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SNES Classic Preorder Shitshow Discussion (Please Read Rules in OP)
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sixteen-bit
Member
The thirst for this seems to be even higher than NES classic which is weird since NES outsold SNES back in the day.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Happened to me at both Wal-Mart and Target today. I was literally there within seconds of both pre-orders going live and got nothing. I've never been this frustrated about buying something ever.
Tawney Bomb
Member
Nintendo must be paying attention to how Nike releases shoes.
ShabbadooJr
Member
Got 2 on Best Buy last night. Slept through Amazon. Struck out on Target and Wal-Mart. Sped to Gamestop to get my 3rd reserved. Phone was going crazy while I was there.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Play-asia is gonna scalp you to hell and back. Plus, their shipping isn't exactly cheap. Still, better than ebay probably.
aspiegamer
Member
No alert was going to be the literal 15 seconds at Walmart or Target.UGH
So much for all the alerts, I set up.......
BasedKiliK
Member
The SNES games were on a whole different level though.
Lone Dragon
Member
Had 2 in my cart at Target. Only meant to put in 1, but I wasn't about to chance correcting it. Went to checkout, and I was signed out. Went to sign in and it didn't recognize my email. Went to create an account, and my email was already attached. By the time my account loaded, both were pulled from my cart and it was sold out. Absolutely infuriating.
Majority of the thirst is coming from people that never bought the original one.
wildmike85
Member
Why, Nintendo? Why?
Hype only makes sense when you end up selling more units in the end. They completely fucked up the NES Classic and left a lot of money on the table.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
In a supply demand equation, you want to have just enough supply to be slightly lower than the demand, to keep demand up. In Nintendo's case, they have demand through the roof, and supply for 15 people.
That's how you leave millions on the table.
TheSuperSakura
Member
Can I buy one? >:
Barry Burton
Member
Altered Juice
Member
Not surprised...that lineup blows nes mini out of the water.
People realize now how inept Nintendo is. Scalpers and even people with a passing interest are trying to get them now.
Just called my local EB Games in Quebec and this is gonna suck for everyone living here. From the store manager himself :
"It will not be possible to buy the SNES Mini in the Quebec province because some games were originally available in french, but the SNES Mini only contains the english version of those, thus preventing the console to be sold in Qc."
FUCK !
"It will not be possible to buy the SNES Mini in the Quebec province because some games were originally available in french, but the SNES Mini only contains the english version of those, thus preventing the console to be sold in Qc."
FUCK !
I missed out on the original SNES but SNES games have aged better than original NES at this point.
CrowdChant
Member
Ok, got one in-store. First of nine available. Thankfully I'm in a small town.
outunderthestars
Banned
Fuck you Nintendo. Seriously. Why on Earth is it so damn hard to simply buy something from you?
The Elite
BOSS
That's harsh.
mindatlarge
Member
The manager at my store had to reboot his system in order for the preorders to show up.
OrbitalBeard
Member
If Switch had a VC and they released Star Fox 2 on it, I'd just let this one go.
But nope.
It's going to be awesome if Switch never has a robust VC and Nintendo's reasoning is because their Classic consoles are meant to fill that void.
But nope.
It's going to be awesome if Switch never has a robust VC and Nintendo's reasoning is because their Classic consoles are meant to fill that void.
Goddamnit, why not just make enough for everybody to purchase one and be happy? All this extra shit is unnecessary. Should've learned my lesson last year. About to go through my post history and laugh at myself right now for falling for this again.
Edit: At work, so I can't go to a GameStop near me to pre-order. So smad. Sad and mad.
Edit: At work, so I can't go to a GameStop near me to pre-order. So smad. Sad and mad.
robotzombie
Member
Oh man, got one in store at gamestop, I can finally relax
Agent_Carnage
Member
The Walmart near me is open 24 hours time to get ready to camp out there for an entire day :/
This is hilarious
local Gamestop's computer hasn't updated yet
other Gamestop won't answer their phone
mall Gamestop is saying I'm flat out calling the wrong number
I got mine through Best Buy last night, but my Uncle left his card here this morning so I could lock one in for him if possible, since he'll be at work all day.
This is annoying me. Calling people shouldn't be difficult. :/
other Gamestop won't answer their phone
mall Gamestop is saying I'm flat out calling the wrong number
I got mine through Best Buy last night, but my Uncle left his card here this morning so I could lock one in for him if possible, since he'll be at work all day.
This is annoying me. Calling people shouldn't be difficult. :/
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
if I people knew Nintendo wouldn't just discontinue snes classic llike the NES classic, we wouldn't be having this problem.
Shit company
Shit company
DigitalScrap
Member
I played this game the last time with the NES Classic, and while I got one, it frustrated the hell out of me. I'm not even trying this time. I'm just going to do a RetroPie and say fuck it.
Nintendo doesn't think like that
Barry Burton
Member
I'd gladly go over to Gamestop now if I didn't spend my fucking lunch hour trying to order from Target and Wal-Mart. What a shitshow..
friskykillface
Banned
They said 4 max for extra systems / non pre orders here
Ouch
Ouch
Ninja Scooter
Member
the argument for them intentionally understocking these things is that it creates hype around the Nintendo brand, that they can then somehow translate over to Switch/3DS. I'm not entirely sure that's true (though this SNES debacle is testing that), I mean, if that were the case wouldn't it make sense to then do a 2nd run like in Feb/March after the Xmas hype? I think it's possible they are just wholly and stubbornly incompetent regarding these mini consoles and have no desire to actually meet demand. They stubbornly see these as limited edition items and that's it.
JacksUsername
Member
In line at GameStop Copley Place in Boston. Line is at capacity (around 10 people); turning people away. Systems haven't been refreshed in store yet so we're all just waiting for the computers to update. This is ridiculous.