I've been collecting, lining up for things, speed dialing for tickets on phone lines etc for decades before Amiibo were ever a thing that introduced gamers to beanie babies. If I had anybody I could trust with my financial information, and had been able to be available on the phone to walk them through it if need be, I would have. I'm just gonna watch for the 300. If that fails, I'll go ebay and get gouged for blood.
You've got to admit the idea of having to contend with the masses to buy physical Vita, indie games is all sorts of ironic. As if Vita games have ever been something everybody wants, coupled with indie games on Vita being derided as worthless for the better part of 3 years. I swear, if I see Greg "I still pretend to like my Vita" Miller send 100k+ KindaFunny fans on twitter to the 5k Cosmic Star Heroine page, to crash the site, in a world where Tearaway took over 6 months to sell 100k copies... smh. That'd be borderline gentrification.
Same as it only being sold out because it can sell out, it's just a paradox. The other paradox is that this selling out so unexpectedly fast establishes LRG releases as a certified F5~ event and got more devs on board, so being sour makes it sweet. You have to generate brand awareness and your supporters want you to do well (because LRG existing benefits them), so they spread the news too, but spreading the news limits your own chance of getting what you want because it reaches the "I don't even know what this is, but I'm going to sell it on ebay" crowd. It's like the "RT to enter" contest effect. Obviously the sliding scale limiter and supply will get more appropriate with each release.
Less than 2 hours for this surprised everyone, including LRG themselves. That outpaced Retro City's 3000 copies, even with the official PS Blog promoting it. Even the recent Xonic LE had a quarter the available units as this and lasted over a day. I'm sure everyone will try their hardest to be ready for more. In the meantime, whether you're telling people to "stfu noob" or complaining, we're flooding the thread and bumping off exciting prospect news like Velocity and Futuridium. Then again, that keeps the thread active and visible, don't it?