sixteen-bit
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SNES Classic Preorder Shitshow Discussion (Please Read Rules in OP)
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Naked Snake
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I use shopandship.com but it's not available everywhere I think.
Dead Prince
Banned
I'll believe it when I see it. Still expecting extremely limited supplies and scalping paradise.
"Significant". Well, I can get behind that.
Don't get too excited. Significant to Nintendo is probably 1,000 instead of 500.
Merrydeath
Member
Late this month, eh? Look like this will be one hell of a bumpy ride with F5 abuse
So confirmed preordering by the end of August for the US (based on the picture of the US SNES model). That's all I needed to know.
sixteen-bit
Member
glad preorders are confirmed.
Reminder to the thread:
Preorder early, and often. Nothing is guaranteed.
The Omega Man
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molnizzle
Member
Nice.
oh boy
perfectchaos007
Member
I'm going to learn how to set up a bot so I can get one. We all should
Kadin
Member
You mean because they've learned from their mistake and are correcting it? Nope, I can't believe that sadly.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Given the low(ish) price point and the high demand coupled with the multitude of the NES Classic's bad supply chain decisions, Nintendo would have to seriously over-produce this system to exceed the demand put in place by scalpers.
For example - I've personally never seen a NES Classic outside of the one I pre-ordered that got delivered to me on release day. The spot on the shelf at every store I've ever visited sat empty until they day they moved things around so that it no longer had a shelf space. There are tons of people on GAF (a forum for gaming enthusiasts) that never got a chance to buy one aside from paying a huge markup to scalpers. The average consumer, even if they knew about it and wanted one, never had a chance. At my local grocery store, there were people lined up around the block over night on release day - and the store only received 2 units.
What I'm saying is that all this builds into an absolute frenzy of people wanting the SNES Classic because they know this is going to be the hot new thing for Christmas this year - and the scalpers know it as well. At $79.99 a pop, there are going to be large-scale eBay scalping operations that will happily pick up 1,000 or more units if they can get their hands on them. Nintendo is promising to deliver more units, which also means they'll be more readily available to scalpers.
Our only hope is that the SNES Classic IS actually readily available for purchase before Christmas, therefore removing the scalpers ability to mark these up so high. In the end, if there is enough stock, we could see people's eBay listings get down to or near retail (though, probably not below).
Making these units a "one time only, limited time offer" more or less guarantees that this won't happen though - because the smart scalpers will simply sit on them for a year or more and wait for the demand to go back up after Nintendo stops producing them.
The Bookerman
Member
Still no statement by Nintendo of Canada on the state of preorders... Wow.
Color me impressed.
Color me impressed.
Dead Prince
Banned
when someone creates a new thread 30 minutes after you post and then gives credit to CAG.
sixteen-bit
Member
DP that fame coulda been yours!
lol I saw that too.
If it makes you feel any better...I knew it was you, Dead Prince
I've been there before :x It's the credit part that bugs me (must be how people feel with Reddit re-posts in an "I made this!" Sense)
Interestingly enough, he's on my block list, and I think I've added 3 people in 10+ years to my block list. No idea why he's on there. Maybe a mistake.
WiseguyMVP
Member
After this one they'll come out with the N64 version and a Wii version and then they'll release all the games on the eShop for people with the Switch. Yay!
sixteen-bit
Member
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/892448295322136576
I really do think that Nintendo's last printing was for these retailers (except that Walmart and TRU just sold them off).
I really do think that Nintendo's last printing was for these retailers (except that Walmart and TRU just sold them off).
This could be good or bad news (probably more good).
Either way, I have to remind myself to be neutral no matter the circumstance, less chance of disappointment on my end lol
Kadin
Member
It's definitely good in the fact that they're going to at least do the preorders. Who knows how it will play out though and when they'll go live. So yeah, it's better than them just selling them at launch with no type of way to try to secure one before then.
This could be good or bad news (probably more good).
Either way, I have to remind myself to be neutral no matter the circumstance, less chance of disappointment on my end lol
At worst I can camp out in front of one of the 3 targets or Wal-Mart's within a short distance from here
//ARCANUM
Member
This is a pretty great summary of the reality of this situation. I'm going to try my hardest to pre-order. Hell, I've even got an Amazon UK pre-order in for the Super Famicom Mini, but I have doubts that will go through. At this point, I'm just ready to pay $200 or whatever it will cost to some scalper. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯PunjabiPlaya
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Yeah, I'm sure that Nintendo will have 7 billion units ready this time around so that "everyone" can get one.
The thing is gonna sell out, but I suspect a situation more like how the Switch is now. Shipments every week that will sell out in the first few days of being shipped. If you put the effort into acquiring one, I'm sure you'll be able to find it at some point this year.
sixteen-bit
Member
fine print: only the first 100 to line up are guaranteed.
My guess is that everyone but Amazon does pre-orders. They tend to wait until release day for these things. I would love to be wrong though
& you must bring 5 of the 21 games included on actual SNES carts.
.......& a SNES as well.
Shamrock7r
Member
Ugh just checked my email and wal mart cancelled my pre-order. back to square one
sixteen-bit
Member
Where did you preorder? Walmart cancelled all of theirs a few days a go.
Shamrock7r
Member
the email was a few days old. I thought I was good so I wasn't following this thread. Just read a few pages back. Late to the cancellation party!
Grettir_the_Swole
Member
Actually, the SNES Classic is never coming out. Nintendo World shoppers will be in for an exclusive treat as they witness Reggie set fire to a crate filled with SNES Classics.
dragonyeuw
Member
Nintendo needs to have like 5 million of these things ready to go in September, and a decent follow-up shipment probably mid November to carry them through the holidays. That would allow a fair number of people to acquire one without jumping through flaming hoops. After that, who knows.... they haven't committed to producing this past 2017, so they're already prepping you that this thing won't be around for long. 'Significantly' more units could be doubling production from the NES mini..... that still won't be enough. I have little doubt this thing could sell 10 million units in a year.
sixteen-bit
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if they get those kinda numbers going I wonder if it'll appear in the NPD charts
If the guaranteed me that I would get one eventually, i.e., they are not going to discontinue it, then I wouldn't care if I got it at launch or six months later.