SNES Classic

[xelement5x]

Seems likely. You just know they are going to allot units in advance for bundles of crap that they can't sell.

Lol, looking at what happened at ThinkGeek/GameStop earlier this week, I am glad to know that I can see the future.

[j_factor]

Lol, looking at what happened at ThinkGeek/GameStop earlier this week, I am glad to know that I can see the future.

You should call yourself the Nostradamus of gaming.

[avlon]

Just got a new order via Walmart... hopefully it sticks this time.

[Benjamin]

Walmart's not listing them for me. Tried just a couple minutes after you posted, too. If I don't get one, my only hope is that someone can see how this thing is emulating the Super FX chip for use with 2D2SNES. Feels so empty without Kirby Super Star and Yoshi's Island.

[cabear]

it sucks nintendo wants such a limited release of this because their products really are nice pieces of work, unfortunately they don't release enough of them! i just barely saw my first Switch in the wild at best buy.

[SEGA.GENESIS1989]

it sucks nintendo wants such a limited release of this because their products really are nice pieces of work, unfortunately they don't release enough of them! i just barely saw my first Switch in the wild at best buy.

Their using the scarcity principle to increase demand and sales. Their doing it with the Switch, amiibos, some of their 3DS lines, and now these classic edition consoles. Rightly or wrongly, t's also a way of getting media attention and staying relevant.

[gamevet]

There's no reason for them to create false scarcity. They're just going to ship out a few production runs and move on. Nintendo is ran by a bunch of pricks that don't care one bit about its customers. That's why I haven't given that company a dime over the past decade.

[Sik]

I thought the whole issue about Flash shortages was already brought up? (and this is only going to get worse for everything as we abandon hard disks altogether, there simply aren't enough fabs that can make Flash memory) In fact, the memory shortage if anything only gives them an even bigger reason to want to limit how many SNES Classics to make (since they're literally eating away materials needed to make more Switches, which are already in a severe shortage as it is)

[QuickSciFi]

I thought the whole issue about Flash shortages was already brought up? (and this is only going to get worse for everything as we abandon hard disks altogether, there simply aren't enough fabs that can make Flash memory) In fact, the memory shortage if anything only gives them an even bigger reason to want to limit how many SNES Classics to make (since they're literally eating away materials needed to make more Switches, which are already in a severe shortage as it is)

Please, do you have any hard evidence to back this up? This is one of the most absurd fake news I've read in years. We've all read the same articles. If Nintendo wanted to make more SNES or NES classics, there is absolutely nothing to stop them or other companies from rising up to the task and increase production of Flash memory or anything else required to build a tiny ass low tech clone.

While the propaganda continues to spread and more folks are willing to rise up for the giant conglomerate that obviously cares so much about them, millions upon millions of other such clones continue to get churned out worldwide; not to mention millions upon millions of other devices that also use Flash memory. Because, after all, there's a shortage preventing them from doing so.

[zetastrike]

There's no reason for them to create false scarcity. They're just going to ship out a few production runs and move on. Nintendo is ran by a bunch of pricks that don't care one bit about its customers. That's why I haven't given that company a dime over the past decade.

I almost bought a New 2DSXL a couple weeks ago, but the guy at the store told me that certain VC games, including all SNES games will only run on the New models. I wouldn't download SNES games anyway, but that's such a dick move that I lost interest entirely. You mean to tell me they really can't get SNES roms to run on a standard 3DS? I figured there are probably more prick ways they "justify" the New models and give the middle finger to customers who bought the non-New ones.

[j_factor]

I thought the whole issue about Flash shortages was already brought up? (and this is only going to get worse for everything as we abandon hard disks altogether, there simply aren't enough fabs that can make Flash memory) In fact, the memory shortage if anything only gives them an even bigger reason to want to limit how many SNES Classics to make (since they're literally eating away materials needed to make more Switches, which are already in a severe shortage as it is)

The SNES Classic doesn't even have that much memory. And anyway, if that were really an issue they could have just waited. There's nothing forcing them to release this thing at this particular time. They could have just kept the NES Classic in production for a while and brought out the SNES Classic next year. There clearly would be demand for the NES Classic still, but since it's not new anymore, not as high as the SNES Classic. And it even has slightly less memory.

Nintendo is acting incredibly stupid. There's no two ways about it.

[Tower of Power]

Please, do you have any hard evidence to back this up? This is one of the most absurd fake news I've read in years. We've all read the same articles. If Nintendo wanted to make more SNES or NES classics, there is absolutely nothing to stop them or other companies from rising up to the task and increase production of Flash memory or anything else required to build a tiny ass low tech clone.

While the propaganda continues to spread and more folks are willing to rise up for the giant conglomerate that obviously cares so much about them, millions upon millions of other such clones continue to get churned out worldwide; not to mention millions upon millions of other devices that also use Flash memory. Because, after all, there's a shortage preventing them from doing so.

It's definitely real. There's a ton of articles out there to back it up:

https://seekingalpha.com/article/397...ed-will-impact

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/1...pply_shortage/

https://virtualizationreview.com/art...risis.aspx?m=1

This kind of shortage is nothing new. It happens all the time across all sorts of unregulated industries. It's one of the downsides of capitalism. They can and will make more to make up for the shortage, but that takes time.

How does it happen? When flash memory is cheap, companies have less reason to make it, so they ramp down production, which eventually leads to shortages, which causes the price to go up, which causes companies to produce it again, but like I said, it takes time to ramp up production to that level. It can happen with food too, which is why we have things like farm subsidies.

[Devil N]

Yeah sure, the flash memory shortage is a real thing, has been the case for the entire year already. But we're talking flash memory for phones and SSD's, which are tens of gigabytes and hundreds of gigabytes respectively. For the SNES Classic, even 1 gigabyte of flash storage would already be overkill. It should be a pretty cheap device to manufacture no matter which way you look at it.

Seriously, if there was any good reason for Nintendo to limit the production of the NES and SNES Classics other than intentionally creating shortage and inflated demand, then they shouldn't have released these consoles in the first place.

[QuickSciFi]

It's definitely real. There's a ton of articles out there to back it up:

https://seekingalpha.com/article/397...ed-will-impact

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/1...pply_shortage/

https://virtualizationreview.com/art...risis.aspx?m=1

This kind of shortage is nothing new. It happens all the time across all sorts of unregulated industries. It's one of the downsides of capitalism. They can and will make more to make up for the shortage, but that takes time.

How does it happen? When flash memory is cheap, companies have less reason to make it, so they ramp down production, which eventually leads to shortages, which causes the price to go up, which causes companies to produce it again, but like I said, it takes time to ramp up production to that level. It can happen with food too, which is why we have things like farm subsidies.

Point I'm making is shortages happen at all levels of industry. That said shortages are stopping a games giant such as Nintendo from making tiny ass clones while smaller companies are still churning out devices by the millions is just nonsense and apologetic propaganda. And it sickens me when consumers just need to rise up to the much unneeded aid of the corporate conglomerate.

Let's face it. Nintendo is creating artificial demand. Pure and simple. No two ways about it. If they wanted to make more of these there is nothing stopping them.

When oil is in shortage, the price goes up. It doesn't just stop being sold. People don't just stop fueling their cars.

[Tower of Power]

Point I'm making is shortages happen at all levels of industry. That said shortages are stopping a games giant such as Nintendo from making tiny ass clones while smaller companies are still churning out devices by the millions is just nonsense and apologetic propaganda. And it sickens me when consumers just need to rise up to the much unneeded aid of the corporate conglomerate.

Let's face it. Nintendo is creating artificial demand. Pure and simple. No two ways about it. If they wanted to make more of these there is nothing stopping them.

When oil is in shortage, the price goes up. It doesn't just stop being sold. People don't just stop fueling their cars.

Nintendo is definitely creating artificial scarcity, they've been doing it for 30 years, but there is also a legitimate flash memory shortage going on, and that's my point.