Canadian price tag for PS3 raises eyebrows

Destructoid reports that Sony has hiked the price on the PlayStation 3 60GB unit in Canada from CA$ 649.99 to CA$ 699.99. Both Future Shop and BestBuy are listing the new price. Some screencaps of the listing for the PS3 from both retailer’s websites follow (you  might want to click on the thumbnail for a bigger view):

  

This price increase leaves some of us here at QJ baffled because we were getting the impression that Sony would’ve wanted the console to be cheaper if they could afford it. Perhaps they were encouraged by the opinion of UK retailers and they felt that they could increase the price? Some of us here are already thinking that perhaps Sony marketing thinks that a price tag with sixes and nines will be catchy… or something.

Considering shipping costs, or gas money, it might just be cheaper for a Canadian to import a PS3 unit from the US.

Anyhow, Gamespot has already updated that report and clarifies that it’s not actually Sony’s fault why the prices jumped up. An SCEC representative was quoted as saying:

Although the suggested retail price (SRP) of the PlayStation 3 in Canada has not changed, some Canadian retailers have chosen to increase their retail price as a result of the weaker Canadian dollar. This increase is solely at the discretion of the retailers, as Sony Computer Entertainment Canada has not issued a price increase.

See, so it ain’t Sony’s fault after all…

Via Destructoid

Destructoid reports that Sony has hiked the price on the PlayStation 3 60GB unit in Canada from CA$ 649.99 to CA$ 699.99. Both Future Shop and BestBuy are listing the new price. Some screencaps of the listing for the PS3 from both retailer’s websites follow (you  might want to click on the thumbnail for a bigger view):

  

This price increase leaves some of us here at QJ baffled because we were getting the impression that Sony would’ve wanted the console to be cheaper if they could afford it. Perhaps they were encouraged by the opinion of UK retailers and they felt that they could increase the price? Some of us here are already thinking that perhaps Sony marketing thinks that a price tag with sixes and nines will be catchy… or something.

Considering shipping costs, or gas money, it might just be cheaper for a Canadian to import a PS3 unit from the US.

Anyhow, Gamespot has already updated that report and clarifies that it’s not actually Sony’s fault why the prices jumped up. An SCEC representative was quoted as saying:

Although the suggested retail price (SRP) of the PlayStation 3 in Canada has not changed, some Canadian retailers have chosen to increase their retail price as a result of the weaker Canadian dollar. This increase is solely at the discretion of the retailers, as Sony Computer Entertainment Canada has not issued a price increase.

See, so it ain’t Sony’s fault after all…

Via Destructoid