Classic NES Available 11/11

[TN94z]

22 hours ago, Abu3baid said:

I saw the wireless controller selling for $20... isnt the system for like $60?

It wasn't in stock yet, but you could pre-order it for Dec..

 

Where did you see the pre-order? They showed in stock yesterday but wouldn't allow you to order.

[Abu3baid]

2 hours ago, TN94z said:

Where did you see the pre-order? They showed in stock yesterday but wouldn't allow you to order.

I saw it on amazon.  I just checked back and it seems they removed it from pre-order.  I'm going to assume enough people pre-ordered it that it's not available anymore.. wow.

[iacas]

9 hours ago, Abu3baid said:

I saw it on amazon.  I just checked back and it seems they removed it from pre-order.  I'm going to assume enough people pre-ordered it that it's not available anymore.. wow.

I've looked at Amazon's page every day for the past few weeks and never saw a preorder.

I guess another country's Amazon might have goofed. Nobody took preorders.

[TN94z]

On 11/13/2016 at 7:14 AM, iacas said:

I've looked at Amazon's page every day for the past few weeks and never saw a preorder.

I have too with the same results

[iacas]

I now no longer know if I want it. $59.99 is one thing, constantly having to check to see if it's available (it's not) and then needing to buy extension cords for both controllers… meh.

Nintendo ****ed this up, royally.

[iacas]

Still not available anywhere. My brother-in-law works at Wal-Mart and still hasn't been able to get one for me.

WTF?

[SavvySwede]

15 hours ago, iacas said:

Still not available anywhere. My brother-in-law works at Wal-Mart and still hasn't been able to get one for me.

WTF?

Yeah it's a joke. I still see guys on craiglist trying to sell them for triple the retail price. I know Nintendo has a bad history of under supplying products but this one takes the cake. Better off just buyong the controllers and finding a few ROMs online or purchase an Everdrive if you really want to utilize the original hardware.

[Kalnoky]

6 minutes ago, SavvySwede said:

I know Nintendo has a bad history of under supplying products but this one takes the cake. 

This is true. My business partner is a big gamer and he commented as much. Nintendo is also launching an entirely new system this year, I think that is consuming a lot of their resources. 

I have two classic NES systems, but they are bulky and the connector pin reliability is a challenge. I am still hoping to get my hands on the reissued system, one day. 

 

[SavvySwede]

14 minutes ago, Kalnoky said:

This is true. My business partner is a big gamer and he commented as much. Nintendo is also launching an entirely new system this year, I think that is consuming a lot of their resources. 

I have two classic NES systems, but they are bulky and the connector pin reliability is a challenge. I am still hoping to get my hands on the reissued system, one day. 

 

From what I understand the original NES's issues will often stem from the anti piracy chip which has trouble recognizing the game if the cartridge gets even a little bit dirty. You can mod the system so it doesn't have that issue.