So Canada got more lame recently.

Im Canadian and I live in Canada.. but what the hell! They just increased the cost of new release games to $70?! Thats fucked up!  Anyone else experiencing similar tragedies?

they reduced it when the canadian dollar was even with the us dollar didn't they.  Just going back to what it used to be.

Meh, it was $70 for years until that fateful week in Sept. 2007. I wouldn't complain though, based on our economy, a strong Canadian dollar is not good for us.

Don't Canadians pay some sort of exorbitantly high sales tax on the order of 13-14% on top of that?

I haven't noticed because no games have come out that aren't available for 5 dollars used in the past month.

Why do Canadians have to pay so much more for magazines?

Haha its actually a bit less than california. Crazy times. And yeah... So I haven't had a job in like 3 months so not alot of videogame buying these days for me haha. And yeah weaker canadian dollar is good overall, but sighhh.... $70... that sucks! Everything is a bit more expensive in Canada for no reason!

And also, In Alberta we only have to pay 5% GST on things we buy, so thats pretty awesome, Its quite a bit higher in other provinces. =)

And yeah, whats up with magazines and books being way more expensive... Thats lame! Its probably a lumberjack related conspiracy. They want books more expensive so we wont burn them to keep warm in winter, instead we will buy our awesome sexy soft lumber. Or maybe because we have to get everything snowmobiled up into Canada to our Chapters igloo in our village.

Yea it sucks. It should swing back pretty soon as the CAD = 92 Cents USD at the moment according to XE.com

If you live near the border you should just pop down there and buy a bunch of games and bring them back. Any amount under 500 will not be subjected to duty and additional taxes.

Just be glad you don't live in Australia, we are paying $110 a pop.

Also we just got Rock Band 1  late last year.

Well are Canadians just going to bend over and take it or are you guys going to fight back?

Throw rocks through store windows, (Molotov cocktails would be even better but would bring more heat)
Smear shit on windows, doors, cop cars, government buildings, ect.
I would also suggest tons of graffiti to let people know why they're being screwed over.

The game price is alright, a bit more expensive than United States but we're probably better off than the UK , EU and definitely Australia. Last I recalled the prices were tagged at $60 but it gets near to $70 if you include the taxes.

This has been the case  for a few months now...

Isn't the Canadian dollar still strong compared to the American dollar? One new game in Canada = $64.3710 USD right now. Bummer, but you guys were catching some slack for awhile.

Thats to bad. It sucks to see other countries get screwed over game wise. 

so much for prototype next week....

Wasn't it already $70 for the new releases?

Anyways I'm in Alberta, so I save enough on other things to afford this.

As of June 1st, 2009:

1 Canadian Dollar = 0.92035 US Dollar


New Release in US = 59.99
New Release in Canada = 69.99 (+13% tax if you're in Ontario)

we're paying 64.41 in USD for the same game (before tax)
The 5 dollar difference does sometime worth more then the conversion rates at times when the TSX takes a plunge down the CN Tower (I remember our dollar being at 0.71 : 1 just a few months ago)
So it all depends on perspective and when you buy. (the tax does hurt but we enjoy life time benefit of free health care)
I for one almost never buy brand new releases unless it's a game I know I'm going to enjoy immensely or I HAVE to get the collector's edition.
Also, there are tons of online trading forums for used games, most people know that  places like ebgames and blockbuster gives crappy dollars for your game anyways and are willing to sell their games at "lower-then-retail used game prices".