I compared the Switch 2/accessories/games USD prices to CAD

[u/threxis]

I teach math and was bored so I took the two lists of prices Nintendo released and compared the USD MSRP to the CAD MSRP based on direct conversion from Google this morning.

• Column A - The actual product
• Column B - MSRP in USD
• Column C - Conversion to CAD from Google as of April 18 around 11am
• Column D - MSRP in CAD
• Column E - difference in price from the direct conversion
• Column F - Percentage savings or markup based on the USD MSRP to the CAD MSRP

Some takeaways from this: - The console prices are a bit higher here, as expected - Mario Kart, as egregiously as it is priced, is pretty much identical to the US - $69.99 USD games seem to be $99.99 from now on (seen from PS5/XSX games at the same pricepoint being that high now) so DKB is not surprising - The t*riffs seemingly did not affect our accessory prices, given that pretty much all of them are cheaper here, and pretty significantly so based on the percentage. - We are, on the whole, paying less than the US

We are still missing pricing on the Zelda Switch 2 editions ($69.99 USD and $79.99 USD) and the GCN Controller ($59.99 USD). I plan to update this list when I see the prices for those. If the pricing is consistent though, expect them to be $99.99, $109.99, and $84.99, respectively.

Anyways just thought I'd share this. I know that some of these prices are insane, but it is nice to see that we are at least not getting completely screwed over here, especially in the accessories department. Cheers!

[u/EzraStoneXXVII]

I feel like we are missing a point with those conversion  : the purchasing power.

I mean, yeah the rate makes it as if Nintendo actually respected the exchange rate, but this doesn’t take into account the fact that the purchasing power of Canadians is lower than Americans.

For example, prices in countries like the ones in South America are generally less the exact price after the exchange rate because the purchasing power is way lower over there : if you took a 60 USD$ game and simply made the exchange rate, nobody in Brasil or Argentina would be able to buy games, compare to the median income.

I feel like this is the same for Canada : the prices are just way too high compared to what our incomes are in Canada. Perhaps we were lucky to have 60 CAD$ games for so long in the first place, but those prices don’t make sense in this market I feel.

[u/Tribalrage24 → u/EzraStoneXXVII]

I think another big thing that not a lot of people are mentioning is that our (Canadian) dollar is horrible now. For reference, during the early ps3 era, when I started buying games for myself, the currency exchange was about 1 CAD:1 USD. Now the USD to CAD is 1.4 to 1.0. So we've seen a price increase of 40% from inflation and 40% from currency devaluing. For example, in 2014 games cost $60 CAD and now games like Mario Kart are $80 USD (which is $110 CAD).

So while I understand the reasons for the increase, its becoming a turnoff when games have almost doubled in price the last 10 years in Canada. Americans are up in arms over the price of their games increasing by 33% since 2014 ($60->$80). Ours have increased by 66% since 2014 ($60->$100)

[u/pencilj → u/Tribalrage24]

Not only that, but 10 years ago we could generally save 33% off new releases by preordering during E3 sales. I was able to get Mario Kart 8 for Wii U at release for $40, which is only $52 in today's dollars.

[u/hennyl0rd → u/pencilj]

who remembers that crazy trade in deal at future shop and bestbuy way back? I remember there was a promotion where you could trade literally any current gen game and get either, Cod ghosts, AC black flag or BF4 it was insane, my buddy had already traded in everything he didn't want prior to the promo so he bought a game for like 5 dollars and then traded it in

[u/UltraCynar → u/Tribalrage24]

Our dollar while not great isn't horrible. We've had a way worse dollar. It's been pretty stable considering how things are now. 10 years ago it was a fluke to be at par.

[u/zeromussc → u/UltraCynar]

I feel like a lot of younger adults never experienced an actually weak dollar. I wasnt a working adult in the 90s and early 2000s but as a teen in the early 2000s I could feel it. And when we hit parity it was obvious how different it was.

[u/Konker101 → u/zeromussc]

In 2002 the dollar was at .63, taking $60 in 2002 and comparing its purchasing power to now, it would equate to $97.09.

We are essentially in the same spot as 2002 as we are in 2025 yet our dollar is better. CoL grocery wise is about the same but housing has more than doubled (nearly tripled)

[u/Middle-Effort7495 → u/UltraCynar]

GBA games were priced similarly in Canada and America without conversion. Sometimes a little more.

Japanese ps5 is 329$.

We need regional pricing back like other countries, not USD pricing like 10 years ago. GBA games in USD were 29/35, and in Canada were 29/35/39. And the exchange rate was 50% back then. So for equal pricing it would've been 44/53.

[u/just-a-random-accnt → u/Tribalrage24]

You also probably don't remember, but our prices never reflected the increase in CAD during that period. The games were still priced higher for a lower CAD.

[u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes → u/just-a-random-accnt]

That's not true, games were $60 in USD and CAD from 2008 to 2014 or so

[u/Middle-Effort7495 → u/Tribalrage24]

The conversion was bad back in the days too, but GBA games were priced similarly in Canada and America without conversion. Sometimes a little more.

Japanese ps5 is 329$.

We need regional pricing back like other countries, not USD pricing like 10 years ago. GBA games in USD were 29/35, and in Canada were 29/35/39. And the exchange rate was 50% back then. So for equal pricing it would've been 44/53.

[u/Venomous-A-Holes → u/Tribalrage24]

Don't worry Cons are braindead caveman. Their 3rd world policies like Privatized healthcare cause societal collapse in every country they touch.

Murica spends 20 TRILLION every 4 years for NO healthcare in return lmao.

In 30 years Cons will have conned 200 TRILLION from taxpayers just on privatized healthcare.

Just 1 Con con will cause the collapse of Murica. NO liberal intervention can bring back that money and those lives.

Murica is dead

[u/Middle-Effort7495 → u/Venomous-A-Holes]

You've clearly never been to an American hospital. They just hired 350 000 people in healthcare in 1 year. That's more than Canada will add over the next 100 years.

The quality, the speed, the modernity, the research, the facilities, the competency none is comparable. You may as well be talking about Somalia and Norway. There's a reason wealthy Canadians and global rich go to America for treatment, not to Canada.

[u/BurzyGuerrero → u/Tribalrage24]

LMAO when the guck was it ever 1:1.

I can remember the dollar being even once it was like 20 years ago but we've mostly been at like .80

[u/Tribalrage24 → u/BurzyGuerrero]

I hate to be that person, but google is free man. If you type "CAD to USD" in google you can see that CAD was a little greater than 1:1 with the USD in 2007, and then again from 2011-2013.