GamersReports has reported that Sony has raised the price of the PS3 in Canada by $40, from $659 to $699. LINK. Can any of our Canadian brethren confirm?
Best Buy and Future Shop may have jacked up the price of a PS3 on our northern neighbors from C$659.99 to C$699.99, but it wasn't an ill-advised cash grab on Sony's part. An SCEC representative confirmed that Sony didn't nudge the price skywards; individual retailers made the choice to do so. I never thought I'd tell someone to buy anything at GameStop—who's maintaining the MSRP—but the PS3 makes us all do strange things. – Matt Buchanan