O Canada! Our home and savage land!
No consumer love in all thy price commands.
With heavy hearts we see thee rise,
The True North, far from free!
Financial PostThe price of Sony Corp’s newly released PlayStation 4 game console will be going up by $50 in Canada, the company has confirmed, raising the price from $399 to $449. The price jump will take effect on Saturday March 15.
The console — released last November with a price-tag on par with the one in the United States — isn’t the only piece of Sony hardware getting a bump. The Dualshock 4 controller and PlayStation Camera are both going up from $59.99 to $64.99. As well, the prices of two upcoming first-party games — MLB The Show ’14 and inFAMOUS: Second Son — will retail for $69.99, which is ten dollars higher than the U.S. price.
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Now, in all fairness, this seems to be a response to the weakening of the Canadian dollar - so while the price seems to have gone up, in reality the value has stayed somewhat close to the same. That doesn't really reduce the sting for Canadian players, of course, but hey.
Then again, this may also be Sony assisting us in our vengeance for the War of 1812. You don't have England to bail you out this time, ya maple-growing saps!