A Shocking Discovery!

So as some of you probably already know, the US Dollar is now worth less than the Canadian Dollar,  which as of this momemt, the current exchange rate is 1 USD = 0.96 CAD. Normally I wouldn't have given much second thought, but as I was looking over my credit card statement for the month of March, I noticed a peculiar thing. Now a little pretext:  I live in Canada (BC specifically) and as most Canadian steam users know steam charges only get applied the going exchange rate; no 12% HST bullshit to deal with, no P.O. Boxing, or driving down to Seattle to save money. So when I noticed that my last steam purchase of $53.98 USD was converted to $53.84 CAD, first thought that popped in my mind was was:

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER A CANADIAN GAMER PAYS LESS FOR A GAME THAN AN AMERICAN!

Woah...this feels wierd...I need to go sit down.

All jokes aside, I know it's only a measly 14 cents when it comes down to it, but still, it's a little bit surreal to ever see the moment that I would pay less for a game in CAD than I would have if I went to the US to buy the game. That being said, how do other Canadians (or Americans, for that matter) feel about this disturbance in the force?

It doesn't matter to me. Congratulations, though.

Huzzah!

o that's cool. good job on saving 14 cents. in the long run that can be a lot. but still kind of long way to make a lot off of 14 cents.

yay the currency that the world markets are based off of is floundering!

Chipolatas for everyone...who can afford it

hmmm.... the world and economics changed a lot,
even that we know economics sometimes unstable,
that would influenced the gaming paradigm also

Call me when Japanese ROM hackers begin a fan translation of Conker's Bad Fur Day. How do you keep a British accent in Japanese?

The other day I was looking for something on ebay and under the american price it told me the price in Canadian dollars.
And it was less.
I high fived myself.

This is a proud day for Canada. We need to make it a national holiday, and to celebrate we should go burn down the White House again.

And to think, something like two summers ago i was buying games off Steam while the exchange rate was 1 CAD : 0.75 USD :/