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[BruceCLea]

What about picking up one on launch day in store?

 

[Sanjuro]

Did anybody even get a walmart order

I got a couple. Showing October 11th.

 

[Shadowhaxor]

Did anybody even get a walmart order

Yep. I was waiting for it. Totally ordered it at the store instead of shipping it, but I got one. And then they were all gone.

Walmart better not cancel my order! Says I can get it on Oct 5th.

 

[ricelord]

i fucking blink and my cart was gone

 

[digitalrelic]

Ugh

 

[PAULINK]

wally world has betrayed us

 

[Stabby McSter]

The bots won. Didn't even have time between clicking pre-order and the checkout button.

HEY

I HAVE A NAME

 

[lsslave]

Had it in my cart, it wouldn't checkout, now it won't ship... FUCK bestbuy

 

[Backlogger]

Reminder: The correct people to blame right now are Nintendo.

.

 

[Ellite25]

So nothing from GameStop or target yet?

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Nintendo "we will have lots of stock"


Fuck you Nintendo. Fucking useless.

Indeed.

What a goddamn joke.

 

[wowzors]

Actually got an order and confirmation through Walmart. It kinda hung up on the shipping page but it actually loaded and went through.

 

[T.Slothrop]

I'm just gonna buy one from a scalper.

 

[SeanPyle]

congrats everyone who got a walmart one.. Worst part now is that we have no idea when everything else is going up..

Are bots the likely culprit here? Couldn't something as simple as a capcha stop that? Or am I way off?

 

[sixteen-bit]

Saved my CC info, saved my shipping info, logged in, cart emptied, F5ing like mad... and I got one.

Holy shit. Fuck Nintendo.

Congrats!

 

[jviggy43]

Reminder: The correct people to blame right now are Nintendo.

This. All of this. Fuck Nintendo.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Even if Nintendo makes 10x as many units as last year, it's going to be even worse trying to find one, now that everyone on earth knows how hot these things are. They're absolutely horrible at meeting demand on almost any product. Completely unacceptable.

 

[Einhandr]

And somehow people prefer knowing ahead of time instead of stock being added at random times. This is what happens when the time things go up is known ahead of time.

 

[kingslunk]

I got one from walmart. phew. time to help some other people out.

 

[Yukinari]

According to justin from NowInStock Walmart only had 100?

 

[Zen Aku]

Nintendo is the worst company in gaming. They just fucking suck at everything except making good games. How do they never, ever get better at anything? It's unfathomable.

They're a fucking relic of a bygone era. Sony and Microsoft are operating their business in the 21st century and Nintendo is still being run like it's a small start-up or some shit.

 

[Hustler]

I just.....can't....believe what just happened. Since when do online ordering systems not reserve you one when you click on preorder and you are entering in shipping information!

 

[shira]

What about picking up one on launch day in store?

 

[dodgeme]

Honestly this is ridiculous, if they don't want my money I'll just emulate then.

 

[Kusagari]

And of course Walmart is the only one that could even get preorders up at 1.

Who the fuck knows when the rest go up.

 

[theechrisfox]

Star Fox 2 probably sucks ass anyway.

 

[R-User!]

The bots got Walmart in under a minute. I had one until Place Order and then poof!

 

[NyMartin90]

Mine says Oct 5th

 

[jacobeid]

Even if Nintendo makes 10x as many units as last year, it's going to be even worse. They're absolutely horrible at meeting demand on almost any product. Completely unacceptable.

Could not agree with this more. It's completely ridiculous and we both know that Nintendo knows it too.

 

[motherxwolf]

this is some supreme hypebeast level shit, why do they make these so limited? ugh

 

[PushTheButtonMax]

What about picking up one on launch day in store?

Have fun with that.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

This. All of this. Fuck Nintendo.

They could literally make this in the millions, but they refuse to do it. Fucking stupid.

 

[Auron_Kale]

Bestbuy Canada - I got an order confirmation on the site but no email and it cant find my record when I check on my account history lol. I think I might get retroactively cancelled.

I'm in the same boat but I think the order went through since there's a confirmation code. Hopefully the confirmation email will arrive later.

If Best Buy Canada was like last night's shenanigans, then you should be getting your confirmation email from them after 10-20 minutes. So don't lose faith.

 

[MDSVeritas]

Chrome you beautiful bastard. I put in my card info beforehand, but not my shipping address. Luckily Chrome had saved it from previous other sites I'd put it into, and auto filled the whole thing in time for me to get it.

 

[Ocaso]

Congrats to all who got one. Added to my cart at 1:00, the check out button refused to work for 30 seconds, continued to click it until a message came back saying it was out of stock. I'm stunned.

 

[commish]

Saved my CC info, saved my shipping info, logged in, cart emptied, F5ing like mad... and I got one.

Holy shit. Fuck Nintendo.

Thanks for taking the time to post your confirmation. We wouldn't have believed you otherwise.

 

[Stencil]

And of course Walmart is the only one that could even get preorders up at 1.

Who the fuck knows when the rest go up.

Yes WHEN?! I CANT DO THIS TO MYSELF ALL daaaaay ugh

 

[superdeluxe]

Walmart preorder was up for 10 seconds?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

When you sell out of stock in less than a minute, bots are clearly in play. That much is at least on Walmart.

or people were hyped to all hell after the Amazon/Best Buy preorders went live in the middle of the night and everyone was frothing and refreshing like mad. Doesn't have to be bots. Plus we don't know their total allocation numbers.

 

[Ludist210]

Got to step 2 (credit card info) and had that ready to go ten minutes before. No dice.

Did ANYONE get a Walmart pre-order this go around?

 

[vgamer1]

According to justin from NowInStock Walmart only had 100?

That was a joke.

 

[Stabby McSter]

According to justin from NowInStock Walmart only had 100?

lmao really?

i bet gaf copped a good quarter of that, good job fam

 

[Snkfanatic]

I assume they didn't even bother putting a limit in...ugh

 

[Demigod Mac]

Got one secured from Wally World. Was logged in and ready to go, and reacted quickly. Guess I was really lucky...

 

[BFIB]

According to justin from NowInStock Walmart only had 100?

Well, that is significantly more stock than the NES Classic.

 

[LowParry]

Eh, figured that'd go so quickly. Guess I'm driving to work then come back to see what else I'll miss out on

 

[Blanquito]

I got one from Walmart, but it's for a later date than release. Hmm

 

[Euphoria14]

Did Walmart let people order more than 1?

How else did bots eat it all up that fast?

 

[Gator86]

They're a fucking relic of a bygone era. Sony and Microsoft are operating their business in the 21st century and Nintendo is still being run like it's a small start-up or some shit.

Basically. It's not quirky or refreshing or fun. It's fucking bullshit and incompetent. Everyone there not making games should be cleared the fuck out.

 

[SpecX]

It was in my cart, I had it and when I tried to process it I got the sold out message, salty as fuck right now.