'll have to boycott gaming as a whole if the price goes up to 80 bucks a game cdn. While gaming is fun...a single game usually doesn't last me that long. I'm not that much of a gamer,, so say SSBM costs me 60 bucks cdn...i've put about 15 hours max into that game. That's 4 bucks an hour for playing a game, not including the price of the console, extra controller(s), and all the other stuff that goes along with gaming.

Very few games are worth 80 bucks to me. Meh, hopefully one of the console companies will keep their game prices at 50 american and take the losses.

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by bouncer_agb

I've got a question for the yanks. When you're buying a 355 ml pop from a pop machine....do you pay 1 buck american?

12 oz cans of pop vary greatly depending on where you buy them and what brand you buy. If you to a walmart and buy the sams club brand you can get them for 50 cents (at least you used to be able to a short time ago.) At my school we have a deal with coke with cans costing 65 cents. Most Coke/Pepsi machines in public range from 75 cents to 1$.

I've seen 20 oz bottles in public from $1.25 to $2.75.

[gekko]

Man, I haven't used a public pop machine in ages, but they should still be $.50.

I've bought a 20 oz bottle of coke for $3.75 Most I've ever seen.