This Thursday update will surprise our Canadian friends. SCEA has announced that it will adjust prices on content available on the PLAYSTATION Store for Canadian customers. According to the press release, "the adjustment comes as a result of the strengthening Canadian currency and SCEA's ability to localize pricing within the PLAYSTATION Store." The prices will be adjusted during a window of time prior to Thursday's content update. As a result, we recommend all our Canadian readers to wait until tomorrow's content has gone live before purchasing anything this week. You'll most likely save a few bucks.
"We are continually looking for ways to enhance the player experience on the PLAYSTATION®Network, and downloadable content through the PLAYSTATION Store is just one of our areas of focus," said Grace Chen, Senior Manager for the PLAYSTATION Store. "We anticipate that this price adjustment will meet the expectations of our Canadian consumers and provide them with a better PLAYSTATION Network experience."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-30-2008 @ 11:18AM
iFester said...
Sweet!
Hopefully I'll be able to buy Super Stardust HD and PAIN while saving a buck or two.
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4-30-2008 @ 5:43PM
adolson said...
And echochrome!
4-30-2008 @ 11:24AM
Jasius said...
Well w00t! Sony is the better man whilst M$ still rips us off on the XBLA BIG TIME(their conversion rates our dollar at $0.65!) Well good for you Sony, hopefully you'll push M$ hand to do the same! (Well one can dream right?)
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4-30-2008 @ 11:34AM
Luke said...
WHAT! They already have free healthcare.
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4-30-2008 @ 6:02PM
pros said...
no don't you dare joke on her free healthcare.
and i will start buying for the store tomorrow.
4-30-2008 @ 12:54PM
Truth said...
lie! healthcare is not free here, there is a bracket, that once you make a certain amount of money per year, then you have to pay out the rear for healthcare, and btw! prescriptions up here in Canada are cheap yes... but surgery up here is 10x more expensive than in the USA, especially when you are above the low income bracket.
4-30-2008 @ 11:47AM
matsam said...
Finally some love for Canada!
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4-30-2008 @ 11:55AM
A_N_T_H_O_N_Y said...
Our health care isn't free. Our system is terminally flawed.
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4-30-2008 @ 11:55AM
A_N_T_H_O_N_Y said...
And YAY for cheap Rock Band songs!
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4-30-2008 @ 12:00PM
thinkofmeasmra said...
@A_N_T_H_O_N_Y
Its a minor flaw (and still well justified).. our healthcare will always be miles above anything the US will ever have...especially if the republicans stay in power. And if McCain wins, expect the US dollar to continue its decent and another psn store price restructuring in less than a year from his inauguration lol
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4-30-2008 @ 12:03PM
A_N_T_H_O_N_Y said...
Nothing can justify some of our citizens having to pay 40% (or more) of their salaries to the government. It's much more than a minor flaw.
4-30-2008 @ 12:20PM
thinkofmeasmra said...
Who pays that much?? How is that even possible when theres OHIP (and i think every province has their version of it). On top of OHIP, theres other coverage from corporate benefits to personal healthcare plans. I just cant see anyone paying that much unless their job doesnt provide healthcare options in which case those people in those situations are still usually put under someone else's plan (like your parents or spouse).
4-30-2008 @ 12:42PM
Popfrogs said...
Come on you guys, don't turn this into some armchair politician discussion.
4-30-2008 @ 12:51PM
mccomber said...
Yeah, calm down guy.
4-30-2008 @ 4:08PM
Dan Davis said...
Damn, if I had a nickel for every Canadian fight I had to break up... I'd have 5 cents (worth about 2 cents across the border!)
Eh?
5-01-2008 @ 12:17AM
A_N_T_H_O_N_Y said...
I'm talking about income tax. We obviously don't directly pay for health care, but it is paid for (along with other services like welfare, etc..) through income taxes.
Here are the Canadian tax rates (make sure you go down and look at the additional provincial rates).
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/individuals/faq/taxrates-e.html
For example, in Ontario (where I live), if your salary is over $123,000, you are charged 29% federal income tax, plus 11% provincial, which adds up to forty percent. Whereas, someone who makes under $36,000 is only charged 15% plus 6%, which adds up to 21%. Where do you think all of that money is going. We're paying all of that money for a sub-par service? Don't you think that's kind of ridiculous?
I love how "free" all of our services are.
4-30-2008 @ 12:16PM
farfisa said...
Nice! Sony was also first to drop their console prices (to par with US) when the $ CDN got strong in the Fall (not so coincidentally when I decided to buy!). The value difference between the PS3 and Xbox Elite was insane at the time.
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4-30-2008 @ 12:16PM
Riley Freeman said...
@ Jasius why not just buy a ps3 :D lol.
thanks sony right after i buy the damn map packs for call of duty. ah well not much of a diff anyway. im surprised theres no gta articles today.
anyway anyone else feel like its the same ol same ol? or is it just me? driving is terrible u get a sports car and all that thing does is spin around the place. the default controls are terrible. good thing they let u switch back to classic
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4-30-2008 @ 3:00PM
thinkofmeasmra said...
@ Riley,
Ya i pretty much feel the controls on foot suck. Well I dont mean all the controls, I just think the turning radius is garbage (pretty much everything having to do with the left analog stick) and can be sometimes super hard to line up up with something (like fighting, or something along those lines)
4-30-2008 @ 12:17PM
RickyVeiga said...
Dont forget europe too...like:
1.00 USD = 0.641995 EUR
And:
1.00 USD = 0.504018 GBP
So:
1 USD Not Igual To 1 EUR And Not Igual To 1 GBP
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