Damn. I'm wondering if I should check our BB just to see, but I don't want to bus over there right now...
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Nintendo is Discontinuing the NES Classic in North America
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Damn. I'm wondering if I should check our BB just to see, but I don't want to bus over there right now...
Opinionatedfish
Member
Person in front of me is like 35 and writing in a notebook about waiting in line. Earlier​, this person was putting stickers in the notebook in a straight line. Filled two pages. Also, the person in front is still asleep in a sleeping bag. The second person in line has one leg. The third and fourth look scalper-y. The fifth person smells of pot.
Eh. I wonder how many they have.
Eh. I wonder how many they have.
Banjotanooki
Member
My line had a couple who I absolutely can guarantee were scalpers since I saw them at a Target last week when I arrived too late and they had already bought one. Were pretty fun to talk to this time around though, lol.
SimpleCRIPPLE
Member
8 in line here in socal. Employees have started to arrive but no word on number of units or tickets yet.
WhupTroyGAF
Member
Fyi according to this Best Buy supervisor in line with me if you're buying the insignia controller there's no need to buy the extension cable. Apparently it already has a longer cable.
Banjotanooki
Member
Learned that the hard way last week at Target. For these kinds of things, 2 HOURS before is the minimum you should wait.
Got there at 7:40, doors don't open until 10. I was number 20 in line and they only had 16. The only other best buy in the county had 7. That is 23 nes classics total for a county with a population of 703,000 people. Calling Nintendo's distribution incompetent is an understatement.
Congratulations Nintendo. I will NEVER buy an NES classic, and due to your handling of the situation, I will never buy a SNES mini either. Your brilliant businessmen just burned $120.
Congratulations Nintendo. I will NEVER buy an NES classic, and due to your handling of the situation, I will never buy a SNES mini either. Your brilliant businessmen just burned $120.
2Smashed4U
Banned
Wow, I got one lol
I'm cold as shit now though
I'm cold as shit now though
2Smashed4U
Banned
They said the Insignia one is wireless where I'm at, fwiw
Commander Kook
Neo Member
I was excited to see no one in line at mine. Never been first in line for anything really. Almost instantly another 8 people showed up. At that point the manager came out and said they got 2 and they were claimed hours ago....
I really fucking hate Nintendo. Ah well. I guess I better start doing some research on emulation.
I really fucking hate Nintendo. Ah well. I guess I better start doing some research on emulation.
2?! They might as well just ship the stores an empty box with a note inside that says "Dear Customer, fuck you. Sincerely Nintendo."
Incidentally, I did the math, and with 23 nes classics for my county of 703,000, extrapolated out to the entire rest of the country, that means Nintendo only made 10,000 of these in this shipment, which is basically the least amount possible that they could manufacture. For a hot ticket item that everyone wants. That company's manufacturing department needs to cleaned out from the top to the bottom.
Kilau
Member
Best of luck to you if you should go!
WhupTroyGAF
Member
May wanna double check that, Best Buy website mentions a 10 foot cable
make that $240. I'm not buying the SNES classic either, even if I see it.
WhupTroyGAF
Member
We just saw someone drive up then drive away because they thought the line was too long. They would have been #16 out of 16 available units.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Dont forget to post pics when you end up getting a snes mini 😍
Petrae
Member
These stories of frustration and heartbreak are amazing. Can't wait for the SNES Mini stories to hit. Emotions will be running much higher then.
The sad thing is that consumers are rewarding Nintendo for this bullshit by continuing to hunt down its near-impossible-to-find hardware, between this and the Switch.
The sad thing is that consumers are rewarding Nintendo for this bullshit by continuing to hunt down its near-impossible-to-find hardware, between this and the Switch.
I doubt they make a SNES mini, I think they just wanted a holiday season presence.
WhupTroyGAF
Member
I wrote my email to my boss calling in sick and have looked behind me 4 times now making sure she's not in line too...
#awkward
#awkward
thecouncil
Banned
...but not from lack of trying.
I mean,... not really. They're still getting the money if the product sells. The money just isn't coming from your pocket.
(Also, i doubt the SNES Classic, if it exists, will cost $60.)
I was going to go to Best Buy this morning, but I changed my mind. Got up plenty early to get it but I just don't feel like it. I'm incredibly frustrated they didn't make more of these.
Do you think--based on their PR wording--that they will make this again sometime in the future?
Do you think--based on their PR wording--that they will make this again sometime in the future?
You missed the part where I said I refuse to buy future products.
Also, no they have just flat out lost that money. If you make 5 things and 20 people want to buy it, you are losing out on 15 people worth of money. Except in Nintendo's case they made 10,000 things and 1 million people want to buy it. The fact that they sell out doesn't mean that they aren't punching themselves in the gut.
spookyfish
Member
With Nintendo's announcement that it was discontinued *before* the final shipments went out, that's exactly what happened.
Cheesemeister
Member
Anybody want to trade a NES Classic Edition for a Famicom Mini?
Banjotanooki
Member
Ha, I got my Famicom Mini in Japan and came back to the states a month ago and needed both of them. Finally got both of them together!
biggersmaller
Banned
No.
To have articles written when:
- Announced
- Launched
- Reviewed
- Sold out
- eBay prices are high
- New shipments are made
- Press releases are made regarding Nintendo's "surprise" of its demand (in the face of preorder data)
- It's discontinued
- When its final shipment is made
In other words, this may have been part of Nintendo's marketing budget if anything.
Opinionatedfish
Member
There are about 28 people in line. No word on stock yet.
Im guessing that anouncement drove the prices to crazy amount like they are now.
I wasnt suggesting they did it on purpose, rather this product seem to have helped the scalpers more than the fans.
I agree with other posters here - this product did almost nothing except help scalpers make more money, fast. Basically the same as with the Switch.
Where I live, in central europe, these things go for 250 fucking dollars and more. All the people with connections to retail got a lot of them quite easily and instantly put them on ebay. There was almost no chance to get one without connections.
I also tried Amazon Germany, no luck tho.
The Switch has been an almost bigger desaster tho. GF preordered hers as soon as they went online, still has to get one. There is absolutely no fucking reason for that thing to be sold out, you can't tell me these components, especially the Tegra X, are having a shortage.
Fuck you, Nintendo. I've owned every console since the NES, but I won't put up with this shit.
Where I live, in central europe, these things go for 250 fucking dollars and more. All the people with connections to retail got a lot of them quite easily and instantly put them on ebay. There was almost no chance to get one without connections.
I also tried Amazon Germany, no luck tho.
The Switch has been an almost bigger desaster tho. GF preordered hers as soon as they went online, still has to get one. There is absolutely no fucking reason for that thing to be sold out, you can't tell me these components, especially the Tegra X, are having a shortage.
Fuck you, Nintendo. I've owned every console since the NES, but I won't put up with this shit.
Banjotanooki
Member
VICTORY!!!
They both look great together!
They both look great together!
Got to my BB 1 hour 15 min early, no line. My excitement turned to sadness as I was told tickets were already given out over an hour ago.
Someone else I knew drove by a different BB around the same time and there were 12 people in line, but I am not near that location, and was hoping they wouldn't be handling the store differently. : (
Someone else I knew drove by a different BB around the same time and there were 12 people in line, but I am not near that location, and was hoping they wouldn't be handling the store differently. : (
FF Seraphim
Member
The hell is Nintendo thinking? Do they not make a profit off the thing or something? Why would they stop production?
I would wager that if nintendo re-releases this in the future might e during the holidays. I think they're learnjng like the Disney Vault to release things wvery 5-10 years and keep demand up. Some people on reddit think they'll restock this year like the Amiibo, but the Amiibo was going to be used for 3DS, Wii U and Switch capabilities. The NES Classic was just a throwback to the past and now that Nintendo has everyone's attention even those that keep awearing "I will never buy a Nintendo system again". They'll still buy something down the road.
GillianSeed79
Member
Fuck. Drove to the one closest to me but they had a sign saying they had none but the next store did. Got there like 5 min after 10 and all 7 were already sold out. Checked Target but no dice. They only had Switches. Boooo
Your rant against the Switch is nonsense, especially saying it did nothing but help scalpers make money.
The NES Mini was a disaster of a stock situation. Switch sold a freaking ton worldwide. There is more to production than "but that component can't be having a shortage!"
They have done smaller shipments since launch and will be doing another this Friday.
Just got back GAF. Since I got inside intel, I knew ahead of time the Best Buy I went to had only 17. Arrived at 4am and was 12th. So glad I didn't wait till 8am per original plan.
There were almost 40 people in line, a lot of parents with toddlers and babies. I feel bad that they didn't get it but hey, people ahead of them put in the extra effort to show up way earlier. The lady who is #1 was there at 8pm the night before, she told me she buying it for her daughter who is in college several states away where they aren't getting any shipment. What a great mother.
There were almost 40 people in line, a lot of parents with toddlers and babies. I feel bad that they didn't get it but hey, people ahead of them put in the extra effort to show up way earlier. The lady who is #1 was there at 8pm the night before, she told me she buying it for her daughter who is in college several states away where they aren't getting any shipment. What a great mother.