It Seems Argos Is Cancelling Some SNES Classic Mini Pre-Orders In The UK

And so the Chaos beings!

Shocked. I am not.

Classic Mini , classic stock shortages , classic Nintendo!

Argh! I got something weird. It shows that they've taken £69.99 for the SNES Classic Mini, but it doesn't mention the system at all, just a "£69.99" followed by nothing!

Getting ready for the let down...'Tendo style.

This thing of pre-order should be extinguish ... Let ones kill themselves on the queues ... No scalpers would appear at least

Hey Damien, you're welcome.

@NintendoAllStars Scalpers would still appear dude.

To be fair, their website was a mess yesterday afternoon. Wouldn't suprise me if they have lots of erroneous orders.

This happened to a friend with PS4 when there was a price drop on the old model. They took cash and accepted it and then cancelled without warning. When she took it to twitter they said their website doesn't always do live stock taking when accepting online orders.

@NintendoAllStars YES! Let's do this! I'll take you all on! I don't even want one, I just want to kick some butt!

Classic Nintendo at its best

@Damo Hey dude, just a tease. I posted about this with the link in the 'Where to pre-order your SNES' article - info was via Go Nintendo. Was trying to claim you got it my post but presume you got it from somewhere else.

It's like Nintendo informed them they would be getting an allocation of four units, plus promises to meet demand at a later time.

Soooo will this company ever learn to fix its stock problem or no?

This is so laughable already and we've only just begun....

I've still got mine it seems...
Ordered at 7.30 am so hopefully I got in before the rush 😓

they wouldnt be the first to do this, GAME were doing this last year with the NES classic

Guys here is what I say. Check all of your pre-orders throughout the next week. This is the period where they will be cancelling pre-orders and whatnot across all online stores.

No-one is safe until after next week. Amazon and Argos have done it. It can happen in other places too.

Looks like those idiots who were ordering multiple consoles will get theirs cancelled, brilliant news!

@Grandpa_Pixel Hey dude, I've never pre-ordered anything until now. Can you tell me how to check my pre-orders? Cheers!

Mine was thrown out from them.

@RocketRonald Nope i ordered just one and mine was not allocated. They are only allowed a small amount. Stupidly the system did not stop taking orders beyond that point.

Mine seems to have survived, although annoyed they pre-charged me as there was nothing on the page about immediate payment. Put my monthly budgeting into a bit of a spin.

I really hope Nintendo are sorting out their production run and will put out a statement that X amount of consoles will be part of the second shipment due by month Y.

@TJM Not a worry!

Go to the Argos site and login as usual. Select "Your Account" in the top right corner. Click the "Recent Orders" option. Find your order and click the "View Order Details". That should show you all

@RocketRonald - Sure, some are buying to sell on at daft money but I bet quite a few people are buying for friends and relatives who would love one but aren't up to speed on where and when to look.

I've done that - got 3 from different stores. One for me, one for my niece who was devastated last year when Santa failed to bring the NES classic she asked for, and one spare - in case of failed pre-orders.

If they all come through it will go to a lucky friend, relative or neighbour who is desperate for one but can't get it later on.

I've read people suggesting these have been made for fans and they should be prioritised. I see the point but think Nintendo wants them to go to people who are not currently engaged in their brand too - lapsed gamers ready to be re-energise with nostalgia - and a new generation of young people hungry for something cool and different from the usual console/gamer image. I'll prioritise kids as I think it's a great entry into video games and cool for them to have something hard to get hold of

Thanks for the heads up, mine seems to have been cancelled too, no email just no order info online besides the price.

Thankfully I have another pre-order elsewhere.

@Fooligan I'll take that challenge 🤓

I'm sorry but I'm not getting involved in this circus. Nintendo showed with the classic nes that they honestly don't care about their real fans. I set up a raspberry pi with retropie to see how it worked. It did so now buying a pi 3 and Nintendo can sod off this time. I'll focus on my switch for the excellent weekly game releases from them but no more on the classic front for me.

@TJM lapsed gamers aren't going to pay £200 for one of these so I have no idea what nintendo's plan is. I doubt they do either.

@darthstuey Well that's a good point.

They created a monster with the NES classic and now every wide boy and his gran will jump on the scalping bandwagon because it's a well know opportunity to make a few quid. So increased supply is unlikely to meet the increased sculdugery.

All I can say is I hope they have a plan of some sort. Maybe if they are releasing batches of pre orders at different times and stores it increases peoples chances of being in the right place at the right time. And if they are keeping a large supply for store shelves - and the stores limit the amount you can buy - that would help.

But I agree it's a mess. In the end, prioritsing fans through MyNintendo would have been the best idea - at lease it would have by passed the scalpers to some degree.

It's a shame if it overshadows a great product again.

@darthstuey I blame it on poor communication and business planning.

Nintendo’s back catalogue is a licence to print money, they could do so much more with it. This kind of thing shows sales are the tip of the iceberg. I’m happy they’re doing such a great job with the Switch, making great games and turning the company’s fortunes around like they did with the Wii. But if they focused on the back catalogue in a coordinated way I’m sure it would soon grow to be a pretty significant business for them. Maybe demand for this thing will help them realise!

@jamess I'm very interested in how they approach this. I agree - there is massive potential there.

I think they have something up their sleeve and the Classic mini range is one facet of it - a way of raising awareness and interest - awakening peoples love for Nintendo. And making hods cash of course.

I think they're onto something in the way that the hardware (the mini consoles) help people connect with the retro games in a way that doesn't happen with a virtual console service.

The sales fiasco is certainly not helping but I recon Classic mini is part of a broader plan and I'm looking forward to them outlining what it is.

@Grandpa_Pixel I pre ordered one from Argo around mid day yesterday and my order is still there. so I'm hapoy

Haha of course! This is why I have 3 orders in separate places, and will try and get more. Before anyone shouts at me, two will be real orders (one for me, one for my brother if he doesn't get one) and any spare I will sell to friends or people who couldn't find one for the price I paid. I'm not looking to make a profit on them, I'm actually saving them from the scalpers. Wouldn't it be nice if more responsible people bought up the stock and sold them at regular price to genuine buyers.

@darthstuey, well it's looking like Nintendo are going to repeat the mistakes of the NES mini. I've also been looking into the Raspberry Pi 3 for my classic gaming fix in one place.
Obviously I'll keep supporting new games on the Switch, but I'm done with virtual console at this point.

@KraniX mine is still there with argos. just checked after reading this

Let's be honest, Nintendo could have made 2 million units for available for pre-order in the UK and they still would have all sold out by now...

I would have loved to have got one but had no chance.

mine is still in recent orders. I paid via PayPal. money was pending but has now been accepted and gone through to argos. but I never got a email/recite from argos so I'm confused now

Why would you emulate using a Raspberry Pi 3 when any old PC will do it? Genuine question.

@Fandabidozi you seen the size difference. (genuine answer)

@nooobbasher looks like mine is gone then, thankfully I have a collection with Smyth's still.

@KraniX so have your been cancelled with argos? did your order a lot?

Ok, again for those - such as myself - who may not be receiving a SNES Classic at launch, the Raspberry Pi 3/RetroPie setup with a SNES iBuffalo or 8bitdo controller offers an equivalent retro experience PLUS double the catalogue of roms from various platforms.

People will cite the legality, and while that's true, I highly doubt 99.9% of games haven't played roms/emulators more than a few times previous.

@KraniX I only orded the one

@Pazuzu666 I myself have the snes nes and so on running on my amazon fire tv box and wow it's great. I only want the snes mini cos it's looks so cool

Expected. Shame for those effected.

@TJM Hope you’re right and this is the first part of a master plan! The new Nintendo head seems pretty switched on commercially, obviously Switch was (and still is) the priority but hopefully we’ll start to see a plan for the back catalogue reveal itself over the coming months. Then we can happily give Nintendo more of our hard earned cash

@samuelvictor this happened to me yesterday too and I spoke to them about it. we need to ignore the bit where it says to contact them to arrange delivery. least we still have our order so far. I'm guessing you only orded 1 too?

@nooobbasher ps this was yesterday I spoke to them a soo as I pre ordered.

@Fandabidozi because people like to feel superior by laughing at other people wasting money on electronic tat whilst simultaneously wasting money on their own preferred electronic tat.

I was gonna preorder through Argos, but you had to pay upfront. Glad I didn't now. If the inevitable comes and both my pre orders get cancelled ( GAME & Toys R' Us, I was away when Nintendo Store where offering them) I'll have no choice but to sink deep. But know this, If they announce an N64 Classic next year, I ain't gonna get it.

@Fandabidozi The Pi is nice for couch & tv play, won't take up a lot of space, and is probably more comfortable for two player games. For solo play, though, in a comfortable chair - PC emulation would work fine too.

I received an email confirmation and payment was taken, and my order is still there. I ordered for delivery, not click and collect.

Yeah I have my laptop hooked up to the telly and use an Xbox One controller works fine.

@Fandabidozi is it the shape of a miniature Super Nintendo?

@8itmap_k1d I ordered with argos. my order is still there. I paid with PayPal and money has been sent. iv not had a confirmation email tho?

@nooobbasher Spam folder?

@8itmap_k1d don't seem to have a spam folder? but if just been on live chat with argos and they still confirm my order and can send me the chat? as confirmation (so I just screen shotted it) I then asked if it people who have ordered more than one console who's orders got cancelled. she replied only 1 per customer. but I know there was the option to choose more. so maybe people who bought more than 1 got there orders cancelled for this reason. strange

I think for anyone who ordered more than one and got theirs cancelled is fair do's. If people have ordered one and got it cancelled then I feel bad for them.

My orders are with Game and I know they've messed up in the past but I am hopeful it will be Ok. Nintendo Life reported Friday that Game have seen their profits fall, my other pre-order is with Very. I was either working or sleeping when pre-orders went live, so I missed out ordering from the Nintendo Store and I feel pretty gutted about that as I am very nervous about my pre-orders......

I know they are not out for another three months, I also feel that my pre-orders arent safe until I have them in my hands.

I've ordered two, one to play and one to keep sealed as part of my collection.

snes mini is now showing again in argos (as item coming soon) 😁

I ordered 3, there was no mention when ordering about any sort of limit. Argos emailed me and said they do in fact have a limit and would be cancelling part of my order. As a gesture of good will they have let me order 2. Good enough for me.

It sucks for the people who wanted it. But this proofs that Nintendo rushed out once again without having enough on stock. In a time like this they should know better. They are like well if you're lucky you'll be able to get it... if not TOUGH for you. Get the Switch and get it on VC all games...............................FLAT

Can't find a pre-order in thee Netherlands either not all stores have gotten any information about stocks yet so there is still hope. I am fine with thesr things being a limited production run but let that production run be profitable.
Hopefully in the future they re-produce both the NES and SNES mini an kick the scalpers in the nuts.

holding page is back but no ordering yet, so argos cancelled a load of orders and going to take some more, this whole launch is chaos.

Well that's nice of them, I guess. That's a lot of headache to go through.

'Argos now offering unlucky customers a console'

A console? Like a switch? PS3/4? Xbox? Sega emulator box?

@readyletsgo The best console of them all.

An Ouya

@Menchi187 lol perfect!

Couldn't we just have this in the form of a Switch cartridge? As cute as these mini consoles are, I can't ever see myself plugging this in and playing with friends with controllers that need to be tethered to the console like the cough good old days when I could be playing hgher quality games on Switch wirelessly instead. :

not surprised

@rjejr I actually am shocked, that (contrary to the NES Mini) I actually managed to secure one...

I spoke to my local rep at ebgames australia and they had more than double the preorder allocation of the nes mini. Stayed live for 2.5 days.

This is why you use a trusted retailer.

@ThanosReXXX Secured a pre-order? Is that like being "a little pregnant"?

I just had to delete stuff off of my 500GB PS4 - that I just got at Christmas - to download a new game I just bought. So that 500GB lasted almost 7 months. And half my games are on disc.

the consolation console

I just got an order in at Argos. Happy days, I thought I had missed out

Argos uk pre orders open again

Argos still open for business. Hope these are legit - just Snapchatted a whole bunch of pals about it.

@rjejr No, secured as in rock-solid sale. Paid and all...

@rjejr "And half my games are on disc."

Yeah, dumb@ss "modern" consoles and their obligatory install-the-game-before-you-can-play-it protocols. I hope someone is going to bring back cartridges, those were truly convenient.

Oh, wait...

@ThanosReXXX Paid

You paid $80 now for a console you won't be getting for months? That sounds nearly as evil as eBay. I'm all for deposits, it makes sure people come back to get the stuff they pre-ordered, but not 100%, more like 10%.

@rjejr I had to go to an actual store, so it wasn't an online order. I tried dozens of sites and failed, so partly out of frustration, I took to the streets and scoured the game shops of Amsterdam, determined to NOT miss out on another mini console. I'm still mad about the NES Mini. It prompted me to say that if ever I meet a scalper in real life, that I would more than likely smash his face into the pavement, American History X style...

And paying the total amount upfront guarantees me getting one, so this is not like those Argos pre-orders getting canceled/not getting canceled, maybe getting canceled again. That would stress me out to no end. All I have to do now, although it's certainly no picnic, is wait until the 29th of September, and then I can go to the game shop with my proof of payment to pick up my little SNES...

@ThanosReXXX "shops of Amsterdam"

If I was scouring the shops of Amsterdam I'm pretty sure I'd quickly forget what I was shopping for.

Almost related - drank beer the 4 past 4 weekends, my wife says it's the first time I've done that in 10 years. Perhaps not coincidentally, also possibly the happiest I've been the past 10 years.

@rjejr GAME shops, mr. Comedian...
And since I was in a hurry, I had no time for Coffee that day...

But it's good weather to be having a beer, so why not?
The Dutch have an old saying, perhaps you know a version of it as well:
"In Heaven, there's no beer. That's why we're drinking it here."

P.S.

Not getting back to our video streaming discussion, are we?
After all the effort that I put into that rant...

@ThanosReXXX "our video streaming discussion"

Is that one of the months old ones? I'm down to 350 unread emails in my inbox.

@rjejr No, the recent one from a few days ago, where we discussed the series we watch and would like to watch/are going to watch.

@rjejr Here you go, comment #353...

@ThanosReXXX Oh yeah, I remember that one, you should have said "pirating" instead of video streaming, I thought you were talking about the lack of apps on the Switch.

Have I mentioned i started drinking again?

@rjejr That's all you've got in reply to my text wall? You can't blame a couple of beers for everything, you know...

Oh man, joking around, not trusting my well meant advice and suggestions, and not knowing the difference between pirating and streaming.

If we were actual, real-life friends, my heart would weep a little...

P.S.

As for the "lack" of apps on the Switch: I'm not even going there. I'm in a select minority group that thinks that people should stop whining all the time about what they don't get, and focus on and try to enjoy what they actually DO get.

There are so many other devices that already offer these apps, so chances are, most people already have these options in their possession, so having yet another device that offers the very same apps seems rather superfluous to me.

But hey, I probably shouldn't even comment on it, since I haven't got a Switch in the first place, so who am I to judge, right?

Although the irritation about all that whining certainly would offer me a good excuse to start drinking some beers again as well...

@ThanosReXXX I think that reply was very late on my way to bed after a hard day of fishing and Amazon Prime Day shopping. I had a Fire tablet in my cart all day and went to sleep in there, just couldn't pull the trigger.

And we were talking about pirating, go back and reread a few comments, it certainly came up. Remember all of my emails from the cable company? Those weren't b/c of streaming. All I was saying was, had you said "pirating" I would have instantly remembered that conversation, "streaming" and I had to think about it.

And I certainly think Switch should have those apps. It's not a reason not to buy one, I bought a PS TV for crying out loud, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't have them. It's nice to know that whether I'm playing on my Wii U, PS4 or Xbox, when it's time to watch TV w/ my family I can just change to the Netflix or Amazon video app and start watching, then when we're done start playing my game again. Once we get a Switch I'll have to quit out of Mario, shut down the Switch, try to decide what other system to turn on to watch something, boot that up, load the app, watch, quit the app, turn off the system, go back to the Switch, go back to my game. But you're right, Switch having those apps or not, it's exactly the same thing.

Pic of my kids w/ the small sharks w/ caught yesterday, just b/c.

I know they're small, they're called dogfish, but they are technically sharks.

@rjejr They certainly look like sharks. Are these for consumption purposes? And if they're technically sharks, aren't they protected from fishing?

As for apps on the Switch and having to "boot up" another system to watch TV: I just use my smart TV, which would already be switched on if I was playing my console on it, so I would only have to switch the extension to the TV channel, no booting of other devices needed...

I guess you have a point on the larger topic of the discussion in that other thread. I was more curious about the branched-off discussion we had at the end, about streaming and that weird, rather useless site you posted. It also gives wildly varying (and invalid/biased) results when testing adult-oriented sites, such as your favo SG and some of my own preference, and even some reputable sites that I often use, that aren't adult-oriented, so I really don't take much stock in such verdicts.

And the comments underneath those verdicts, like I already mentioned before, are sometimes truly idiotic, showing that these people really haven't got a clue what they're talking about or what the heck they are doing...

But maybe it's also different when you're a parent and you need to have some means to at the very least partially protect them from certain online content, I don't know, although for me, some stuff is just common sense, much like with the discussion I am now in on the "religious games article".

Some people want to use that to either spread the gospel or bash anything that has to do with religion, and both are quite tiresome, far as I am concerned.

But I digress, back to streaming. I hope that over the years, I've at the very least proved to be a sincere enough person for you to be able to trust my judgment and/or experience on certain topics. I would never advise someone to go to a potentially harmful site that might harm them or their computer.

The website mywatchseries.to is a perfectly safe one (me having used it for well over 4 years now, is proof enough for me at least) and using it is not something that any provider can punish you for, no matter how strict their policy.

And I can definitely recommend putting Preacher on your to watch list. I've only seen 5 episodes so far, but it is quite good. In all fairness, I also know the source material, so when I saw the first teasers announcing the series, I was already interested, so I don't really know how it would be for somebody that does not know the comics.

Although I think that in some cases, not knowing the source material could even be preferable, because it will certainly avoid you becoming annoyed if they deviate too much from the original story... (which of course only matters if you're that kind of a person)

Right now, I'm patiently waiting for summer to end. TV over here is almost only reruns during this period, or series are going on hiatus, until the majority of the people is once again home from the holidays and going to school/work.

So, until then, I'll spend some time in my parent's garden house, or on my balcony overseeing the canals, watching other people's boats, because I don't own one myself, so no shark fishing for me...

A bit cloudy, and it has rained last night, but still a nice view, for such a busy city...

@ThanosReXXX Why do you need a smart tv, don't all of your other devices already do streaming, nobody needs a tv to have apps when everything else hooked up to it already has apps.

Seriously though, I'm sure my next TV, the 4k one, will have apps, b/c it seems like they are all smart now, but from what I've read most other devices get updated to better apps sooner than tvs do so it's built in obsolesce. I have thought about a cheap smart TV for my kids room, $150 32", b/c he doesn't really have anything in there, NES Mini doesn't stream and Wii is limited to SD quality on streaming I believe, but he prefers sitting at his desk and watching his 20" monitor, he says he can't get comfortable sitting on his bed to watch tv. But I keep trying to talk him into it anyway.

Fisherman hate those dogfish sharks, they consider them a nuisance while fluke fishing, the real fish. Asked my dad about protection laws and he didn't know. According to the DEC, the govt that runs the show, we're ok, no limit.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7894.html

And I think I was done writing about the other streaming stuff b/c I was only kidding around about nto using that site, I really just don't have the time or patience.

Do you guys have DMV jokes over there? I have to go there now so I'm cutting this short, I'll try to get back to it later.

@rjejr DMV jokes? Like these ones?


But the answer is no, we don't have DMV jokes over here.

We do have Civil Servant and Community Services jokes, which more or less share the same sentiment as with that second picture...

Sorry for misinterpreting you concerning that site. Occasionally, I still have to damn the inability to interpret other people's text correctly, especially when it contains or lacks smileys...

Also didn't know you were done with it, since all you left was a quick message saying that's all you had for now, so I guess I was kind of expecting a follow up later on. Suppose that's my bad...

But using the site doesn't take a degree in science, though, so either you're a VERY impatient man, or you seem to overestimate the "trouble" of having to watch a video on there. Most of the time it's as simple as typing in the name of what you want to watch, and then clicking the link to the streaming video. Two or three clicks at most.

And on a smart TV with a browser that supports Flash, it is even quite convenient...

And I don't really NEED a Smart TV, it's just that they all are nowadays, just like you already said. And my TV is always on in the afternoon and the evenings, so all it takes to change from gaming to watching TV, is a press of a remote control button...

As for the age of the TV apps: my father has a much newer TV than mine, and his apps are regularly updated, so it would seem to me that Smart TV's having outdated apps is somewhat of an exaggeration. The older models maybe, but surely not current models.