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Nintendo Classic Mini - NES Coming on November 11th (30 NES games)
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superNESjoe
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Hope Best Buy doesn't fall through, they tend to a lot for me. Going to bed and will try Amazon as well.
PepsimanVsJoe
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Also ordered through Best Buy.
That was surprisingly easy, but now I'm wondering if I'll receive a cancellation notice in a day or two.
That was surprisingly easy, but now I'm wondering if I'll receive a cancellation notice in a day or two.
BurritoBushido
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How are you guys getting free shipping for tuesday? Two day shipping is showing up as 15 dollars for me
Ditto. I hope everything goes through. Got my email that its gone through and being processed. Hopefully that means I'm golden....
perfectchaos007
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Finally got through to the checkout screen and then
fml
WhiteRabbitEXE
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I don't know why people still insist Nintendo intentionally created the Wii stock shortages. In just over a year they sold more Wiis than they had sold GameCubes in six years and they didn't expect the Wii to be nearly as big of a success as it was. Of course they ran into supply issues.
Hell, in 2.5 years they sold more Wiis than they had produced units of the both the N64 and GameCube across their combined decade-long run, and before they even hit 3 years it had become their best selling home console ever. And don't forget, Nintendo had to shut-down production of the GameCube for 6 months only 2 years into its run to sell off excess stock and never really went back to full production, and were selling consoles at $99 while still not moving them quickly enough. They weren't at all prepared for the runaway success of the Wii, and even then, with all the shortages, they still had the fastest selling home console ever at the time.
And of course, this keeps getting brought up every time a Nintendo product ships in small quantities anyway. It's not to create artificial demand - it's because Nintendo's been burned by over-shipping multiple times (see: numerous retailer returns of the GameCube and Wii, and many failed peripherals, as well as the rare over-shipped game, like Other M, which was one of the rare Nintendo games to get frequent retailer mark-downs) and historically has tried to be conservative with first runs/early shipments to prevent it from happening.
Banjotanooki
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FUCK! Sold out.
perfectchaos007
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Its out of stock on target.com too
Lee Chaolan
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Here's hoping they actually ship to those that placed an order.
Still can't get a controller to add. The one for now will be fine though.
Still can't get a controller to add. The one for now will be fine though.
Harbinger of War
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Yeah, that they cut off orders so abruptly makes me optimistic that they have their shit together and only allowed as many as they could fulfill.
perfectchaos007
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I guess I'll check my local Best Buy in the morning to try my luck
Gameboy415
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Had the extra controller in my cart but Best Buy's site kept messing up and it sold out, blah!
Had a bunch of shit saved to my Gamestop cart that I was looking at before and didn't really want, so I tried deleting the items and of course couldn't. And now can't complete the order. Oh well I screwed up, should have just ordered and tried to cancel the extra shit I had on there.
Jailer of Hope
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Hope my BB order goes through. Couldn't grab an extra controller though. Looks like Target is out too.
Lee Chaolan
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Yah, I had the controller in my cart on all three sites. lol
Was lucky I got the system to go through on BB.
Conor_Fool
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Got system on BB as well.
I had controller in my cart but Best Buy eventually automatically took it out
bean breath
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For the people that bought them at Wal-Mart, what time did you go and what time did they sell them? I'm on the west coast, am I already too late?
FloppyDelux
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couldnt even check out on target.com
Jailer of Hope
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Well you can use the controller in Wii VC no? That and it being cheap is appealing even without the Mini console.
For my Walmart I showed up 45-50 mins before midnight and there were 6 people in front. They had 12 consoles. The 12th person showed up about 30 minutes before midnight.
That is true, but I don't think Nintendo thinks every single sale is going to buy a second console. I'd guess they probably only made 1/3 or 1/2 as many controllers as consoles..... part of me thinks its closer to the 1/3 figure.
Make sure your walmart is still 24hrs. Mine isn't anymore. I was told to come back at 6 am.
Lee Chaolan
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Hopefully controllers go back up too...already have it in my "Save for later" category xD
bean breath
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Wait, you mean the store was open but the electronics department was closed?
Jeff Vader
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West Coast here, both Walmarts I went to had lines and all their stock spoken for. This is going to be a pain to get isn't it?
Gameboy415
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I went to my local Wal-Mart at 11:55PM to find out they only got 4 systems (and no controllers) and there were already 4 people waiting for them.
I was the 6th person there, the 5th being a nutjob that insisted on tail-gating me the entire way to the store (on a two-lane road with no other cars in sight), cut me off in the parking lot, and dashed into the store in front of me. Kinda glad he didn't get one, haha!
Lee Chaolan
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When it showed up in my cart it said Shipping was Free.
Perhaps just a Holiday time thing.
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