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gekko · 06-29-2003, 11:44 AM

I think the whole argument is that it balances out. In Canada, everything costs more money, but you also make more money. Forget Canada and the US, too little difference.

Let's take the US and Japan. Games generally run 5800 yen. Everything costs thousands! In the US, some kid may make $5 an hour, but in Japan, they would make 580 yen an hour. Everything costs more, but they make more. Both work for 10 hours and they have a game.

Now back to the US and Canada. The US dollar is worth more because we can buy more with it. $1 will buy us 1/50 of a game, so when we go to Canada and turn in a buck, we should be able to buy 1/50 of a game in Canada too, and that amounts to more than $1 Canadian.

It's not that you're paying more for the games, it's just that it costs more. Just like Japan isn't paying more for their games, even though they cost over 100 times as much. Of course, it's probably a lot more complicated than that when you get into currency exchange rates.

Anyway, currently...
$1 US = $1.3489 CDN
$50 US = $67.44 CDN
$50 US = 5972 yen

$60 US = $80.93 CDN

It's not costing you anything more than it's costing us. In fact, you would get the game $.93 CDN (or $.69 US) cheaper than us if they raised the prices.

06-29-2003, 11:44 AM	#25
gekko Knight gekko is offline Now Playing: Posts: 3,890	Re: $60 Game Comeback? I think the whole argument is that it balances out. In Canada, everything costs more money, but you also make more money. Forget Canada and the US, too little difference. Let's take the US and Japan. Games generally run 5800 yen. Everything costs thousands! In the US, some kid may make $5 an hour, but in Japan, they would make 580 yen an hour. Everything costs more, but they make more. Both work for 10 hours and they have a game. Now back to the US and Canada. The US dollar is worth more because we can buy more with it. $1 will buy us 1/50 of a game, so when we go to Canada and turn in a buck, we should be able to buy 1/50 of a game in Canada too, and that amounts to more than $1 Canadian. It's not that you're paying more for the games, it's just that it costs more. Just like Japan isn't paying more for their games, even though they cost over 100 times as much. Of course, it's probably a lot more complicated than that when you get into currency exchange rates. Anyway, currently... $1 US = $1.3489 CDN $50 US = $67.44 CDN $50 US = 5972 yen $60 US = $80.93 CDN It's not costing you anything more than it's costing us. In fact, you would get the game $.93 CDN (or $.69 US) cheaper than us if they raised the prices.