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cmdrdredd said:
I don't see why this took so long for them to decide really.
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Yeah I can understand the initial shortages on the NES Classic since the garbage AtGames flashbacks sold terribly and maybe they figured the market was soft on throwbacks, but how did the NES Classic not go into more production once it started selling like crazy?
 
Funny thing was the story I saw over the weekend where Reggie said the preorder fiasco for the SNES was a retailer issue and not Nintendo's fault. Well there bright guy, it's only a retailer issue because you fubared everyone with the NES and did not present the SNES to consumers or the retailers as being available in significantly larger numbers until just now so it probably does have something to do with you.

But at least they've finally been able to recognize broken for broken.
 
They finally figured out people were just not playing there BS preorder the unobtainium system game and building RetroPi's.
 
cmdrdredd said:
I don't see why this took so long for them to decide really.
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The marketing people at Nintendo don't seem to be on the ball. They thought a CD system would be stupid and passed on it. They keep forcing weird controls on people. They dont produce the games people actually want. They usually do something stupid with the games they do release. They failed to make even a small fraction of the NES Classic consoles demanded and may very well do the same with the SNES Classic.
What the heck is going on with them?
 
cmdrdredd said:
I don't see why this took so long for them to decide really.
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They probably viewed the NES classic as just a stop gap before ramping up Switch production, then once 2017 got rolling they were way too busy keeping up with demand for the Switch (and the New 2DS XL, which proved to be a success on its own), that they really couldn't change course until now.

lupi said:
Funny thing was the story I saw over the weekend where Reggie said the preorder fiasco for the SNES was a retailer issue and not Nintendo's fault. Well there bright guy, it's only a retailer issue because you fubared everyone with the NES and did not present the SNES to consumers or the retailers as being available in significantly larger numbers until just now so it probably does have something to do with you.

But at least they've finally been able to recognize broken for broken.
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We'll see. It may genuinely be a retail side issue. If there's ample supply in stores on launch day and ebay prices plummet as a result, Reggie's story will look more plausible.

shortylickens said:
The marketing people at Nintendo don't seem to be on the ball. They thought a CD system would be stupid and passed on it. They keep forcing weird controls on people. They dont produce the games people actually want. They usually do something stupid with the games they do release. They failed to make even a small fraction of the NES Classic consoles demanded and may very well do the same with the SNES Classic.
What the heck is going on with them?
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What's going on is they're printing money like crazy with Switch and Breath of the Wild sales, third parties are getting drawn to the system (ie Bethesda and Rock Star), and anticipation for games like Super Mario Odyssey and Metroid Prime 4 is through the roof. I think you're about 5 years out of date.
 
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lupi said:
Funny thing was the story I saw over the weekend where Reggie said the preorder fiasco for the SNES was a retailer issue and not Nintendo's fault. Well there bright guy, it's only a retailer issue because you fubared everyone with the NES and did not present the SNES to consumers or the retailers as being available in significantly larger numbers until just now so it probably does have something to do with you.

But at least they've finally been able to recognize broken for broken.
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I don't believe him. I actually managed to get a preorder in with Walmart for one, but when it was cancelled along with everyone else, Walmart made a statement saying that though they went up earlier than intended, they were still going to fulfill them anyway until Nintendo contacted them and instructed them to cancel them all. So no. Not just a retail issue. Nintendo themselves are being scumbags. (so much the more so because they could fix all these issues and all this drama simply by making more until demand is met ala the backorder method) If you want an SNES Classic, you better sit your ass outside of Best Buy early in the morning on launch because when they say they'll make more, I'm thinking more along the lines of making maybe twice as many and in the process meeting maybe 10% of demand instead of the previous 5.
 
Sonikku said:
I don't believe him. I actually managed to get a preorder in with Walmart for one, but when it was cancelled along with everyone else, Walmart made a statement saying that though they went up earlier than intended, they were still going to fulfill them anyway until Nintendo contacted them and instructed them to cancel them all. So no. Not just a retail issue. Nintendo themselves are being scumbags. (so much the more so because they could fix all these issues and all this drama simply by making more until demand is met ala the backorder method) If you want an SNES Classic, you better sit your ass outside of Best Buy early in the morning on launch because when they say they'll make more, I'm thinking more along the lines of making maybe twice as many and in the process meeting maybe 10% of demand instead of the previous 5.
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From what I read, Wal-Mart put up preorders before they even got confirmation on how many they'd be allotted from Nintendo for preorders in the first place. Nintendo may have pulled the plug on Wal-Mart fulfilling those preorders precisely because they didn't want the preorders cutting into how many they were going to have in stores on launch day. Ultimately, I don't think it's fair to blame Nintendo for Wal-Mart's screw up. And like I said, this all depends. If Nintendo has enough in stores to meet demand, then we're good. If not, then yeah, it won't look great.
 
Red Hawk said:
From what I read, Wal-Mart put up preorders before they even got confirmation on how many they'd be allotted from Nintendo for preorders in the first place. Nintendo may have pulled the plug on Wal-Mart fulfilling those preorders precisely because they didn't want the preorders cutting into how many they were going to have in stores on launch day. Ultimately, I don't think it's fair to blame Nintendo for Wal-Mart's screw up. And like I said, this all depends. If Nintendo has enough in stores to meet demand, then we're good. If not, then yeah, it won't look great.
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Like I said, Nintendo could fix ALL of this by simply making enough to fill demand. They had no intention to, hence the whole fiasco.
 
Sonikku said:
Like I said, Nintendo could fix ALL of this by simply making enough to fill demand. They had no intention to, hence the whole fiasco.
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That's what they say they're doing this time around. The issue with preorders isn't that they aren't making enough to fill preorder demand; it's that scalpers used bots to scoop up dozens of preorders at a time and up the price. Focusing on supply to stores allows them to largely avoid the scalper issue with them buying so many at a time. That's what they say, so again, we'll see how this turns out on September 29.
 
Red Hawk said:
That's what they say they're doing this time around. The issue with preorders isn't that they aren't making enough to fill preorder demand; it's that scalpers used bots to scoop up dozens of preorders at a time and up the price. Focusing on supply to stores allows them to largely avoid the scalper issue with them buying so many at a time. That's what they say, so again, we'll see how this turns out on September 29.
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Selling them exclusively in store for the first few weeks would help with a few problems. Not just one per customer but also lets the people who really want them have first dibs. Only the dedicated guy who spends a night camping out will have the opportunity, as opposed to a lazy neckbeard who wouldnt leave his basement for more than two hours. He damn sure isnt gonna be waiting in line for one just to sell it later.

I dont know. I could be wrong.
 
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