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Policenaut posted:That Nights of Azure game is $85 There's a Lesbian Premium tax on that one. Don't panic until more follow similar pricing.
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Yoya posted:some new ps4 pre orders are hitting 84.99 on amazon.ca so that might be the new baseline msrp Is this lower or higher than the norm for Canada? This equates to ~$60 USD.
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It's currently $80 for a new game in Canada.
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Policenaut posted:It's currently $80 for a new game in Canada. Isn't that like 57ish real money.
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but isn't their currency waterproof that has to count for something
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The Canadian dollar has dropped so much it is literally Monopoly money now
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Suikoden 2 is so good, I've never even played a Suikoden game before until this year but since it was only $2.50 I said why not and its incredible, and it has held up really well thanks to the mostly 2d art so it doesn't look awful even though it's an early PSone game.
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Huh, games are now apparently slightly cheaper in the UK than the US or Canada, assuming you don't pay over 40, which is fairly easy. New digital is still like US$90 though.
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El Hefe posted:Suikoden 2 is so good, I've never even played a Suikoden game before until this year but since it was only $2.50 I said why not and its incredible, and it has held up really well thanks to the mostly 2d art so it doesn't look awful even though it's an early PSone game. Suikoden 2 was actually a late-era PS1 game! It came out months before the PS2.
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Mayor McCheese posted:Is this lower or higher than the norm for Canada? This equates to ~$60 USD. Define "norm". At launch in 2013/early 2014, new games were $60CAD, it's been steadily creeping up since then due to the exchange rate. That said, during the Clinton years and a bit before they were also $80CAD, sometimes higher if you were getting a memory-heavy jRPG or something.
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barren_sky posted:These days publishers often drop the price to $50 in retail sales within a month of release to combat the used game market. There is zero chance I'd spend nearly $100 (after taxes) on a new game. Where do you see newish games going on sale for $50 in Canada (other than Black Friday/Boxing Day sales)? Any retailer I have access to is total garbage when it comes putting retail games on sale.
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XenoCrab posted:Where do you see newish games going on sale for $50 in Canada (other than Black Friday/Boxing Day sales)? Any retailer I have access to is total garbage when it comes putting retail games on sale. Amazon and Best Buy are pretty agressive with it.
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XenoCrab posted:Where do you see newish games going on sale for $50 in Canada (other than Black Friday/Boxing Day sales)? Any retailer I have access to is total garbage when it comes putting retail games on sale. Battlefront was on sale for $50 at Shoppers about 3 weeks after release.
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ImpAtom posted:Suikoden 2 was actually a late-era PS1 game! It came out months before the PS2. oh yeah Suikoden 1 was the one that was early era I had a PS1 in 1996 and I used to buy almost every game but somehow I never even heard of these games until recently
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El Hefe posted:oh yeah Suikoden 1 was the one that was early era Physical copies of Suikoden 2 are pretty rare. I purchased mine from Electronics Boutique back in the day, kind of on a fluke, as I had no desire to play Suikoden 1 due to its (amazing) cover.  I was happy to see Suikoden 2 on PSN as it's a solid game.
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Mayor McCheese posted:Physical copies of Suikoden 2 are pretty rare. I purchased mine from Electronics Boutique back in the day, kind of on a fluke, as I had no desire to play Suikoden 1 due to its (amazing) cover. To be fair literally everything on that cover is in fact in the game!
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I want to play Dragon Quest VII and VIII now since I never played them either, too bad they aren't available on PSN.
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El Hefe posted:I want to play Dragon Quest VII and VIII now since I never played them either, too bad they aren't available on PSN. FYI they are both getting a Western 3DS release this year.
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Mr E posted:Isn't that like 57ish real money. Unfortunately we are not paid in "real money" though so it's a real $25 increase for us. Just a few years ago I was buying nearly everything in the US because our dollar was worth more and you have cheaper prices/taxes on top of that. Now Americans are coming here to shop.
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univbee posted:FYI they are both getting a Western 3DS release this year. ah well that must be why they've never been released on PSN then
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Reverse Centaur posted:Unfortunately we are not paid in "real money" though so it's a real $25 increase for us. That sucks, Canadians deserve better.
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Yechezkel posted:Japan store: This demo is incredible and if you liked Odin Sphere on PS2 you should get this downloaded right now.
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Yeah its really tight and satisfying and it looks gorgeous in hd. I'm glad I still have a 30% off preorder on it
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Ooh, I loved Odin Sphere. Thanks for the heads-up. Oh, wait. That's JP store. 
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Speaking of the JP store I think I forgot to mention this earlier, but while you're there also download the Grand Kingdom demo. Spiritual sequel to Grand Knights History.
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And 69 Hyperdimension Neptunia avatars for your Japanese account.  ... no? No one?MisterAlex posted:Ooh, I loved Odin Sphere. Thanks for the heads-up. So? Make a JP account through this link and follow this tutorial. Then use the account on whatever you want to play it on. ----- Some of the new releases for next week, announced on PS Blogcast: quote:PS4 Games Vita version of The Banner Saga will not come out next week. It was almost cancelled due to port developer problems, but PlayStation took over and will help in making the Vita port. ---- edit: Another PS4 open beta of World of Tanks will start today until Sunday. NA link, EU link Yechezkel fucked around with this message at 09:02 on Jan 8, 2016 |
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Policenaut posted:This demo is incredible and if you liked Odin Sphere on PS2 you should get this downloaded right now. I've literally had that on mu "i'll play it eventually list" since it's release, so this is very nice to hear.
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Sakurazuka posted:Has the Odin Sphere remake been confirmed for a western release yet? Yup! http://atlus.com/osl/
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Yes, it has, at least for NA region. No release date was given, but it is planned to come out this spring. Both Gamestop and Amazon claim a release date of June 7, but I don't think that was confirmed by Atlus.
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I guess Amazon.jp doesn't sell PSN cards? All I'm seeing are inflated prices from third-party sellers.
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MisterAlex posted:I guess Amazon.jp doesn't sell PSN cards? All I'm seeing are inflated prices from third-party sellers. There's still a markup and it takes like 12 hours to get, but Solaris Japan has I think the lowest markup, like 11000 yen for a 10k yen code
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Yechezkel posted:And 69 Hyperdimension Neptunia avatars for your Japanese account. I bought one of these for my JP account. No lie. I rather liked the variety. It's me. I'm the demographic.
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univbee posted:There's still a markup and it takes like 12 hours to get, but Solaris Japan has I think the lowest markup, like 11000 yen for a 10k yen code Isn't the Japanese sales tax 10% right now? Unless the sale of digital codes is specifically excluded from sales tax, that wouldn't even be a markup.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Isn't the Japanese sales tax 10% right now? Unless the sale of digital codes is specifically excluded from sales tax, that wouldn't even be a markup. If it's like it is here, gift cards don't get tax added on. You'd essentially be paying sales tax twice in that event.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Isn't the Japanese sales tax 10% right now? Unless the sale of digital codes is specifically excluded from sales tax, that wouldn't even be a markup. The prices on digital items in Japan already includes the tax. In fact, prices got all kinds of hosed because everything was tweaked to have clean prices at 5% tax. Then they raised it to 8% so items had prices like 627 yen and it's basically impossible to cleanly spend an entire wallet card now.
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I've played about 10 hours of Dragon Age: Origins now and I've decided that it's not that bad, really, kind of like a more competent and focused Kingdoms of Amalur without the charm. So what about DA2? I see it's on sale at the store for a fiver but I've heard that most people poo poo all over it. I'm sure this has been done to death by now but this is pretty much the first time ever I've been even remotely interested in the franchise so what's so lovely about DA2? There are a whole lot of things I don't care for in DA:O and I gather DA2 fixed some of those things but is otherwise garbage or something. Also is DA:O Awakening worth anything? 20 bucks for a DLC sounds pretty nutty to me. Does it ever go on sale?
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