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Subject: Why is it more expensive then Halo 3?

Note: I'm in Canada.

The original game was 60 bucks (around 67 with tax). This is $70. plus tax it's 78.

So for what was originally an expansion, and not even the limited edition, but the normal one, I'm going to have to pay 80 dollars?

W T F.

(I'm still buying it, but I'm going to see if I can get it shipped from the US Amazon because it'd be cheaper, which doesn't make sense to me. It costs less to get it mailed from miles away then if I just went to a store and got it myself? ..what?)

Also, I'm aware this is approximately the two hundred thousandth thread about this, but still. Bleh.

  • 06.18.2009 6:47 PM PDT

NO SOUP FOR YOU

I don't really know, maybe the better graphics or something makes it more expensive.

  • 06.18.2009 6:49 PM PDT

Because it is amazing.

  • 06.18.2009 6:50 PM PDT

the wolf in the shadows

its a new game so its not going to be cheap and i live australia and i have to wait 2 more months and pay $110

  • 06.18.2009 6:51 PM PDT

it's $60.......isnt it?

  • 06.18.2009 6:52 PM PDT

Posted by: V DARK SLAYER V
it's $60.......isnt it?


Only in the US.

  • 06.18.2009 6:53 PM PDT

Lol? It's $60 in Canada too...

  • 06.18.2009 6:58 PM PDT

Posted by: x Kyrpt x
Lol? It's $60 in Canada too...


Or you could check the website of pretty much every retailer selling it here and see it's 69.99, which when you add tax is about $78.
Posted by: littlewolf92
its a new game so its not going to be cheap and i live australia and i have to wait 2 more months and pay $110


I can't see a single reason why it isn't the same price as every other game though. I'm really hoping 70 dollar games isn't the way the game industry is moving, and this is just the first of many.

[Edited on 06.18.2009 7:03 PM PDT]

  • 06.18.2009 6:59 PM PDT

Here Comes the Sun...

Da Reel Komunity

Posted by: Last Face
... Also, I'm aware this is approximately the two hundred thousandth thread about this, but still. Bleh.


QFT

  • 06.18.2009 7:00 PM PDT

Posted by: Last Face
Posted by: V DARK SLAYER V
it's $60.......isnt it?


Only in the US.

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  • 06.18.2009 7:02 PM PDT

Posted by: Last Face
Posted by: x Kyrpt x
Lol? It's $60 in Canada too...


Or you could check the website of pretty much every retailer selling it here and see it's 69.99, which when you add tax is about $78.


Maybe they already added the taxes for some reason..Or, it's an error.

  • 06.18.2009 7:02 PM PDT

Somehow, I doubt every single store in Canada would make the same mistake, in the exact same way, and it would make absolutely no sense to add the taxes to one single item out of the thousands in their online catalogues.

Posted by: V DARK SLAYER V
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


:'(

[Edited on 06.18.2009 7:06 PM PDT]

  • 06.18.2009 7:04 PM PDT

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ODST has MORE CONTENT than Halo 3, it comes with 2 disks, one is ODST (New Campaign, Firefight etc.) and the second is ALL THE HALO 3 MULTIPLAYER StUFF, INCLUDING EVERY MAP PACK.

  • 06.18.2009 7:07 PM PDT

Posted by: Fos Tis Krisis
ODST has MORE CONTENT than Halo 3, it comes with 2 disks, one is ODST (New Campaign, Firefight etc.) and the second is ALL THE HALO 3 MULTIPLAYER StUFF, INCLUDING EVERY MAP PACK.


Then why do you have to pay $60 and we have to pay $70?

  • 06.18.2009 7:09 PM PDT

Posted by: Fos Tis Krisis
ODST has MORE CONTENT than Halo 3, it comes with 2 disks, one is ODST (New Campaign, Firefight etc.) and the second is ALL THE HALO 3 MULTIPLAYER StUFF, INCLUDING EVERY MAP PACK.


....that doesn't even begin to justify the difference in price between the US and the rest of the world.

  • 06.18.2009 7:10 PM PDT

Posted by: Woodzy14
im in canada, and its 60


Source? I live in Canada too, if you've found a store that's selling it for 10 dollars less than every other one, I'd be very grateful.

  • 06.18.2009 7:18 PM PDT

but its a game... its not like were fighting cancer, just aliens, just entertainment!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 06.18.2009 7:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: x Kyrpt x
Posted by: Fos Tis Krisis
ODST has MORE CONTENT than Halo 3, it comes with 2 disks, one is ODST (New Campaign, Firefight etc.) and the second is ALL THE HALO 3 MULTIPLAYER StUFF, INCLUDING EVERY MAP PACK.


Then why do you have to pay $60 and we have to pay $70?


Actually, most of us already have ALL of the original maps. (They came with Halo 3, imagine that, but we pay... agian!) Then many of us paid $10... for 3 Map Packs(Heroic,Legendary,Mythic).. Okay so now we all have paid $90 atleast for one game and maps. Now we get a campaign expansion.. and firefight... and 3 maps.. is that worth $60?

It is depressing that you may have to pay $70.... $60 is way overpriced and bad enough..

  • 06.18.2009 7:25 PM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

Posted by: x Kyrpt x
Posted by: Fos Tis Krisis
ODST has MORE CONTENT than Halo 3, it comes with 2 disks, one is ODST (New Campaign, Firefight etc.) and the second is ALL THE HALO 3 MULTIPLAYER StUFF, INCLUDING EVERY MAP PACK.


Then why do you have to pay $60 and we have to pay $70?

60.00 USD
=
68.0066 CAD

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  • 06.18.2009 7:27 PM PDT
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60.00 USD
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68.0066 CAD

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Exactly what I was about to say

  • 06.18.2009 7:40 PM PDT

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Canadian Money? I could wipe my ass with the stuff. What Id the Cannadain currency anyway? Maple Syrup? The SHECK it's SO DRIppY.

No but to be serious. Since 2007 when H3 was released, the American dollar had more value in 2007, then it does now in 2009, and since Canada's economy isn't as bad as the US, the Canadian Dollar has more value than the American Dollar. As a result, the exchange for the Canadian Dollar with the US dollar is larger. As well as tax and what ever else stores and government likes to tac on adds to the total cost making the Canadian version more expensive. Not to mention that the canadian edition is probably going to have an extra french audio track, for the french canadians. Thus making it more expensive. Sorry.

[Edited on 06.18.2009 7:59 PM PDT]

  • 06.18.2009 7:47 PM PDT