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Canadian Gaming Deals & Discussion 9: Looking for a Switch in Deals
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Yup, just today I think
Never at $80 but it does have it at $100.
Was debating on Madden but I guess that makes my life easier.
bomberman447
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Yeah, was just about to check out with Fifa, NHL and Madden and now all $80.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'm almost tempted to get all the sports games... but what are they like nowadays? Last NHL I played was probably 09. lol
Fate_Shirou
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I keep missing these deals >.<
Exactly. That's how I got a $35 KH3 and FF15 among the others.
Exist2Inspire02
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That's what I've done as well. I highly doubt that anything would happen, but I would kick myself if I didn't and Amazon glitches out haha.
HubbaBubba
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BRSxIgnition
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Anywhere I can get BotW cheaper than MSRP? Never had the chance to get the 20% discount on it.
Just Kijiji
BRSxIgnition
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Couldn't find anything in my area for it on Kijiji or Craigslist unfortunately.
Try to find it at Shoppers on a 20x day to earn like $20-$40 worth of points back on your purchase. For a lot of these games I really don't quite feel like pre-ordering at 20% off, I'm honestly thinking I'd rather take my chances in finding them at Shoppers later on anyway.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Shoppers is a huge YMMV on game availability. The worst thing is they dont put games on display except bargain bin shovelware and you have to ask employees who most of the time don't have a clue about games. I doubt they even check properly when you ask them.
I won't even shop there for games because of that. I see a stack of PS4 games behind the counter, but as a company that is not a good practice.
Hey you want to put that behind a locked glass cabinet like Wal-Mart? Cool. But when you have to ask the one cashier working, and then you have to wait just to see what they have in stock and what the prices are? Fuck that.
BigJonsson
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We should have made a poll to come up with the top pre-ordered games
I guess Mario is probably #1?
I guess Mario is probably #1?
Knack 2?
We could set up a straw poll to do that.
UberTag
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I've been subscribing to this philosophy for a number of years now and have no regrets about it.
I'm vehemently refusing to pre-order any of the $99 Canadian titles on Amazon out of principle.
I don't even want to entertain the delusion to NoC that said price point is acceptable.
Even missing out on potential one-off price fluctuations isn't worth sending that message.
Have an order on Amazon.com for Pokkén Tournament DX for $49 US. Had a $10 credit on there to use up from an earlier price error they refused to honor.
Ffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Best Buy will have their bones ground into mustard and left in the sun with no geese to consume them!
Well they got their lunch ate in general this e3 since they didn't match any of the $50 games from Walmart and STILL don't have a bunch of games listed. The only thing I've ordered so far from them is a backup of Pokemon.
Best Buy dropped the ball. I wasn't able to stack anything (just my luck) but have added items to the cart a few dozen times, but never actually checked out. Meh.
chrominance
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It's so weird to me that traditionally Best Buy has been way better about adding games during E3 than Amazon, and that they specifically mentioned in their FAQ that they would add games throughout the week, but somehow ended up being almost as bad as Walmart when it came to adding games. There's a thread on the BB forums specifically for game requests, and the three Atlas 3DS games mentioned in the OP STILL aren't listed.
Should be in the next few hours when someone first gets charged, by morning a lot of ours should be shipped!
I went with Best Buy with a couple of things, they let me preorder Beyond Good and Evil 2 (though we probably won't see that title until 2023) and Monster Hunter Stories.
Also the steelbooks for FFXII and Yakuza Kiwami (Amazon was sold out of FFXII).
I wish someone would let me preorder Yakuza 6 for cheap, though.
Also the steelbooks for FFXII and Yakuza Kiwami (Amazon was sold out of FFXII).
I wish someone would let me preorder Yakuza 6 for cheap, though.
Just realized I don't have that pre-ordered. Has anyone put it up?
Lone_Prodigy
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Shoppers locks/hides their games because of theft.
Yeah, that was an wonderful surprise for me. I added it to my cart, and decided to wait for Radiant Historia, Strange Journey Redux, and Etrina Odyssey 5. Took an hour nap only to find that the price increased. I'll still order but damn son, retailer confidence MUST BE shakey in the CAD.
Then put them behind glass under lock and key. Any Shoppers I visited have them behind the cash counter essentially hidden where if you didn't know they carry them, you would have no clue. I don't want to have to ask just to see what they have in stock, let alone what the prices are. That is not consumer friendly.
chrominance
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It's weird, though. Some Shoppers, you'd have zero idea they sold video games at all because everything's in a locked opaque drawer behind the cash. I can't imagine they sell any video games that way; the only reason I knew that one near me still sold them was because another store directed me to that location.
KingdomHeartsFan
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I don't think so.
Is that the final price or what? RL is only $20 USD, as confirmed by developers.
Probably just a placeholder place. I feel like Nintendo Canada gave retailers either no price point at all, or a bunch of placeholder prices. Hopefully we will get some official pricing news once E3 wraps up...
illmatic19
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Hopefully there's a fuck up at amazon and the Prime/E3 discounts stacks. That would be amazing.
Also $59.99 for Pokemon is absurd.
Also $59.99 for Pokemon is absurd.
OrangeAtlas
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Not sure if you missed it, but that happened briefly the day before E3.
That plus the $50 Wal-Mart games made for a hell of a deal barrage.
Sun/Moon was the same price but got lowered to MSRP. They'll drop down, just like Pokken, Kirby and Metroid Prime 4 will drop to $80.
truestatic
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Mario Odyssey on Walmart is still out of stock, but is now up to $79.96. If at this point, you don't have a $50 copy, I think you're SOL.
edit: I see that other people noticed this, my bad.
Me too. Not a great feeling.
edit: I see that other people noticed this, my bad.
Black Republican
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i already have one but did PS4 Pro ever get a significant price drop in Canada?
Nope.
Xenoflare
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No, the exchange rate actually works against us, I'd say not changing the price is the best news you can get.
AtlantiC_CodeX
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So glad I don't buy Nintendo stuff anymore, I don't have to deal with their BS.
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