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Originally Posted by Spatula
4) The Canadian editions of games do come with an extra instruction guide in French. The game itself is still in the primary language, ie English. Perhaps it’s with this extra cost of printing the extra instruction book.
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Not all editions come with this French instruction guide (thankfully). This bugs the shit out of me. It started maybe 6 or 7 years ago where there was a crackdown on video games and their lack of French-language instructions. A lot of the major publishers started either printing Canada-only game covers (hate this), or including a French booklet on the back or inside (don't mind this).
Recently though, most publishers have stopped doing this. Most notably Square-Enix, they used to have the annoying "Canada" flag on the back corner with bilingual packaging and discs. I never bought these, I got my games from the U.S., I'm picky like that. But now, Square-Enix has stopped doing this, much to my joy, I think the first game that didn't have it was "Radiata Stories". A publisher with a strong Canadian contingent, like Nintendo, though always publishes bilingual packaging (except GBA games oddly enough!).
As to this being a reason for increased prices, I doubt it. The main problem, I think, is just the slow nature the industry reacts to currency exchange. Though I do remember when the Canadian dollar was really struggling a few years back and games were $79.99 or $84.99...plus (then) 15% tax...gives me chills to think about it.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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