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Canadian Gaming Deals & Discussion 8: Don't Move Here For The Deals
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I'm so jealous of you city-dwellers and your great Internet. 250 sounds like something futuristic to me, given that my line struggles to give me fully operational 6mb/s.
I've had Internet issues off and on for two months, and it's gone down two to three times in the last 20 hours. I called the tech support line in India, and they haven't gotten back to me.
I've had Internet issues off and on for two months, and it's gone down two to three times in the last 20 hours. I called the tech support line in India, and they haven't gotten back to me.
Yeah, they're supposed to do it. It's one week from when it's shipped. Try again once it actually shipped. If they still give you hassle, reorder it and refuse delivery for the first one.
SwipeLeftHoney
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They always do. You're better off waiting till Boxing Day.
It's pretty decent. I honestly haven't bothered with accessing US Netflix in a long time. Between Netflix and gaming, there's enough content on CAD side to keep me busy to make it worth it imo.
Really? Xbox One S 1TB was $60 off, with a game (Gears of War 4), $100 gift card, and up to $139 worth of reward points. This is not what I call a bad console sale.
Oh the shoppers deal. Would have got it but Gears dl code which I presume would be tough to sell. I don't know I wanted to get an xbox one for younger brother for christmas and the battle field LE with CoD IW looked like most appealing since he likes both games and his fav colour is green.
That is a great deal, but I was expecting something more from walmart and best buy. Though I could've gave gift card to my parents
I'm still mad at them for delaying my Watch Dogs 2 shipment until next week without a reason given. I got my shipping refunded, but still. They charged me on the 15th Nov for gods sake.
They really are going full force in trying to make me sign up for Prime, and I have absolutely no interest in that.
Check out the Microsoft Store deal starting on the 24th. $70 off the 1TB, $50 MS credit, a console bundle of your choice (there are several), and a game of your choice (from a list of slightly older titles). I saw a bunch of available bundles, including: Battlefield 1, Gears of War 4 (Standard and Ultimate), FIFA 17, Halo 5/MCC, Madden 17, Minecraft, Quantum Break, Rainbow SIx Siege, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Lego Movie, The Division, and even a "Name your game" bundle.
They have a 1 month trial. You can try that first.
Seriously? So I can just format console and bring home new one and start using it and pick up where my game saves left off?
OrangeAtlas
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As a Nintendo representative who gets asked this on a daily basis, respectfully everyone's going to have let it go for the time being and accept Nintendo's shipments are ludicrous and have no intention of communicating their plans. There WILL be more by the end of this year, and definitely sometime in January, but you're just going to have to be patient.
o sweet, thanks for the heads up
Blue xbox 1s at best buy isn't bad considering entry price and cause it's limited(?) but there are much better bundles that offer more value by spending more
Likely true but since the xbone black friday sales are on in marketplace now it's probably best to purchase now, unless there's an alternate way of buying games through marketplace?
Anyone with an NES Classic that needs an extension cable or two, I ordered these the other day. Not sure how good they are, but they do not look much different than the Insignia (Best Buy) and Nyko ones. For $9.99 and free shipping, it seemed like a deal, if they work. Also, unlike the Nyko and Insignia ones, you will not have to unscrew and remove the plastic portion in order to allow two of them to fit into the NES Classic simultaneously as it appears the plastic portion is not attached. Despite saying they may arrive after Christmas, mine already shipped.
Spent the past hour reading up on WIND and some board change ups.
This news from March 2015 makes me think that eventually they will just be straight-up SHAW branded. I feel like they're slowly going to ramp their prices and end up just as terrible as the other big telcos. http://business.financialpost.com/f...tajic-in-anthony-lacavera-out?__lsa=3ad6-2ee1
I'm wondering what the next choice is? I can't stand how terrible WIND's coverage and service has been and I don't think adding LTE will fix this core problem. I also will never go back to the big 3.
How's Public Mobile these days? (Interesting considering WIND's current CEO is from Public.)
This news from March 2015 makes me think that eventually they will just be straight-up SHAW branded. I feel like they're slowly going to ramp their prices and end up just as terrible as the other big telcos. http://business.financialpost.com/f...tajic-in-anthony-lacavera-out?__lsa=3ad6-2ee1
I'm wondering what the next choice is? I can't stand how terrible WIND's coverage and service has been and I don't think adding LTE will fix this core problem. I also will never go back to the big 3.
How's Public Mobile these days? (Interesting considering WIND's current CEO is from Public.)
No they never do. I got a router and it dropped 10. They won't budge
We're not missing out on much nowadays. My last real annoyance was the lack of Star Trek, but they fixed that now (except for the upcoming series, fuck you Bell).
opticalmace
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What's the deal with Netflix removing content without letting you know ahead of time? It would be really nice if they did that. Kinda sucks when you're midway through watching a show...
Best bang for the buck. Great network services. I never had any drop call and throttling of data. Big downside are: self service, no physical store, and no phone customer service. It's all on their community. Of course if you care for any of those.
Lone_Prodigy
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IIRC some older games that aren't in the flyer also get discounted for Black Friday. Otherwise, check EB for advertised deals.
At least all BDUs are getting it, since it'll be on Space.
Making it a Crave exclusive would have been a real kick in the teeth.
I live and work in Toronto, hopefully it's good here. Thanks for the info. I will check it out more.
EDIT: Telus-owned, I forgot. :S Not sure how I feel about this, but I will continue to research it.
I don't have TV service and I don't want it. Not having any way of streaming it is the "real kick in the teeth". They've already confirmed that Crave won't even get the show until the season ends.
Canada will literally be the only country in the world where we won't have any streaming as it airs.
So again, fuck you Bell. Fuck you so much.
For reference:
Black Friday 2015 console deals vs Boxing Day 2015 console deals.
It's awfully close. A lot of it depends on what games you like. If someone values BLOPS3 and Batman: AK more, then Black Friday Xbox One deal would have been better.
This was a really good deal just because the gift card flexibility.
It's not just good but great. I'm in Toronto too. The network is pretty much Telus. If you are on the fence, it's a good one. It's too bad though that the 4gb/$38 is over.
I see where you're coming from, but I'd rather have it air on cable TV than having to subscribe to Crave. To each their own.
Want me to tape it for you?
Streaming services?
Netflix and Shudder. Former for a good mix of everything, latter because it's Netflix for horror and I've discovered a ton of good stuff.
I leech a Crave sub off a friend because she really wanted me to check out a specific show on there. Having used it for a couple of weeks, I wouldn't pay for it. Poorly organised, hard to browse, and while there are a few great shows, there's far more trash than I've ever seen on Netflix. I'd say lack of ads is all it really gets right.
Netflix and Shudder. Former for a good mix of everything, latter because it's Netflix for horror and I've discovered a ton of good stuff.
I leech a Crave sub off a friend because she really wanted me to check out a specific show on there. Having used it for a couple of weeks, I wouldn't pay for it. Poorly organised, hard to browse, and while there are a few great shows, there's far more trash than I've ever seen on Netflix. I'd say lack of ads is all it really gets right.
BAD NEWS
To use Wind's new LTE coverage, there are two requirements
1. You need a band 66 phone, only two of them exist right now. (LG V20 & ZTE Grand X 4)
2. If you want to stick with your current plan, you'll be stuck with 3G. 4G LTE is exclusive to a new plan priced at $45 a month for 3gigs ($40 @ 6gigs for 12 months first)
Only reason I stuck with Wind was hoping my $35 5GB plan would be grandfathered into LTE. Now I have no reason to stay with this shitty coverage. I'm tired of having my GPS signal lost.
Only thing that kind of makes me want to stay is their still awesome US roaming plan. Public Mobile it would cost $60 as opposed to $15 a month for a similar plan.
Still, I'll probably switch as soon as a good deal pops up somewhere else.
I ordered the same ones, will update when I get them, fingers crossed. I watched a Youtube vid of them using them and they "seemed" to work, so hopefully
Yeh. I got a follow up email that stated since the summer their price protection policy only covers TVs.
Damn Amazon sucks now.
catpurrcat
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Yup and one big advantage to community CS is that everything is in writing. Superior to dealing with phone support IMO.
Hah! That's incredible. My phone I bought in 2015 isn't compatible. This basically means WIND is going to be the same for me, which has been awful the past 4 years. I'm going to try and split as soon as possible.
I joined wind specifically because they were getting LTE. I'm so bummed out by this and am thinking of leaving
HubbaBubba
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anyone play a lot of Gears of war 4 online?
I can vouch for public mobile too, I've been with them for over a year and I live at King/Bathurst. Great reception.
I just had my wife switch over to them from Wind too and her reception is so much better now, I can finally call her at work.
If you can accept that they're a Telus owned company, I think they offer one of the best deals for the money.
MasterOfNone
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I'm not really good at searching through the threads but in case it hasn't been posted the Refurbished Vizio 2016 P Series 65 Inches TV is on sale at 2200$ CAD right now on Refurbished.ca (J-Sonic).
https://refurbished.ca/shop/en/tv/4...th-tablet-remote-control-online-purchase-only
https://refurbished.ca/shop/en/tv/4...th-tablet-remote-control-online-purchase-only
That's seem expensive for a refurbished TV. $100 more and you can get a LG B6 55"
MasterOfNone
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I agree but if you're looking specifically for a modern 65" that support 4K/HDR this is quite a good deal. The B6 is 3700$ CAD for the 65" version.
I have an old Sony KDL-32L4000 (32", 720p) and was thinking maybe it was time to upgrade. But I'd like to be as much of a cheapskate as possible, so I'm looking at the doorcrashers:
Sharp 40" - Best Buy, $250
or
Westinghouse 40" - Walmart, $198
Would this be the worst decision I've ever made, or would the jump from 32"->40" and 720p->1080p be so significant that even doorcrasher specials would be a good upgrade?
... or do I wait for Boxing Day and hope the <$300 options are better then?
Sharp 40" - Best Buy, $250
or
Westinghouse 40" - Walmart, $198
Would this be the worst decision I've ever made, or would the jump from 32"->40" and 720p->1080p be so significant that even doorcrasher specials would be a good upgrade?
... or do I wait for Boxing Day and hope the <$300 options are better then?
I've been a bit of a WIND apologist for a while, but I'll likely switch because of this.
Traditional TV is disgusting. There's commercials all the fucking time. Every time I visit my parents I'm reminded of how garbage it is.
No way am I ever giving money to that bullshit again. There's no reason for that shit to continue existing in 2016.
And before anyone asks, no, I can't get any reasonable OTA signal where I live. And it's not like Space is on OTA anyway.
The 50" Vizio is also on sale for $1,149. Looks like they only ship in Quebec though.
nolookjones
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so titanfall 2 for $50 for black friday at walmart is probably the best price? i know its been lower in the USA but unfortunately $50 seems to be a 'deal' for canada...
TheGamingBox
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oh great the bluetooth on my pc is dead again
It's slightly cheaper on XBL and you save on tax. Hopefully it'll be the same price on PSN.
Small victory, I know.
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