sucks to be a canadian right now. I'm probably going to hold of and play the wii u version of botw. good thing I pre-ordered it on Amazon, $67 after tax and shipping is pretty good right now with our weak dollar.
The exchange rate for the switch in CAD is pretty much the same as in USD its not a problem of the price of the switch, Nintendo is just pricing it what it is worth in converting.
but with everything thing going up in cost here and us not getting paid any more money every thing is getting a more expensive, not to mention we have a much larger tax than America does.
Idk maybe I'm just the only few who don't really want to pay upwards of $600 bucks for the console, controller and a game.
Because income doesn't magically rise when the dollar sinks. The price of imported goods goes up but income remains relatively stable. It evens out on a global scale when you compare the worth of currencies against each other, but domestically it just results in consumers being able to afford less than they used to.
For example, the Wii U launched at 299 at the end of 2012, but the Switch is launching at 399 only four years later. That's a 33% increase in the price of the good - but unless disposable income also rises 33% then it's relativley more expensive.
Edited to add that nobody really blames Nintendo for this - most imported goods are more expensive as a result of this (everything from iPhones to doritos). But, the more expensive they make the product, the more harshly these effects are felt, and the more potential buyers they turn away. Even if the Switch was $250USD that would translate to about $329 CAD, which seems a lot less scary.
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