ShadowKingpin
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SNES Classic Preorder Shitshow Discussion (Please Read Rules in OP)
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friskykillface
Banned
RIP
What you see there is the ghost post of regret. It linger.
GordonShumway
Neo Member
Figured I sign into all the websites so I'd be set to quickly order but I can't sign into GameStop. I just get a 'serve was unable to process your request' message every time. Anyone else having a problem signing in?
Welp.
Oh nice, thanks! This is the US model? If so, in if I'm not too late.
sixteen-bit
Member
I hope they don't cancel again.
TheSuperSakura
Member
Used that as well, and was also never notified lol
I'm just destined to never get things I guess.
CollectedDust
Member
that stinks, they went up at around 4:30am EST. It was sold out by 5am I believe.Amazon went up?
I stayed up till 3:30 and couldn't do it anymore. There is no way I would have lasted till 5 though.
I got one from Best Buy for a friend. I want one for me now.
Fox Mulder
Member
The NES classic actually replaced feelings of fun and nostalgia with hate and made me question why I even care about Nintendo. This no stock scalper shit happens with almost everything they make.
I just let it go. If I can't buy one easily in stores, oh well. There's plenty of things to spend money on instead.
why is everyone falling for this?
Well alright then. My F5 is ready for 1pm est.
Omegasquash
Member
Yep. Seeing the notifications at 6:30 this morning immediately shaped my outlook for the situation.
Don't have time for that 😒
I have that too, no texts either.
Ordering products on the Internet is so broken.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I did. Still didn't hear shit about it going up at BB or Amazon.
backflip10019
Member
That is savage for us east-coasters. Kind of ridiculous really.
because why not lol. Was it confirmed a joke?
CLICKCLICK
Member
This one is for real.
Are you on the Google group? I got the BB alert right when it went up. Didn't get anything for Amazon, but they put up the preorder a separate page.
CollectedDust
Member
As an East Coaster, yet it was. Fortunately, I was awake as my 3 year old came into our room... I need to go get her a present, lol.
sixteen-bit
Member
It's an internal heads up, not an announcement to consumers. They're warning their associates so the people working aren't blind-sided when pre-orders go up and they get rushed.
ShadowKingpin
Member
We are entering the Danger Zone, again!
To be fair Amazon fucked both coasts and everything in between.
Phil-NeoGAF
Member
Nintendo is killing me with this nonsense.
superdeluxe
Member
That's true lol
NyMartin90
Member
I hate that it was so easy to get a SNES preorder in the UK, and it is so hard to get one in USA.It is very unfair. Good luck, everyone.
I never thought being a UK SNES fan would ever become an advantageous position.
Thats because Brexit scared alot of people on the continent to order from the UK for shipping. Also there are less scalpers in the UK it seems, as you got people with bots trying to order as many copies.
reelbigtink
Member
Huh. I guess NowInStock didn't send the text to everyone. I definitely got it for BB.
Seconded.
The google group texts go out faster than the email trackers. It's how I got my switch and my BB Snes preorders
Omegasquash
Member
It was a listing from Gametrust, which was fulfilled by Amazon, I believe. Most likely reliable, but not the official Amazon stock.
Thabass
Member
I have them all on. IDGAF anymore.
Euphoria14
Member
Too much to quote.. but FUCCCCK
Yeah I woke up too and found out late. I got lucky with one at BB but wanted a 2nd one as a gift from Amazon. Amazon is known to release a 2nd patch close to release day, due to cancelled orders, multiple people abusing the system with multiple orders, etc. I expect some more to trickle down the road.
dragonyeuw
Member
Oh I'm right there with you. As soon as I logged on GAF this morning and caught wind of this shit, I had an immediate 'why the fuck do I continue to do this to myself' thought. I think what irritates me most, as someone who grew up with the SNES( it was the second console I bought with my own money, genesis being the first), there is an intangible quality to this device. I'm 40 years old in 3 months, nostalgia is REALLY kicking in for me at the moment, and this system was a defining part of my childhood. It represents the summers I spent hustling cutting my neighbors grass so I could afford a few games( and the system). It represents my holiday and birthday wishlist from like 1992 to 96. It represents my best friend teaching me how to play Street Fighter II, as I didn't have any arcades left in my country when it came out and I had no clue how to throw a dragon punch or fireball. It represents countless hours of shit-talking over Mario kart battle mode, hours of investment in chrono trigger and final fantasy III, and friendships gained( and even lost) in the school yard debating genesis and SNES. That's what the SNES means to me, and by extension this mini system. That a lot of people are going to scalp this system, many of which I'm betting didn't even live through that era....but simply sees the Mini as a means of profit.....it just.......fucking irritates me how Nintendo botches these things. Forgive the salt and the melodrama.
Thanks.
I was up 6hrs ago when this link popped up and I preordered just in case. Just didn't expect it to end up being real. Just checked and my order's fine. Wow. I'm surprised. I got one.
Gonna be a long day for people working there, I feel bad for them.