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NES Classic Edition Thread: Now You're Playing With Power* *Sold Separately in Europe
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That sucks, I'm in the same boat to get a 2nd official controller. Can't have the kids using different controllers!
With that in mind, I'm thinking at this rate, I'll probably get the iam8bit wireless adapter+NES bluetooth controller. Just need initial impressions that the input lag isn't bad (I imagine it won't be, but still doesn't hurt to wait a day)
noonespecial
Member
Ownership is not a requirement to be allowed to post in this thread thanks to Nintendo...
Icefire1424
Member
Added it to my Think Geek wishlist, thanks for the heads up.
...however, now I'm getting all paranoid when my phone alerts me that I have a new email.
...however, now I'm getting all paranoid when my phone alerts me that I have a new email.
Well did you get one?
Avon Barksdale
Member
I did get one. I was second in line.
Lasthope106
Member
I thought this went live yesterday.
apparently today they will send the emails, based on comments on the website.
Well, you had until yesterday to get it on your list.
Right on. Good luck everybody.
Well follow Nintendo NYC on Twitter usually announce when they'll have them in stock
Same here. I already have a Pi set up and I was able to preorder a Famicom Mini, so this can wait til after Christmas.
oh I'm going to keep checking then thanks..
no luck now it seems, hope there are some later on the month
The Main Event
Member
I can't understand how Nintendo planned this. So incompetent.
AllBusinessJr
Member
I had been holding out on finding FIVE of these for Groomsmen gifts. I'm still cracking up about what a joke the supply on these has been.
I must be a delusional dope.
I must be a delusional dope.
Clockwork
Member
I went this morning thinking I was in line, but there was a line before that line and those people were handed pieces of paper so they could sit in their car and not freeze.
I only figured this out when those people started getting back in line at 7:50 or so and explained what happened, also mentioning that they were going to make some mad cash on ebay.
*sigh*
Needless to say the people weren't joking and Target had them all stacked up at the return/customer service counter for the people with their pieces of paper.
I got to go home empty handed.
They need to always get shit for this. No way in hell this should still be a thing for a product like this. They should have had preorders open to help gauge interest and let anyone who wanted one get one.
So I just got a call from my local Fry's and they said they have them in stock now, but then he said the price was raised to $99.99.
I thought he was nuts, but then I went and looked online.
http://frys.com/product/8988903?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
What the fuck is going on? I can't even price match it to the correct price because no one else has it in stock.
I thought he was nuts, but then I went and looked online.
http://frys.com/product/8988903?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
What the fuck is going on? I can't even price match it to the correct price because no one else has it in stock.
really does feel like nintendo ruined christmas. my dad would've been over the moon if he opened a present up to this
not the end of the world but if i end up not getting one holidays at home will be a bummer thinking "what if". now i know how all those parents felt with tickle me elmos, furbys ect
perfectchaos007
Member
Well the MSRP is just that...a SUGGESTED retail price. Fry's thinks its worth $40 more than than the MSRP and given the demand, they aren't wrong
I guess, but I've just never seen that happen before. It's so bizarre.
AllBusinessJr
Member
Don't blame Fry's. Blame Nintendo.
No preorders (in the US, at major retailers like Amazon) was bush league, at best. I refuse to believe that Nintendo is so dense that they mismanaged their one and only Christmas item of note. This was planned and is completely shitty to their consumers. These could have been mass produced and stocked to the gills at retailers, but they wanted to create a constrained supply to elevate the item to "must have" status on Christmas lists.
Sad thing is that it likely would have sold well either way.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Welcome to Sweden! The default price of this thing here is the equivalent of about $87 (800 SEK). Of course, it can't be found here either anyway, so whatever.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
There's plenty of blame to go around
everthustodeadbeats
Member
It's the extremely small trickle of these things that cracks me up. It's almost as if Nintendo planned to make the smallest output possible and has done nothing to produce at a greater rate, no matter the indicators.
Yeah, TRU bumped Hatchimals to $69.99 when they got them in stock last week, sold every last one of them too.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
The crazy thing is that it looks like Nintendo hardware in general has dried up at retail. Wii Us can be difficult to find and it's practically impossible to find anything in the 3DS line, be it XL or 2DS.
sixteen-bit
Member
@ the bolded, that's surprising.
considering how well Pokemon is selling I'm not surprised at the 3DS/2DS demand picking up
Nintendo should tell Fry's to go fuck themselves for future restocks.
BFIB
Member
The hope is that Nintendo has put all resources on the Switch launch units, but we all know Nintendo will play the scarcity game there too.
Not really.
I imagine retailers weren't exactly chomping at the bit to add more to their essentially immobile Wii U stock when Nintendo was telling them to put final orders in because production was about to end. This holiday probably saw a lot of stores clearing out stock that had been sitting around for several months, and why would they want to make sure they have more of a console that doesn't move when they know an new console is just around the corner?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Nintendo doesn't give a shit. This is the result of their shitty retail tactics.
Lasthope106
Member
At my local Walmart, you can't find any Nintendo hardware, and that has been the case since before Black Friday. As soon as they put anything from 2DS to WiiUs, they are all selling out within hours.
Stormwatch
Member
Has anybody heard from ThinkGeek yet? I know they stopped checking wish lists yesterday, but they didn't say how soon they would be sending out codes.
perfectchaos007
Member
I think I fucked that up. I signed up for the wishlist a couple days ago, but last night I remembered I opted out of getting their email spam, just out of habit. So I rushed back to the website to opt back in. I think you have to endure their spam to have a chance at getting a code.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
I remember thinking when I got to that step in the process of creating an account that opting out of their spam might mean I never get the notification. If that's true, so be it. There ought to be a difference between general sales adverts and legit customer communication. If it's one and the same with them, then fuck 'em.
Illusive_Juan
Member
According to ThinkGeek's Twitter, they've been sending out emails at 10 a.m. Eastern on Monday and Tuesday.
Looks like they are still doing two more daily drawings for the lottery, and you can still add the NES to your wishlist to enter.
Looks like they are still doing two more daily drawings for the lottery, and you can still add the NES to your wishlist to enter.
ThinkGeek said:
oh cool I still have a chance lol
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Checked and it looks like I was unsubscribed from their mailings. Whoops.
I was at Target just now buying some groceries and was browsing electronics section.
Overheard some guy asking the customer service if they have NES and she said they get new shipment every day but that he'd have to wait in line at 4 AM if he wants any chance at getting one(or to be told they don't have any shipment coming in ) everyday.
Overheard some guy asking the customer service if they have NES and she said they get new shipment every day but that he'd have to wait in line at 4 AM if he wants any chance at getting one(or to be told they don't have any shipment coming in ) everyday.
rainking187
Member
So I guess don't put too much faith in any of the stock checking sites, I checked a couple that both said my local Target had 6 in stock so I rushed over and they were sold out. Just for laughs I checked the sites again when I got home they both still said there were 6 in stock. Nintendo is fucking up with this artificial scarcity nonsense, I want one now because it's the holidays and it seems like a cool thing to play with my family. I don't have the ability to just go stand outside of stores for hours hoping to get one, and by the time it's widely available enough to where I can just walk in and buy one I probably won't give a shit anymore. I'll just spend my money on the Steam winter sale instead.
perfectchaos007
Member
Best Buy opens at 9am next Tuesday. I'm thinking about getting there around 11pm Monday. I hope waiting 10 hours is enough to guarantee that I get one
I'm not waiting overnight, if they dont have enough stock for me waiting about 2 hours then i'm just gonna get it later lol