@joey302 That would be nice, but it would require something like 4 gigs of storage (that's off the top of my head, might be off) to accommodate the entire library. I think it's very unlikely the SNES Classic will have much more storage space than the NES Classic did.
@ogo79 From the article: "Now, I know, first-world problems." "Still, it's just a game system, life goes on." Despite the author's multiple caveats that he understands he's not complaining about a life-altering topic, you couldn't resist leaving your passive-aggressive comment. Says a lot more about your priorities and the petty things you choose to focus on than the author's.
@th3r3ds0x Unfortunately, the scalpers tend to be more on the ball with random pre-order times than anyone else, because they have more riding on it. Announcing the pre-order date/time would give everyone an equal chance, instead of cutting out people with jobs and responsibilities who can't spend every waking (and sleeping) moment monitoring the phone for a notification.
@impurekind The same problem occurred with amiibos. Scalpers saw how popular wave 1 was, they jumped in on wave 2+ and made matters even worse. Nintendo then fixed the problem by manufacturing a sufficient supply of amiibos that scalpers who bought a ton of stock ended up getting stuck with them, and then learned that amiibo were not a good product to speculate on anymore. Meanwhile, overall sales and revenue from amiibo went up for Nintendo. There's no reason for them not to do the same thing with the SNES Classic. It's not nearly as destructive to Nintendo's good will with customers when 10,000 units go to scalpers if the scalpers are unable to resell because there is already sufficient stock available at MSRP. Nintendo wins, the fans win, scalpers lose.
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Re: Editorial: The Frustrating Quest for a SNES Mini is Bad Business for Nintendo
@joey302 That would be nice, but it would require something like 4 gigs of storage (that's off the top of my head, might be off) to accommodate the entire library. I think it's very unlikely the SNES Classic will have much more storage space than the NES Classic did.
Re: Editorial: The Frustrating Quest for a SNES Mini is Bad Business for Nintendo
@ogo79 From the article: "Now, I know, first-world problems." "Still, it's just a game system, life goes on." Despite the author's multiple caveats that he understands he's not complaining about a life-altering topic, you couldn't resist leaving your passive-aggressive comment. Says a lot more about your priorities and the petty things you choose to focus on than the author's.
Re: Editorial: The Frustrating Quest for a SNES Mini is Bad Business for Nintendo
@th3r3ds0x Unfortunately, the scalpers tend to be more on the ball with random pre-order times than anyone else, because they have more riding on it. Announcing the pre-order date/time would give everyone an equal chance, instead of cutting out people with jobs and responsibilities who can't spend every waking (and sleeping) moment monitoring the phone for a notification.
Re: Editorial: The Frustrating Quest for a SNES Mini is Bad Business for Nintendo
@impurekind The same problem occurred with amiibos. Scalpers saw how popular wave 1 was, they jumped in on wave 2+ and made matters even worse. Nintendo then fixed the problem by manufacturing a sufficient supply of amiibos that scalpers who bought a ton of stock ended up getting stuck with them, and then learned that amiibo were not a good product to speculate on anymore. Meanwhile, overall sales and revenue from amiibo went up for Nintendo. There's no reason for them not to do the same thing with the SNES Classic. It's not nearly as destructive to Nintendo's good will with customers when 10,000 units go to scalpers if the scalpers are unable to resell because there is already sufficient stock available at MSRP. Nintendo wins, the fans win, scalpers lose.