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veemonjosh
Joined: 06 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:03 pm
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So we go from stores having no units in stock to stores having no units in stock. 
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Blanchimont
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:04 pm
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| Quote: | | "NES Classic Edition wasn't intended to be an ongoing, long-term product. However, due to high demand, we did add extra shipments to our original plans." |
That's their statement. Or was it the fact that it was hacked few months ago to play the entire NES library?...
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Cetais
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:37 pm
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| Blanchimont wrote: |
| Quote: | | "NES Classic Edition wasn't intended to be an ongoing, long-term product. However, due to high demand, we did add extra shipments to our original plans." |
That's their statement. Or was it the fact that it was hacked few months ago to play the entire NES library?... |
Not really; the whole NES library already got hacked long time.
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CooperRC
Joined: 17 Feb 2015
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:38 pm
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Not making enough units to meet demand seems like a really dumb decision. They are just throwing away money.
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Zin5ki
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:45 pm
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| Blanchimont wrote: | | That's their statement. Or was it the fact that it was hacked few months ago to play the entire NES library?... |
Heaven forbid that people would use a games console to play all the games manufactured for said console!
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Fronzel
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:53 pm
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| Zin5ki wrote: |
| Blanchimont wrote: | | That's their statement. Or was it the fact that it was hacked few months ago to play the entire NES library?... |
Heaven forbid that people would use a games console to play all the games manufactured for said console! |
It does preclude them from selling "expansions" to the compatible game library.
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Heishi
Joined: 06 Mar 2016
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:23 pm
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That's sucks!
I hope they will announce and SNES one soon...
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WingKing
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:55 pm
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| CooperRC wrote: | | Not making enough units to meet demand seems like a really dumb decision. They are just throwing away money. |
The only people who'll be happy about this are the eBay vendors who mass-bought as many copies of it as they could, because their resale prices just doubled or tripled in value.
I would've been interested in buying one if I'd ever seen one available at the store, but I guess that's never going to happen now.
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Mr. Oshawott
Joined: 12 Mar 2012
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:19 pm
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If Nintendo ever decides to produce a SNES Classic, I hope they won't do what they did with the NES Classic (under-stocking it).
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JDude042
Joined: 29 Dec 2011
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:45 pm
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I stopped keeping up with the NES Classic Edition about a month after it came out, but was it ever actually available for the retail price of $59.99 at all? Whenever I searched for it online, it's either sold out/unavailable or being sold by third party retailers on Walmart or scalpers on eBay for much more than the retail price. Nintendo really dropped the ball with the NES Classic Edition in so many ways that I shouldn't need to explain.
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CANimeFan88
Joined: 19 Feb 2016
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:19 pm
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I am sad. I still hope to get my hands on it somehow.
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Freyanne
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:28 pm
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What made Nintendo think this was a good idea? There's tons of people now that still want one, and barely any were made during the holiday season. The ONLY time I remember "seeing" one is at a Gamestop where it is just the empty box, with a small note that said "We don't have any any NES Classics, and we don't know when we'll get more of them."
It's one thing if it's been out and easily available for months, but.... discontinuing it now? Doesn't make sense to me.
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hikura
Joined: 21 Nov 2004
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:43 pm
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So let me get this.A company has a high demand item and they are going to stop producing it.Excuse me nintendo company,are you a fraking idiot?
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WatcherZer
Joined: 29 Dec 2016
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:15 pm
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Most likely explanation is they priced it quite aggressively probably based on a 1m unit production run and either smaller batch orders of 150k or less have only a marginable return or costs have risen due to currency fluctuations and they don't want to produce bigger batches and risk having a load of unsold stock or smaller batches and sell them at a loss/jack up the price for what was supposed to be only a limited edition.
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Animorphimagi
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:34 pm
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high demand, so they stop making it...Did ANY of the people at Nintendo ever take a business class? The choices were: make more for the same price, stop making it, or increase stock AND increase price. I would think that a BUSINESS would know the logical choice...they are throwing MILLIONS of dollars away for NO REASON. I'm sure they could increase the selling price to $100-$120 and there'd be no complaints because all that people want from Nintendo is to OWN the thing. Some complain about the lack of games, but most seemingly don't if the demand is so high...
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