Fluffernutter Pancake
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Reggie, if this doesn't work out, are you going to give me yours?
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Reggie: Don't pay more than $80 for SNES Classic, supply won't be an issue.
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Shadax the wizard
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Naked Snake
Member
Amazon France, Spain and Germany had regular restocks of the NES Mini for a while (they would sell out in a minute or so every time, but you could get one if you kept on top of the alerts), that wasn't the case with Amazon.com (I guess they sold theirs through Prime in select cities).
Same pattern has repeated with the SNES. Amazon.com only had them up once for 20 minutes so far, while Amazon's European sites have had multiple pre-order waves in the last weeks. And in Italy it's still available for order as we speak.
US customers playing the Supply/Demand game on Hard Mode compared to EU customers.
Same pattern has repeated with the SNES. Amazon.com only had them up once for 20 minutes so far, while Amazon's European sites have had multiple pre-order waves in the last weeks. And in Italy it's still available for order as we speak.
US customers playing the Supply/Demand game on Hard Mode compared to EU customers.
Marty Chinn
Member
I already know how launch day is going to go. It's going to sell out and people will be screaming that Nintendo lied. People need to realize that launch day isn't going to be telling of anything good or bad. Launch day is going to sell out and people need to get those expectations in check. What's going to be telling if Nintendo lied or not is how frequently restocks are and how many are delivered in those restocks and we'll probably only understand that about a month after it launches, not on launch day.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I'll believe it when I fucking see it, Reggie.
Hey - did we ever get to the bottom of this phrasing on the Amazon orders:
"Nintendo Digital Downloads/Game Trust Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC "
Just canceled my order because that wording felt sketch to me anyway, and now they've announced unlimited stock it's a big relief.
"Nintendo Digital Downloads/Game Trust Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC "
Just canceled my order because that wording felt sketch to me anyway, and now they've announced unlimited stock it's a big relief.
Black Republican
Member
hahahahahahahaha sure reggie
GregLombardi
Member
NO YOU
You have made a terrible mistake.
Why.....why would you do that
I'm kidding!
But I was serious about the wording question - what was the scoop? Just a sloppy entry by Amazon logistics?
Muffin1611
Banned
It is already a lie since even at most normal retailers people in Europe for example mostly pay more than 80$ because Nintendo isn't giving out a recommended retail price. Reggie knows this.
Brock Reiher
Banned
Wise man. Thank you Reggie for clearing things up!
Oh phew. I was legitimately sad for you if you did.
Sounds like they did it to avoid people using bots on the first page they put up. Everything points to it being legit unless I missed something recently.
The Hermit
Member
I see what you did there... Trying to make people give up of their pre-order so you can have one
Naked Snake
Member
Username1198
Member
This is gonna be fucked up if he's lying
Marty Chinn
Member
Reggie speaks for NoA. What does NoE's situation have anything to do with Reggie speaking from a US perspective?
TransTrender
Gold Member
Is this the second coming of.......
That's the first thing that came to mind.
This time they'll have an over-production of units and the retailers will get pissed for having all this stock they can't sell. Either way this is going to be another huge mess.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Twist: they overproduce the SNES mini and they sit on shelves collecting dust like Animal Crossing Amiibo.
Is this the second coming of.......
What's the backstory on this?? Just wow... the woman's smile...
N64 mini and GB mini cancelled.
RoninChaos
Member
Fuck with this shit. Nintendo also said the NES mini would still be shipped to stores and announced the end of production at that point. Are you seriously taking issue with people in here not believing Nintendo after they've pulled this time after time? REALLY?
The September release has always made this a fundamentally different situation compared to the NES Classic. They have two months before Thanksgiving to keep production moving: what Reggie seems to be suggesting (once he gets through some bullshit to justify Nintendo's conservativism with the NES Classic production) is that launch is still supply-constrained (maybe didn't start production soon enough to make units widely available, maybe specific shipping concerns during this window, etc.) but that they can meet demand gradually over the course of the next three months.
Will this prove to be true? Hard to say. But it's not some absurd fiction until we see how it plays out.
Will this prove to be true? Hard to say. But it's not some absurd fiction until we see how it plays out.
Username1198
Member
Is this the second coming of.......
Lmao did she end up building a club house with those unsold systems ?
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
Banned
Woof, now here's how you *very* angrily announce a boycott, with a death wish as the cherry on top.
If being 'Nintendo free' is helping you out then I wish you luck on your stance, despite the fact it looks like you'll be missing out on a lot starting on Wednesday.
You do you champ!
Marty Chinn
Member
One of the safety nets of being a scalper is if it doesn't sell, you can return it to the store. I'm sure she returned them.
Linkstrikesback
Member
She probably took them back to the store.
That's the real scam there, if it appears like scalpers can't shift units, they have a number of days where they're free to bring the product back to the store.
There's basically no risk to them at all.
Username1198
Member
Ah damn your right! Argh I like when scalpers get punished
dragonyeuw
Member
She's planning the long game. In 20 years she'll make a fortune on sealed Wii Us once the current ones are all dead or dying( and/or the gamepad stops working, whichever happens first).
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
Banned
Well the person in the picture made themselves look like an idiot at least.
titiklabingapat
Member
Rodolfo Brito
Member
We're done here.
jts
...hate me...
Marty Chinn
Member
Uh, he's right though. Things like allowing unlimited quantity per order, or allowing 20 individual orders is out of Nintendo's control. That's on the retailer. Also it's on the retailer to counter bots and scripts, not Nintendo.
Naked Snake
Member
No he isnt. He claims they've SUPPLIED enough units for everyone and tries to wash his hands of the SUPPLY issues because SOME, not all, retailers had TECHNICAL issues. You're falling for his bullshit.
This whole situation wouldn't exist if they actually made enough for everyone. Scalpers alone can't buy up 10M+ units. And most retailers wouldn't shut down preorders for weeks/months if they knew for sure they would be getting more units in the future.
Memorabilia
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