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@Spider-Kev what bad take on this issue.

Some of those cancellations are due to CC companies blocking the charge at ship time. Make sure you check with your CC to see if they have flagged any transactions as fraudulent. Most retailers will let you know when this happens and give you a chance to correct it but not all do.

I couldn't imagine me buying this unless I was somehow forced to, but unless it was a game I absolutely had to play, I still wouldn't buy it.

@Princess_Lilly Yeah, translated. I thought it was Shikata ga nai......

No, no, "we" aren't getting it, Japan is getting it.

@HRdepartment I mean, I understand the frustration. But price gouging has been around as long as commerce has been. Like some others said, you can't gouge people who won't buy, so the only real solution is for people to stop buying this stuff on the second-market. That and retailers taking more responsibility to limit purchases.

@HRdepartment Yeah, it's almost like people have different experiences and opinions 😂

@Pickettfury I actually got it right out of High School 😂 I was pretty disciplined with money and I knew I needed something if I wanted to buy online.

Something to keep in mind as y'all condemn people you don't know to hell. When I was a broke college student, all I had was a credit card and time (yes, I had a job too, that paid almost nothing). I would buy systems and scalp them to fund my game purchases. I wasn't clearing the stock out but I'd preorder a couple extra of things I knew would be rare. When y'all talk about hating scalpers, some people are like I was then. Not everyone is botting their way to 100's of these things.

@BodkinDQ I think most people in here are doing it pretty well, so it's not too idealistic.

@mikejs78 Yeah, I figured it was no small feat. Had no idea of the costs though.

@PharoneTheGnome I've actually had that same question, but I imagine there's currently no factories in the US setup to do that. They'd have to get that in place, which takes time.

@KoopaTheGamer Because console makers often sell consoles at a loss anyway. They didn't cause the situation, but it's also wild to pass the problem onto their customers when they have already hiked the price of games way up.

@PharoneTheGnome Literally. I was looking at my shelf the other day asking "why am I still buying games" 😂 The ONLY reason I want a Switch 2 is playing Pokemon S/V's updated Switch 2 release.

@BodkinDQ You can talk about political events without the topic getting political. Nintendo needs to just take an L on this, maybe they can make the money back with their paid tech demo.

@ElkinFencer10 Because games typically don't follow inflation. If they did, they'd be $180 today. These companies are still making a profit at $60-$70, they are just pricing it higher because they can and they know people will pay it.

Not buying it on principle. It's a slap in the face to even charge for it after you just dropped $450+ for the system. Definitely ashamed of this "New Nintendo" direction of nickle and diming the fan base.

@napabar That's literally the only advantage I see. Money wise, that is a big plus, but I really hope publishers don't opt to ONLY use this method and ignore a full physical release.

@-wc- Right, I was confused how we go from "This is the best Mario game in 33 years" to "nothing to see here" 😂

@EarthboundBenjy I actually think going viral is a very intentional process. Those influencers get paid to promote these products, there's nothing organic about any of it. The only question is how viral something goes.

@Ironcore Sorry, about half the Internet beat you to that comment.

If I was a developer, I'd start moving off the platform immediately. This is just a way to save face and make no mistake they are going to push through what they wanted to somehow.

@Anti-Matter Chief Operating Officer

@PinderSchloss https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nuzlocke_Challenge

You're welcome

@mariomaster96 I agree 100%. I played S/V before Sw/Sh and I was extremely underwhelmed at the content of the latter. S/V immersed me in the Pokemon world (not as much as PLA, but close) and I felt I really went on an adventure. Sw/Sh felt like a spin-off game with how short they were and how little actually happened. I kept expecting there to be a factory off the beaten path or SOMETHING for me to discover and there was almost 0 things that I wasn't forced through as part of the main storyline. The Gen1 game had more surprises than Sw/Sh.

@FirstEmperor Okay, good job, you beat me. Have a great night.

@FirstEmperor "(of an object) not having been given an attractive surface appearance as the final stage of manufacture."

@FirstEmperor I mean, you can Google it and see it's one of the dictionary definitions of it, so I wouldn't call it a stretch. If you have ever worked with furniture, it's a common term to use in the way I described.

@FirstEmperor Depends on how they're using the term "unfinished". You can have a functional kitchen table that's "unfinished" and has a rough texture because it was never sanded to smooth it out. I think that's an appropriate description for the games. I enjoy them but I also recognize the roughness.

I've played through both games and the hate they get for bugs is a bit overblown. I mean, stuff like this definitely could've been avoided with proper testing, but still the games are very much playable AND enjoyable.

@Joeynator3000 There's so many games with glitches you should probably just stop gaming altogether. Actually, electronics have them too, so probably just stop using all electronics altogether.

@Axl_abe Wow, people will literally complain about anything.

GOD: I've created you with a great purpose, I'm going to send you to.....

FerrisonNA: I'm going to spend my entire life buying the same game thousands of times.

GOD:........

A good PSA would be to let people know a day BEFORE that date 🙄

@Pally356 Apparently you can if you want to jump through enough hoops: https://www.polygon.com/2017/1/26/14400184/pokemon-bank-mew-glitch

Link to "previous coverage"?

Got access to the site and don't see any way to download the files, just play them. Did they remove that option?

"In other news, water is wet."

It's a shame they let these parks be so overcrowded that you spend 90% of your time waiting rather than enjoying it and they charge a small fortune for it. I love theme parks but it has got so ridiculous these days.

@Anachronism Yeah, I like to go slow through them too and I was really annoyed to have to rush through to access these. I missed a LOT of the extras in the game in the process.

Meanwhile there are people who develop near perfect cores for FPGA devices like Analogue, for free. I'm not talking about ROMs, I'm just talking about the time to get the emulation right and doing it well. I would HOPE the company who owns these devices could do even better but to be honest, it's nothing that would make me want to play on the Switch vs on an Analogue. Much less pay a perpetual subscription to do so.

I would still prefer playing the PrimeHack upscales on these games. They look even better than this and playing this game with a keyboard and mouse is an absolute dream. Also, 60-120fps, butter smooth.

This has all been great for publicity because I had no idea these existed.

Good luck getting one of those codes to work 😂😂😂😂

@ATHFjman18 If people wouldn't buy them, scalpers wouldn't scalp them.

@Munchlax More like they couldn't patch a vulnerability in someone else's game.

@Shambo Ohhh, so like in Dr. Stone?!

All of you people are old 😂😂😂

@Bunkerneath Yeah, that's actually nothing like this. It's more like buying a motorized shovel.

@RupeeClock You could visit the website and see it's done with a device that touches your screen rather than speculate wildly.