Conor_Fool
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SNES Classic Preorder Shitshow Discussion (Please Read Rules in OP)
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Savage
Got one on Walmart by refreshing 5min or so to 1pm.
Twilight Princess
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If nintendo ever has a bad year, they can always play the gba classic card.
mightynine
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I had the damned thing in cart, payment info entered, multiple times today at Target.
Then it wouldn't complete the order.
Then it wouldn't complete the order.
elkniwcire
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This happened to me multiple times today too :-( They don't even hold the stock for you, even for a minute while you check out?
NeOak
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Did you even read the article?
Amazon made a separate listing at 4:30 AM EDT.
Jesus, read the OP.
friskykillface
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Earthbound64
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People don't read - they would rather rage.
GregLombardi
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What if his insiders, he, or any number of sources are lying? What if there will be more stock just not now?
Common Knowledge
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So has anyone actually have their Target pre-order cancelled? I haven't but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't repeatedly checking to see it's still on.
Conor_Fool
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There will definitely be more stock. But I imagine not enough to come close to meeting demand
ST2K
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I sure hope not. It'd be really nice to add more SNES games to it.
You sound angry. Didn't get one eh? Since you're an expert on the intricacies of this bot and how it works mind filling the rest of us in?
SimpleCRIPPLE
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Nintendo being who they are I'm sure they patched out any known exploits. I also firmly believe there will be new exploits.
SecondVariety
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I'd really like to know this as well. Earlier in the thread someone mentioned having a target cancellation with Apple Pay.
crashnburn
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First world problems....
Simply Sami
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What sort of question is that? Why do you need four?
Keep. In the future, all world currencies will consist solely of limited edition classic Nintendo consoles.
Conor_Fool
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I mean... if he has four locked in, why would he cancel? He could sell significantly under the scalper amount yet above MSRP. That way everybody wins
And this:
Bubbavelli
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The game is the game
Cant relate to being this salty since I actually got one
Keep one of each, and sell me the other US one. Problem solved
What if Nintendo communicated with us so we would know for certain?
Simply Sami
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Well the scalpers are not going to have it their own way. Wouldn't surprise me if trolls start bidding on their auction and not paying. I hope so to waste their time.
Still don't get why he needed to order four though. Yes Nintendo are to blame, but people like him don't help the situation unless he wants to sell to someone on here for the retail price and shipping. I'm happy that I ordered mine the minute it went up on the UK site.
panama chief
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If I called you what you sound like, I'd get banned.
Amazon didn't get bottled out. The systems were up for way longer than the 30 seconds we saw on all sites this afternoon. You'd know that if you took 10 seconds to read the update on the front page.
Stabby McSter
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bots were camping the amazon snes classic page that everyone was familiar with. amazon created a new listing, bypassing the bots
bots couldn't have snatched that listing initially because they wouldn't have known about it until it was live. i mean, they could have, but after the fact that people had access to it
please don't be condescending
HomerSimpson-Man
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One to open and play, 2nd to keep as a collection, and the other two to rub on the nipples thinking how you have four while others thirst in unquenchable lust for SNES Classic but never getting one.
Hopefully they will continue to ship though instead of immediately bring discontinued
valinthyne
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I could have sworn the whole "producing more units" thing was in relation to keeping shipments going throughout the rest of the year.
I'm not saying there shouldnt have been higher allocations for preorder. But i think youre all misinterpreting that statement.
I'm not saying there shouldnt have been higher allocations for preorder. But i think youre all misinterpreting that statement.
Conor_Fool
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Made me laugh out loud
Conor_Fool
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And if ya don't end up selling all the extras within a couple months, you have an absolutely incredible Christmas present to give
That was just the title on the listing, the actual vendor on the order is displayed as Amazon.com, LLC.
When the weird pre-order page first went up, people pointed out that there is other official Nintendo merchandise (e.g. Switch Joy-Cons) on Amazon which for some reason are titled "GameTrust" products, e.g. the Red JoyCons:
https://www.amazon.com/GameTrust-Joy-Con-Neon-Red-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B01MT8RT5I
The Nintendo Blue JoyCons had the title of "Nintendo Digital Downloads / GameTrust" as well (when the SNES Classic went up it was called "Nintendo Digital Downloads / Game Trust: SNES Classic" or similar):
https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Digital-Downloads-GameTrust-Joy-Con-Neon/dp/B01MT8USZN
So the Amazon pre-order is still a little weird, but since the seller is officially Amazon.com, LLC and they've had other Nintendo listings with the same title, and apparently multiple customer reps confirmed that was the page for pre-orders, it could very well have been the real thing.
How is this Nintendo's fault?
Honestly its not easy to interpret whet they meant with the statement they gave so no one knows.
valinthyne
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And if ya don't end up selling all the extras within a couple months, you have an absolutely incredible Christmas present to give
Very true, at least one of them I'll probably throw out to a gaffer in need
Appreciate the detailed reponse. Cheers!
Booker.DeWitt
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That means nothing coming from Nintendo
Because their inability to meet demand and possibly discontinuation of the item in demand leads to environments conducive to scalping. The first wave will always have scalpers but the people paying up are the ones who need immediate satisfaction while most others will just wait. This means both the price scalpers charge can't go as high and won't be as widely sought after. However knowing the item will also likely be discontinued by the years' end on top of the lack of production means scalpers have much mroe incentive to work hard for this and charge much higher prices.
How people keep trying to pin this back on the people taking advantage of Nintendo forgoing their own market is beyond me.
Lol no it absolutely does not. How much more is abundant? Did they mean in terms of shipments (which right now is currently being reported as on par with the NES) or the number of shipments? We don't know. That statement could mean any number of things coming from nintendo.
you can blame scalpers and retailers for making it impossible to do a limited release where fans feel they had a fair shot, you can blame nintendo for doing a limited release anyway
edit: but to be fair to them from a business perspective the decision is probably either this or nothing, not this or compete with their own current consoles with a cheaper console that they dont make new games for
edit: but to be fair to them from a business perspective the decision is probably either this or nothing, not this or compete with their own current consoles with a cheaper console that they dont make new games for