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Canadian Dollar hits Steam on October 7th
- Thread starter Kade
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I think it is still up in the air a bit. For when this happened in the UK several years ago, I recall prices being too high, but over time that was brought down to where PC retail used to be, and it has stayed about the same ever since. This is actually a bit similar to what happened to both humble and Gog as far as GBP goes. I'd imagine the same will be true in Canada. I'd hope they would see a slump in sales from the region when priced too high and then would eventually bring that to a more reasonable level, but some pubs will definitely not give a shit, and I would say, well fuck those guys.
Sentenza
Member
I'm guessing people aren't strictly concerned about the change of currency as they are about having specific regional pricing for Canada.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Yes. A two dollar coin is called a toonie.
It's a colloquial name derived from the fact that our one dollar coins have a loon (the bird) on them.
bonesmccoy
Banned
A sad thing. This will push me to Amazon, GMG and the like.
And our $5's are called Finnbacks.
And our $5's are called Finnbacks.
Haunted
Member
That's awesome and sounds really Canadian.
Pseudo judo
Member
That's one of the reasons why folks in this thread game on PC.
Anyways, I don't buy my games on steam. There are other internet venders that offer the same games for much cheaper. I have 30 games in my Steam account and maybe 6 were purchased directly through Steam. This news doesn't effect me at all.
Pseudo judo
Member
Nobody I know says this and I've never heard I before.
DJ_Lae
Member
I don't like this because it will absolutely lead to higher pricing and the eventual tax.
Even previously safe havens like Greenmangaming are charging higher pricing for select new release games in Canada, it seems (although still in US dollars, which makes it doubly worse).
Same.
Sounds like a Newfie thing if anything.
Even previously safe havens like Greenmangaming are charging higher pricing for select new release games in Canada, it seems (although still in US dollars, which makes it doubly worse).
Same.
Sounds like a Newfie thing if anything.
Heh, we knew this was coming, still sucks. Valve doesn't need to care about any dips in Canadian consumers though, they still make a ton of money obviously. I hope for a miracle that things improve.
As I've already been doing, I'll use GMG/Amazon.com/Humble Store/Traders for all my games. I will be relying on using Paypal for obtaining stuff.
As I've already been doing, I'll use GMG/Amazon.com/Humble Store/Traders for all my games. I will be relying on using Paypal for obtaining stuff.
Won't change anything.
When the dollar was at parity some years ago (even higher than US at some point) we would still pay 25% more for a lot of things.
And to think I was naive enough once to think we wouldn't see a repeat of that, I need to lie down....
So this being the case doesn't mean a change in regional codes at all, does it? Even though we pay in Canadian Dollars most codes from GMG and whatnot are considered "North American" for the purposes of Steam?
EDIT: I never got to the point here. Is there any fear of us Canadians eventually not being able to redeem US codes from these key sites?
EDIT: I never got to the point here. Is there any fear of us Canadians eventually not being able to redeem US codes from these key sites?
jaundicejuice
Member
I've pre-ordered Civ Beyond Earth already, I'll be interested to see the price differences once the currency and, I assume, Canadian prices are introduced. This will potentially drastically alter how and when I buy games through Steam.
Mechanized
Member
brb selling computer
Mufausa The 3rd
Member
Greenmangaming anyone?
Lone_Prodigy
Member
The last thing I bought from Steam was a price error. But having taxes and an exchange rate is going to make Steam sales annoying to read and calculate.
Oh well I got an enormous backlog anyway.
Oh well I got an enormous backlog anyway.
The Omega Man
Member
Save us Trudeau, you are only hope
Hamster Plugin
Member
The only publisher I would be wary of is Deep Silver. They are very strict with their Steam key region locking - Europeans can't redeem US keys. There is no other publisher that does region locking this strict, so you don't need to worry about them.
speculawyer
Member
That's loony.
This works? Does it matter if it's a Canadian credit card?
Maintenance
Member
Sometimes it might not be so bad. When it changed around here, prices weren't that bad around launch, but it is on each developer to get nice prices. Some are nice, others not.
I raged a lot though.
I raged a lot though.
I'm curious, is this possible? US Wallet Codes worked in Canada before they launched them over here, I remember that.
EDIT: Awesome, may consider that if Valve don't do IP checks.
This is retribution for your free pass.
As long as they don't do an IP check, that should work.
Boxster17
Member
I don't think it does, at least it hasn't when I've tried it? I have a US PSN account and now live in Halifax - when I tried to purchase a PS+ card during a sale off Amazon.com it wouldn't let me do it using my Canadian credit card/address.
The only thing I've been able to do is order retail items from Amazon and have them shipped to my parents place in the US using my Canadian credit card.
Elitist1945
Member
Gettin' real tired of your shit, Canadian Dollar.
People are worried that pubs like Ubisoft ($70 for Far Cry 4 and AC Unity on GMG) are going to jack up the prices by $5-10 like in retail, and it works out to more than a simple currency conversion.
Circle Jerk
Member
Sell I guess thats one way for me to play less games. What a shitty move on valves part.