At the beginning of the year I always knew that an increase in games was coming and I always knew that Canadians would complain about it since that's what they do best. Games have been the same prices in Canada in comparison to the US for the last 10 years and now that's changing. Why is that changing exactly because from 2011 to 2012 the Canadian dollar was worth more then the US Dollar at many points in those 2 years and Canadian branches of retail companies really liked that. They were getting a lot more value from one game alone then one US copy and that was profitable.
When you reach the top of the hill sometimes you have to go down it and that's what the Canadian dollar has been doing in more then 1 year. I don't think people realize that from 2011 to 2012 was a really good 2 years for the Canadian dollar. but as a trend the Canadian dollar has to go down in value at some point. My point is that the retailers have been losing money the last 1-2 years and they were willing to pay it in 2013 but at this point when it's at 90 cents for every US Dollar and possibly will be lower by the end of the year enough is enough I guess.
I always ask myself 'Why video games?' and I don't really know honestly, all I can do is makes predictions. This industry is a very young one compared to any of the other entertainment industry. All I know this is just about money like any problem.
Now at this point I'll stop talking about the business and start talking how this will affect me. As an unemployed drop out with a lot of money in the bank with little to no addictions this will affect me in some way and at the same time it won't; $5-10 extra is literally nothing to me. From what I know about this increase this will effect owners of next gen consoles and future owners and since I don't have one(unless we're counting the Wii U) this will affect less now. This increase will not be permanent it will go away when the Canadian dollar goes back to where it was before. That's my opinion I guess I know not many people will agree and I don't really give a fuck.
When you reach the top of the hill sometimes you have to go down it and that's what the Canadian dollar has been doing in more then 1 year. I don't think people realize that from 2011 to 2012 was a really good 2 years for the Canadian dollar. but as a trend the Canadian dollar has to go down in value at some point. My point is that the retailers have been losing money the last 1-2 years and they were willing to pay it in 2013 but at this point when it's at 90 cents for every US Dollar and possibly will be lower by the end of the year enough is enough I guess.
I always ask myself 'Why video games?' and I don't really know honestly, all I can do is makes predictions. This industry is a very young one compared to any of the other entertainment industry. All I know this is just about money like any problem.
Now at this point I'll stop talking about the business and start talking how this will affect me. As an unemployed drop out with a lot of money in the bank with little to no addictions this will affect me in some way and at the same time it won't; $5-10 extra is literally nothing to me. From what I know about this increase this will effect owners of next gen consoles and future owners and since I don't have one(unless we're counting the Wii U) this will affect less now. This increase will not be permanent it will go away when the Canadian dollar goes back to where it was before. That's my opinion I guess I know not many people will agree and I don't really give a fuck.