Canada shares in 360 price drop love
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Aug 7th 2007 at 3:15PM }
Microsoft has officially announced that Canada will also be receiving 360 price cut in line with the cut announced for the United States. The Core and Premium consoles are both receiving a hefty cut of $100 while the Elite will drop by $50. That means our neighbors up north can pick up a Core for $299, a Premium for $399, or an Elite for $499. Meanwhile, the Halo 3 special edition 360 is set to debut in September at $449. Frankly, if someone was going to spring for the Halo 3 system, we don't see why they wouldn't just take the plunge and get an Elite. At any rate, the price cut will become official starting tomorrow. Any of our Canadian readers planning on picking one up?[Via Major Nelson]
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DjDATZ @ Aug 7th 2007 3:23PM
AHAHAHAHAHAHHA awesome game.
DjDATZ @ Aug 7th 2007 3:24PM
*Pic
xenocidic @ Aug 7th 2007 3:27PM
heck, we needed a price cut just to offset the raging dollar.
erivera3 @ Aug 7th 2007 3:33PM
What kind of money is that in U.S. dollar terms? Are they getting a much better deal than we Americans?
dunnypop @ Aug 7th 2007 3:37PM
roughly, for the premium it would be $439 US, and the core would be about $329 US.
xenocidic @ Aug 7th 2007 3:39PM
399.00 CAD = 378.749 USD
Canada Dollars United States Dollars
1 CAD = 0.949245 USD 1 USD = 1.05347 CAD
so our premium costs $378 USD and we have to pay 15% taxes on top of that
EquinoxFX @ Aug 7th 2007 9:37PM
Here in Canada, and yes I will be using this drop to my advantage in getting an elite. Sweetness!
xenocidic @ Aug 7th 2007 3:41PM
@5 i think you did the math backwards
bluemoose @ Aug 8th 2007 7:10AM
Hey.. it's only 14 percent now... but it still sucks, we always have to pay more for everything. Canada is the great afterthought
erivera3 @ Aug 7th 2007 3:45PM
So the core would be REAL cheap in U.S. dollars? Why the H didn't they do these price cuts in America?
dunnypop @ Aug 7th 2007 3:51PM
oops. yeah I did the math wrong. I was in the states for the last week, and doing CDN to US conversions the whole weekend :(
joebo @ Aug 7th 2007 3:50PM
I would love to pick one of these up tomorrow if i knew that the elites were packing one of those fancy new 65nm chips. Until i know for sure that there in there, i have to hold off. But i can only hold off until halo 3 comes out. So, what ever they have in stock on sept 25 i'll be taking one of those home.
Zeouterlimits @ Aug 7th 2007 3:56PM
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/bhive01/EUShaft.jpg
erivera3 @ Aug 7th 2007 3:58PM
haha dunnypop don't worry about it good sir, thank you for trying. It is the thought that counts.
mike @ Aug 7th 2007 3:58PM
im buying one, but now theres a rumor of premiums going HDMI come september. I may have to also hold off. Either way, sept 15thish, im walking in and buying a console. If nothing has changed from now, it will be an elite in which case I will sell my 120GB hdd and purchase a used 20GB hdd and thus end up purchasing an elite with hdmi and 20gb hdd for the price of the premium.
GhostlySnow @ Aug 7th 2007 4:01PM
Mexico got added to the list too...
Emily @ Aug 7th 2007 4:47PM
Yay!
I will be picking up either the Halo 3 one or an elite. I havent decided yet....glad to know we get the same treatment as the yanks for once!
(No offense ment of course. :P )
SteveMB @ Aug 7th 2007 4:52PM
"The Core and Premium consoles are both receiving a hefty cut of $100"
Really? I thought the premium got a $50 price cut?
http://www.gearsofwarpc.com
Andrew R @ Aug 7th 2007 5:05PM
I'm Canadian and stoked about the price drop. I'm picking one up as soon as I can sometime in September!
Grant @ Aug 7th 2007 5:56PM
CAD to USD conversion:
299=283.41
399=378.19
499=472.98
CalabreZ @ Aug 7th 2007 6:55PM
Every Canadian related issue always seems to have "eh" attached. For the love of God, it is incredibly annoying and ignorant. It's not even funny - seriously.
Imadogg @ Aug 7th 2007 8:25PM
I find it funny.
Don't you think others besides you find it funny, eh?
hamiltonguy @ Aug 7th 2007 10:27PM
Nope...I would like to get one but not at that price. I will get one when I can get an HDMI equipped xbox with the 65nm chipset for $349.00 CDN. until then...i'll enjoy playing my Wii
Derek @ Aug 8th 2007 8:58AM
I think the reason we got a $100 price cut is that the old price was set when the dollar was at 80 cents US. Right now the dollar is at 95 cents US, which means we're paying almost $100 more per system.
And CalabreZ - lighten up, eh?
xenocidic @ Aug 8th 2007 10:01AM
@23, yea, i totally forgot about that amazing 1 cent on the dollar break we got last year =>
CalabreZ @ Aug 8th 2007 7:19PM
It's just like every time I see an American show, and something Canadian is mentioned, there is an "eh" related joke. It's like Aussies and kangaroos. It's just not creative and it kinda bugs me. I'm surprised no Canadian is annoyed by this fact, but whatever. Whatever guys - ignorance is bliss :).
Maybe I'm coming off more angry than I actually am, though. It's just an irritation.
CalabreZ @ Aug 8th 2007 7:19PM
It's just like every time I see an American show, and something Canadian is mentioned, there is an "eh" related joke. It's like Aussies and kangaroos. It's just not creative and it kinda bugs me. I'm surprised no Canadian is annoyed by this fact, but whatever. Whatever guys - ignorance is bliss :).
Maybe I'm coming off more angry than I actually am, though. It's just an irritation.