SNES Mini Classic Edition

[lilbud]

[lilbud]

Oh look, they are putting out a SNES 3DS XL...only in Europe.

[lilbud]

[toychotomy]

@lilbud said in SNES Mini Classic Edition:

I'm already here! I had been waffling on the Retropie for some time now, but the SNES Mini pushed it to the front of my mental queue and I just went ahead and built one a few weeks ago.

I'm a long-time collector, so I own genuine copies of my favorite titles already, but I have my consoles hooked up in one room and I wanted a good-looking and simple upscaled alternative for the living room. Despite owning every included game but Star Fox 2, I was honestly considering buying the SNES Mini but I am far too cheap and impatient to pay a scalper or drive all over town to secure one. That and I love a good project, so Retropie it is. Couldn't be happier.

[MrJordaaany]

@lilbud I sure didn't in my case. Waste of a good quality product to do that to it. Just gonna hold onto mine and maybe sell it one day in the distant future.

I sure feel sorry for your Americans and this pre-order nonsense you go through.

The preorders for the SNES mini went live a couple months ago here in NZ. And you can still pre order them now with no issue.

[twd]

Just awaiting for an official dump of starfox 2. I haven't played the proto because it's been tampered with by moders. I say it be a week before its dumped. I been slowly selling my retro games to people with too much cash and buying flash carts instead. I am awaiting for the retro bubble to pop I for one won't be left with tonnage of plastic and paper that owes me thousands so I won't be buying this.

[lilbud]

@mrjordaaany I'm really debating whether or not to get an SNES Mini. On the one hand, i'd have not only an offical SNES emulation setup, but new offical SNES controllers. On the other hand, I don't feel like stumbling through the hordes of people and bots to attempt to get one for cheap.

[ruckage]

@lilbud

@mrjordaaany said in SNES Mini Classic Edition:

I sure feel sorry for your Americans and this pre-order nonsense you go through.

The preorders for the SNES mini went live a couple months ago here in NZ. And you can still pre order them now with no issue.

You're really lucky. I'd love to get one but it's the same situation in the UK, pre-orders are virtually impossible to get because as soon as they go live they sell out in a few minutes. I'm sure scalpers are the main problem (and the fact Nintendo can't get their act together and produce enough stock of anything it seems).

[lilbud]

@ruckage said in SNES Mini Classic Edition:

Nintendo can't get their act together and produce enough stock of anything it seems

I hear that, I remember trying to find a Wii back when it first came out.

[ruckage]

@lilbud
Yeah, seems to be a bit of a trend with them. Switch has been difficult to get as well (though stock is now appearing it seems), and they do the same with Amiibo - not that i'm interested in those personally but it's annoying for those are.

[MrJordaaany]

@lilbud I don't blame you. And it's not something I would do at all. Way to much of a hassle. Only reason I am getting one here is because its painless and easy to do. LIKE IT SHOULD BE. Goddam Nintendo.

@ruckage Yeah again, I completely agree. Scalpers are the worst. Makes it really hard for people that want one. I really did think after the NES it would be different this time around.

They do plan to make them for longer though right? That was confirmed? Hopefully its not a drip feed to suppliers though, otherwise you'll have the same issue still.

[ruckage]

@mrjordaaany
They said they were making more than the nes but i think they also said that they would only be producing them up until the end of this year (though i could be wrong).

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[Aphex]

Seeing how pre-sales already got soldout faster than ever, i managed to get one for €180 on ebay (yeah, i know.. i'm just a sucker for Super Nintendo) ... i just hope it won't be a scam or some BS forcing me to ask for a refund only completed 3 months later. sigh

[ruckage]

@aphex
Well, its your money but buying from scalpers like that will only encourage them.

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[Aphex]

@ruckage Sure. It's just that i'm not passing the chance to get one. It might even have a worse pricing explosion when it gets out of stock. I don't mind being sold something at an expensive rate when it's rare, but i think it's a problem when it is allowed for a contracted distribution partner to sell the whole pre-order stock away to 3rd party distributors with less respect for the suggested retail price. This should be prevented, both by comercial court and consumer protection law.

[twd]

@aphex nothing in that package is rare. Accept the case and then that will be copied about 1 minute after China's bootleggers get it. But it's your money

[Aphex]

@twd said in SNES Mini Classic Edition:

China's bootleggers

This is why i doubt it's gonna be the same quality. I haven't seen any good imitation of the NES Classic (at least not meeting my quality standards). Even when it comes to Raspberry cases, all i can find are shabby-looking 3D-printed stuffs. The only good one i've found so far is the Retroflag's NESPi Case, and here too it's either sold out, or sold 10x the price from other people buying their stock.

[ruckage]

@aphex said in SNES Mini Classic Edition:

@ruckage Sure. It's just that i'm not passing the chance to get one. It might even have a worse pricing explosion when it gets out of stock. I don't mind being sold something at an expensive rate when it's rare

That's the problem though, this isn't rare. The Nes and Snes classic are only scarce because of scalpers hoarding them. If people just refused to pay the the outlandish prices that the scalpers are charging they would have no incentive to buy them. There are still loads of NES classics available but they are all in the hands of scalpers.
By buying from the scalpers you become part of the problem. As I said though it's your money and your choice.

A simple solution would be for Nintendo to stop having limited runs of these but I don't see that happening as Nintendo repeats this pattern time and time again.