Many of you rely on Amazon for your pre-orders so it will come as unwelcome news to find out that today Amazon Canada has reduced their favourable 20% video game pre-order discount. Amazon Canada customers will now only get a 10% discount on pre-release games which will come as a blow to many. It will be interesting to see if Amazon US decides to implement this new policy.
Amazon Canada: Prime’s 20% Video Game Pre-Order Discount Reduced To 10%
That is super lame if they did
Given the incredibly tiny margin in retail video games, this is understandable.
So at this point it’s essentially just buying the games without tax lol
Not even. In the province of Quebec, it’s 15% tax.
On one hand, it’s one more nail in the physical game copies coffin.
On the other, it’s less incentive to buy at Amazon, or to subscribe to Prime at all.
What if we’ve already ordered something? Do we get original 20% or is everyone reduced to 10% even if we pre-ordered months ago?
Amazon honors the lowest price the items’ been between when you ordered it and when it releases.
Dumb. Guess I’ll just go to EB or Walmart. I’d rather pay tax than wait for shipping anyways.
Preorders are delivered the day of release. You literally just go to your mailbox and the game is there release day.
False. They are shipped but often not delivered on the same day.
Just glad I don’t live in Canada
We have a good looking and far less controversial PM at least (just kidding).
Montreal is top of the pole for game creation. Squeenix are there, Ubisoft, Gameloft, Eidos, and many other big names.
Well if this happens in u.s I’ll probly buy most games digital on switch. Only reason I don’t is because of the savings I get from amazon
In the long run, Best Buy’s Gamer’s Club is better anyways if you buy a lot of games, especially if you don’t like to preorder. Basically it’s $15 a year for 20% off any title no matter when it was released or what the price is currently. I don’t think Canada’s Best Buys offer that so there’s no competition driving Amazon to keep it at 20% there.
Exactly. Less savings on physical copies give more points to digital downloads.
Still better than Amazon Germany’s amazing “get 2€ off your game pre-orders”-deal, haha.
Poor Canadians. Meanwhile Best Buy Gamers Unlocked is the way to go in the US.
Until they align themselves on the competition. When Amazon has the flu, other retailers cough.
At this moment, I buy all of my new titles from Amazon. I am a short drive from Oregon, so if Amazon drops their discount in the US I will just start buying my games through Best Buy Rewards and getting them tax free.
As long as 2-day shipping remains free with Prime, a lowering of the 20% off to 10% shouldn’t be too bad, so I’ll be good with the change if they implement it here. Although, I will still end up being disappointed for a time, though.
It was fun while it lasted! Hope the US keeps the 20%, but if not, it’s been a good ride. Between Amazon’s 20% discount, and Xbox giving away games, my gaming budget has been pretty low recently. And not having a switch (not that it would matter, as there are no games I want on switch at the moment) and Microsoft being dumbasses and having a nintendo-caliber game drought, I’ve been able to work on my current game library, which is really fun. No stress that I’m missing out on anything.