What’s up with PS3 price change in Canada?

Logically, prices of new commodities start to go down after they’ve started picking up. The universal law of supply and demand, you know how it works. However, it seems that this isn’t the case for the PlayStation 3 in Canada. To add more to this rather out of place practice, the apparent change in pricing came after reports of more units shipping back there.

Over at retail store Future Shop‘s online site, they’re currently listing the 6OGB behemoth for CA$ 699.99. It was originally tagged for just CA$ 659.99 or somewhere around US$ 560. On a different note however, it looks like our Canadian friends didn’t mind at all as all the units in the said store have already sold out.

So what’s up with this? Well, Gaming site GameSpot was able to talk to one Sony Canada representative.

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 retailer, as Sony Computer Entertainment Canada has not issued a price increase.

Well, if that is the case, we suggest for our friends who haven’t bought the PS3 yet to look around first in other stores. In these times, we mustn’t underestimate the power of a thirty dollar saving.

Logically, prices of new commodities start to go down after they’ve started picking up. The universal law of supply and demand, you know how it works. However, it seems that this isn’t the case for the PlayStation 3 in Canada. To add more to this rather out of place practice, the apparent change in pricing came after reports of more units shipping back there.

Over at retail store Future Shop‘s online site, they’re currently listing the 6OGB behemoth for CA$ 699.99. It was originally tagged for just CA$ 659.99 or somewhere around US$ 560. On a different note however, it looks like our Canadian friends didn’t mind at all as all the units in the said store have already sold out.

So what’s up with this? Well, Gaming site GameSpot was able to talk to one Sony Canada representative.

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 retailer, as Sony Computer Entertainment Canada has not issued a price increase.

Well, if that is the case, we suggest for our friends who haven’t bought the PS3 yet to look around first in other stores. In these times, we mustn’t underestimate the power of a thirty dollar saving.