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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - General Gaming - Uk PS3 Launch details confirmed |
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Xeo Belmont Wiiiiiiiiiiiiin                    Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6286 days |
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| Do games retail higher there too or something? | |||
Cirvania Cyball I guess this is as close as Xkeeper will get to spell it right. :<  Since: 11-17-05 From: The Island of Puerto Rico. Last post: 6289 days Last view: 6287 days |
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Originally posted by Colin Oh you poor soul. Add the humongous sales tax rate in Canada, and you'll end up with... Originally posted by Phoenix Wrong: No Shit Sherlock UK/Europe is even worse. If they have ST as well as VAT, they'd end up paying along the vicinities of $899 US DOLLARS!!... For shame, Sony. For shame. |
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Kailieann Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6286 days |
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| Tax rates in Canada vary from province to province.
The entire country has a 6% GST rate (Goods and Services tax), which brings it up to $741 CDN for a Ridge Racer. And on top of that, most provinces have a Provincial Sales tax (PST). Alberta doesn't, and that's where I live, so *shrug* BC's PST was 7% when I lived there, so that would be about $790, though it may have gone down since I moved. I neither know nor care what it is in other provinces. |
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Ziff B2BB BACKTOBASICSBITCHES Since: 11-18-05 From: A room Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6286 days |
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I don't mind my sales taxes 
But seriously, Sony fucked up bad on this whole thing. You'd imagine that they should have learned from watching MS botch the 360 and got a lesson on how to manage a launch from the PS2 and PSP. Yeesh. And the way that the company is handling it is just wretched. Well, I guess market domination is probably going to go to MS for quite sometime. Although the Wii is doing wiicked.lololololol shoot me. |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6287 days |
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| It's also funny to see that stores here will put up signs if the Wii's out of stock but not if the PS3 is.
That price drop can't come soon enough. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6287 days |
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I heard they dropped the price in Japan right at launch, but I don't recall where though. That's probably old news anyway.  Also, Wii News (surprise!) had a long article about Sony's profits dropping 5% from the PS3 launch.
Originally posted by FreeDOS + Hm, I'm pretty sure my Wii manual says it has region coding. I seriously hope that's some sort of mistake.  |
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Ziff B2BB BACKTOBASICSBITCHES Since: 11-18-05 From: A room Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6286 days |
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| Nope. The Wii is region locked.
As for PS3, it is region locked for PS1 and PS2 games (wtf?) and Blu-Ray/video playback. |
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace...  Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6286 days |
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Originally posted by PrincessPeachYeah, some people miss this when they do price compersations. Though still, even at the american price with no tax... it's too much for such garbage. It might be a powerful console, but I don't trust the durability of it. And then we have all the stupid stuff Sony does...(edited by Ailure on 01-31-07 06:38 AM) |
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PrincessPeach Buzzy Beetle  Since: 11-18-05 From: Rüti ZH Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Originally posted by AilureOriginally posted by PrincessPeachYeah, some people miss this when they do price compersations. I may say that a little different. Prices for European Countries state, what you, the consumer, flat out pay. Prices for NTSC-enabled Countries state, what you could pay, if there wouldn't be more taxes. On a side note, here in Switzerland, we have a Vorgezogene Recycling Gebühr für Elektrogeräte, loosely translates as a prepaid recycling fee for electronic devices. So if it brakes or you just want to get rid of it, you can do it free at any store which sales electronic goods (in that size, that is). And no, it was included in the listed price of CHF 398.- for my Wii (about USD 317.50). |
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Adamant Buzz Blob Staff Wii have Wii  Since: 11-17-05 From: Norway Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6286 days |
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Originally posted by Racer Xeo They certainly do here in Europe - I wouldn't be surprised to see PS3 games retailing for 100$+ a piece over here, a lot of recent games are closing in on that price point. (edited by Adamant on 02-01-07 03:47 AM) |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6287 days |
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| I haven't seen a $100 price point for a game here since Final Fantasy III (SNES), but it wouldn't surprise me.
When is Sony going to figure out the exact supply/demand ratio? |
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Ziff B2BB BACKTOBASICSBITCHES Since: 11-18-05 From: A room Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6286 days |
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Anti-trust suit ala Nintendo?  |
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Adamant Buzz Blob Staff Wii have Wii Since: 11-17-05 From: Norway Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6286 days |
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Originally posted by Colin According to xe.com, 96$ is not an uncommon price point for a video game in Norway. Higher than I though, actually. (edited by Adamant on 02-01-07 03:20 PM) |
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Higsby Shyguy  Since: 02-01-07 From: Canada Last post: 6287 days Last view: 6286 days |
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| If I were you I would just buy a Wii. It's the cheapest of them all....although the accessories are a bit expensive if you want multiple of each. | |||
Emptyeye Oneofthebiggestlegendsand starseverinthis...GOD! Ceremonial Full Moderator Since: 11-17-05 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Last post: 6286 days Last view: 6286 days |
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Originally posted by Ziff Was this the one where Nintendo was "punished" by being ordered to sell more games? (That's effectively what happened; they were forced to give out $5 off a game coupons to those involved in the suit, I think) |
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