Beer Monkey
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It's a better controller anyway.
I'm going to pick up the NES controller in the spring for my Wii.
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NES Classic Edition Thread: Now You're Playing With Power* *Sold Separately in Europe
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It's a better controller anyway.
I'm going to pick up the NES controller in the spring for my Wii.
MrPressStart
Member
I want one so bad but I refuse to pay upwards of 300 dollars.
perfectchaos007
Member
Call before you go?
Even still, I don't think you can tell them to hold one for you while you're in commute so just because they have them in stock doesn't mean they'll still be there after you arrive. Too bad you can't have them hold one for you while you make your way over there
kunonabi
Member
Yeah, that's honestly the only reason I want the damn thing. It's going to be the last classic controller I need and I really want to play Castlevania with an NES controller again.
Beerman462
Member
So I watched the Jim Sterling video about Nintendo's scarcity strategy and I agree. I do not agree with his assumption that people buy this and force classic gaming on their children.
I'm 39 years old and love that my wife and kids secured this for me, but my daughters 10 and 16 love the games. Specifically they love Punch Out and Kirby. These games have great hooks and span generations. My girls also love many modern games.
I'm 39 years old and love that my wife and kids secured this for me, but my daughters 10 and 16 love the games. Specifically they love Punch Out and Kirby. These games have great hooks and span generations. My girls also love many modern games.
TheSadRanger
Banned
^While Sterling has some good points every now and then, the dudes been pretty much a caricature of himself for a while now. It's best not to take anything he says too seriously imo.
I thought it was always penned for December.
Booker.DeWitt
Member
do you guys think nintendo will keep restocking NES for a while?
this whole situation sucks
this whole situation sucks
Yeah, but that stock was also already sold before the system launched.
Of course
KojiKnight
Member
There are 2 in stock according to brickseek... how reliable do you guys think this is? They definitely showed zero a couple days ago... And they open in 20 minutes.
(Edit) waiting outside the doors... Hope I didn't waste my time!
(Edit 2) does Sterling have kids? Cause his opinion sounds ridiculous. When I restored my nes, my kids wanted to play it and now love it. Not because I stapled a controller to their hands, but because they saw ME having fun and wanted to try...
And with only 2 buttons, the games are quick to learn and enjoy, just like they always have been.
(Edit) waiting outside the doors... Hope I didn't waste my time!
(Edit 2) does Sterling have kids? Cause his opinion sounds ridiculous. When I restored my nes, my kids wanted to play it and now love it. Not because I stapled a controller to their hands, but because they saw ME having fun and wanted to try...
And with only 2 buttons, the games are quick to learn and enjoy, just like they always have been.
Booker.DeWitt
Member
can be really unreliable, sometimes it takes a while to update the stock.
KojiKnight
Member
Fuuuuuck there is a line... Thought it was a coincidence, then people started talking... Everyone is here to fight for 2 systems
This is just infuriating... But at lest I finally saw a box.
This is just infuriating... But at lest I finally saw a box.
MrPressStart
Member
3rd in line today... and no luck again. I will try again tomorrow. Between this and hatchimals for my little girl....
SumptuousLemur
Banned
I was able to get 2 NES Classics and 2 extra controllers and 2 Hatcimals.
1 NES Classic and 1 extra controller I am keeping NIB, while the other set is for my son for Christmas, the 2 Hatchimals are for my daughter for Christmas as well.
Affeinvasion
Member
I can't believe these places aren't enforcing a one per person limit when they are only getting 5 at a time at most.
SumptuousLemur
Banned
SumptuousLemur
Banned
I bought each item at a different retailer and it was hell getting them all.
Literally each NES, controller and Hatchimal I got from 5 different retailers.
Affeinvasion
Member
Wow that's dedication! The controllers seem like the hardest part of all this.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Like every year, my parents asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I'm 41 and married but they insist on getting me a gift every year and it's usually a struggle to come up with something. This year I thought it would be fun to ask for the NES Classic since it would harken back to my childhood when they would buy me systems for Christmas. This was pre-launch and I had no idea the burden I was placing on them. Fast forward to last night and of course they had not been able to secure one and I forbade them from paying more than MSRP. I told them to forget about it as they would be easy to find after Christmas, so instead I asked them to get me the RetroUSB AVS system instead. I'm looking forward to trying it out.
megashock5
Member
I hear you. I'm 45 and my mother in law asks for a list every year. This year I put the NES Classic on it, before I knew how bad the situation would be. Luckily my brother in law was able to snag one, but I was feeling bad about putting someone through trouble like that for a present.
SumptuousLemur
Banned
My son wanted the NES and an extra controller and so did I, since I can obviously just use his I am going to keep mine NIB, but that wasn't my original plan.
I would have given him mine if I couldn't find an extra console and/or controller.
The Hatchimals were even more difficult to get that the NES.
Jingle all the fucking way....
HawksWinStanley
Member
So why is Nintendo so bad at meeting demand?
Honestly I haven't been interested in anything Nintendo has offered in over a decade, but the two times in those ten years where I needed to buy a Nintendo product as a gift (the Wii, and now the Classic) you can't find them.
They're basically just giving away that money to the pathetic scalpers. Smart business model.
Honestly I haven't been interested in anything Nintendo has offered in over a decade, but the two times in those ten years where I needed to buy a Nintendo product as a gift (the Wii, and now the Classic) you can't find them.
They're basically just giving away that money to the pathetic scalpers. Smart business model.
I think the first mistake you're making is assuming this isn't intentional.
HawksWinStanley
Member
What would be the rationale behind that? $60 is throwaway money. If it was in stock you'd get the hardcore who want it right away plus the "hey why not it's just $60" group. Now those potential impulse buyers are shrugging and moving on while everyone who needs one right now are handing their money over to anyone who isn't Nintendo to get one.
I'm guessing I'm missing something here.
reelbigtink
Member
Doubt it's intentional. They probably needed a stopgap to keep their name on everyone's lips throughout the holiday season and figured Wii U and 3DS sales would flounder but didn't anticipate the massive demand.
I wouldn't have anticipated it either seeing as how every other classic gaming all-in-one from Atari or Sega never set the world on fire.
I wouldn't have anticipated it either seeing as how every other classic gaming all-in-one from Atari or Sega never set the world on fire.
Marty Chinn
Member
Eh, I doubt it's intentional. This isn't the first retro multi game device released. There are dozens of them and none of them lit the world on fire or probably have sold anywhere near what this is going to sell in the end. It's easy to see how stores ordered moderately, and Nintendo did manufacturing lines based on those interests. Neither the stores nor Nintendo saw this blowing up as huge as it did and how could they based on other similar devices? By the time it was looking to be huge, it was too late to increase production lines. It's already been pointed out you can't just turn on a dime and increase manufacturing capacity out of the blue. That stuff takes time to get going and as well as trying to project how those lines will play out long term because creating too many production lines in the long run can be costly in a negative way once the initial rush is over.
Brianimaniac
Banned
LegendofLex
Member
The Disney Vault exists because Disney doesn't have unlimited shelf space where they can put all their movies in every store, so they shuffle out the classics. They usually advertise when the classics are officially available again so people know they can go out and buy them, and I've never really had trouble finding a Disney movie in-store.
The problem with your comparison is that NES Classic isn't part of a periodically shifting lineup of classic Nintendo consoles, and people can't just go out and buy a scarce product.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
I think the problem is that Nintendo is too conservative and risk-averse. It may be like Amiibo and after Christmas the production will increase, stores will finally be flooded with product but at that point demand will have gone down so there will be a glut of them and people will question whether a SNES version will ever come out.
I kind of question whether a SNES version is coming regardless. From VC sales, Nintendo knows that the demand for SNES-era games is higher and they can be sold individually for greater profit. I've certainly seen enough posters here comment on that gen being when games "got good". Regardless of their taste it's hard to see Nintendo selling 30 SNES games in the same way as the NES Classic. If they do it, they'll bump up the price for sure.
noonespecial
Member
I remember reading in one of these threads (probably this one) where another poster said that he worked for a major retailer who decides how many items to purchase from vendors. He claimed that out of all of the stock they had ordered for their stores that Nintendo only fulfilled 7% of their order. There probably were some retailers that would have only ordered a few anyway, but that isn't the main problem apparently - Nintendo under produced for whatever reason. I also read about someone saying that they worked at a store that had to send back most of their stock of controllers suggesting that perhaps Nintendo had manufacturing or quality assurance problems.
In any case, it feels to me that Nintendo intentionally under produced due to their history of wanting to make sure they sell through their stock but they either had manufacturing issues and were unable to produce even as many as they wanted to or severely underestimated just how well this thing would sell which to me is doubtful but I'm not Nintendo.
I think it is obvious that the major retailers have by now probably put in large orders to Nintendo but manufacturing takes time so it could be months before these are made in larger volumes and are freely available on store shelves.
But I'm just going off of what other people have said and my own deductions so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt.
And most of us are so salty over trying to get the NES Classic that we don't need any extra sodium at this point... I got my unit last week but I'm still a bit salty over all the work it took to secure one.
SystemUser
Member
What are you doing? In Gradius you pause the game and then enter up up down down left right left right B A and when you unpause you will be fully upgraded. I think it only works once per game. It might be once per life though.
CrashPrime
Member
The controller recall was the EMIO Edge (clone controller) and Edge Joystick (clone nes advantage) because they didn't work with the classic. There was no recall on oem controllerst, there just is a pathetic amount of them. I want one really bad but am settling with a classic pro controller.
sixteen-bit
Member
I would like to see a Game Boy classic in addition to those.
Didn't really think about a game boy. Probably my most played Nintendo console
Would you imagine it as a handheld or home console?
sixteen-bit
Member
A nice backlit handheld with a library of select GB and GBC games would be super cool. Pokemons, Kirby, and SML1-3 would be shoe-ins but I would like to see some oddball sleepers like Gargoyle's Quest and Mole Mania as well.
Yeah this is sounding very good. Maybe Nintendo are watching? Haha
nealwinter
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Lasthope106
Member
Well color me surprised. I really thought that by now Nintendo would have opened the floodgates with this thing. If not that, then at least I expected a higher than average restock for Black Friday. All the reports I've seen so far point that a lot of places haven't event gotten a restock since the launch day. That's insane.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
For a lot of people, especially casuals, no Tetris would be an incredible disappointment in a GameBoy Classic. If I were Nintendo, having the license to do that would be the deciding factor of whether I pursued it or not.
Yep. We called five retail outlets around us and they all reported they had not yet received follow-up shipments since launch day.
I guess this is what you wanted, Nintendo.
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