Why didn't I get a pre-order notification email? This is NES Classic all over again. Fuck off Nintendo.....
Why didn't I get a pre-order notification email? This is NES Classic all over again. Fuck off Nintendo.....
Except the demand was still through the roof when they discontinued the NES Classic. That's the difference between their standard generation consoles and these. It's not something people expect they can just get down the road.
Now, everyone is jumping all over Nintendo, but the retailers deserve some blame too.
1. Amazon, Walmart, Gamestop all had pre-order availability notification email lists. I've not seen a single person say they got one. Those notifications never went out.
2. Allowing people to buy multiple. There are claims of people getting 70 or more. Could be false claims, but I wouldn't write it off as impossible.
3. Their sites unable to handle traffic. Too many people added to cart, immediately checked out, confirmed address, entered payment info, and..... removed from cart/out of stock. Many spent the entire day on Target's site for hours refreshing/add to cart and were told "out of stock" but eventually added to cart and got their order.
4. After 12 to 4 of showing out of stock, Target had a 15 minute window in the afternoon where orders went through no problem.
5. ThinkGeek and GameStop offering bundles of crap they can't move just so the popularity of the SNES Classic will get old inventory off their shelves.
6. Retailers are likely hoarding as well. Just like ThinkGeek "somehow found" hundreds of NES Classics over six months after release and Amazon "somehow found" 100s if not 1000s to promote their Amazon Treasure Truck in multiple cities just a month ago.
Now, granted, the root cause leads back to Nintendo and their scarcity + short life cycle on these, but don't give the retailers a complete free pass either.
Why is it so hard to give Nintendo my money? I am now missing both an NES and SNES Classic. Nintendo is bad at economics.
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I would've been happy to pay $80 for it, but I'm not paying the $250+ that the lowlifes who bought them to scalp on eBay are charging. Dick move on Nintendo's part to have such artificial scarcity on these; makes no sense from a business perspective either from a bottom line or PR perspective.
https://www.destructoid.com/toys-r-u...y-456515.phtml
Toys R Us confirmed via twitter it seems that they won't be doing pre-orders for the SNES Classic, so if you can't get one for preordering, cross your fingers to get there and nab one before others.
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Looks like I'll be running to a toy r us for one then, seriously though Nintendo is a bunch of dicks paired with all these retailers not limiting quantities that people can order.
I gave up after the mini NES fiasco and just built a RetroPie. I couldn't be happier since I can play whatever I want then launch Kodi to use it as a media center.
You might get one in store when they are released.
But its doubtful.
I hate to break it to you all, but those workers at retail stores know what the hell the Snes Classic is and they won't reach the sales floor, they will be safe in the back and sold to employees who will then sell them online for profit.
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Yep right as there site breaks and bundles hit Think Geek....
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