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Price of New Games in Canada Increased to $75 at Amazon and EB Games - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 March 2015 / 3,069 Views

The Canadian dollar has fallen compared to the US dollar from $1 CAD equaling $0.81 US. That has caused an increase in the price of games in Canada, to offset the difference in the exchange rate, according to Hardcore Gamer.

The price of new games in Canada was raised last year to $69.99. EB Games Canada and Amazon Canada has now raised the price of new games even more to $74.99. With the current exchange rate that almost equals the $59.99 price of games on the US.

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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11 Comments
okr (on 01 March 2015)

I assume this only applied to PS4 and Xbone games?

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abhiram_33 (on 01 March 2015)

I don't get why game prices increased last year to $69.99, when the Canadian dollar was on par with the American dollar and sometimes even surpassing it. But i do understand why its at $74.99 now, guess i'll only pick up cruical games at launch and wait for sales to pick up the rest.

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BreedinBull abhiram_33 (on 01 March 2015)

Our dollar was already down almost 10 cents to the USD when they went to $69.99.

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TreeTurtle (on 01 March 2015)

dammit

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate (on 01 March 2015)

Fuckkkkkkkkk

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Mr.GameCrazy (on 01 March 2015)

That stinks.

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thewastedyouth (on 01 March 2015)

wow

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Bman54 (on 01 March 2015)

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. Goddammit

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BreedinBull (on 01 March 2015)

The government really needs to do something about the decreasing dollar over here. $74.99 CND = $59.94 USD.

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ExplodingBlock (on 01 March 2015)

Glad I live in Murca, new games are still 60$ here

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JoeAncelotti (on 01 March 2015)

So still cheaper than the €69,99 games are here.

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