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Canadian price tag for PS3 raises eyebrows |
Listed in: PS3 Tags: Canada, Gamespot, playstation 3 updates, Sony
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This price increase leaves some of us here at QJ baffled because we were getting the impression that Sony would've wanted the console to be cheaper if they could afford it. Perhaps they were encouraged by the opinion of UK retailers and they felt that they could increase the price? Some of us here are already thinking that perhaps Sony marketing thinks that a price tag with sixes and nines will be catchy... or something.
Considering shipping costs, or gas money, it might just be cheaper for a Canadian to import a PS3 unit from the US.
Anyhow, Gamespot has already updated that report and clarifies that it's not actually Sony's fault why the prices jumped up. An SCEC representative was quoted as saying:
Although the suggested retail price (SRP) of the PlayStation 3 in Canada has not changed, some Canadian retailers have chosen to increase their retail price as a result of the weaker Canadian dollar. This increase is solely at the discretion of the retailers, as Sony Computer Entertainment Canada has not issued a price increase.
See, so it ain't Sony's fault after all...
Via Destructoid
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Anyone here still remember the 360 drought? lol
Compare that to the ps3, sony has been continously shipping ps3's since its launch, this is why you can see some places with stock which then sell out quick.
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Secondly 699-659 = 40.... not 50....
thirdly Futureshop and Best Buy are the same company, others such as sonystyle in Canada is still selling at $659 right now, so it's too early to tell if BB just screwed up or if it's Sony's bidding.
Fourth.... Canadians were getting the PS3 for about ~$20 USD cheaper than Americans.... when Sony priced the PS3, The Canadian dollar's value was the highest it's been in decades. Sony priced the console according to this exchange rate... The Can. Dollar has since devalued a significant amount, so it looks like we are now paying about ~$15-$18 more in Canada...
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699.00 CAD + 592.574 USD
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that's more than $40 cheaper!
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