SNES Mini Classic

They took the money for my order about 2hrs ago and have now just cancelled said order. I ordered before 7.30am yesterday morning.
 
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chrcoluk said:
I asked the mods to merge my thread as I didnt see this one https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/mini-snes-launch-whats-going-on.18784658/

anyway, I couldnt get one from any uk retailers, to me clearly the supply is way below demand but I did manage to get one ordered from a dutch retailer earlier today.

Also I managed to get some press coverage on the issue.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20..._for_a_snes_mini_is_bad_business_for_nintendo
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Yet they still can't make Nintendo Switches fast enough! Nintendo aren't stupid, they were hardly damaged after the NES mini shortage.
 
Here's a thing. It has a limited run. Buy it if you want it. People clearly want it and then some. Possibly they'll re-evaluate their supply based on this demand. Possibly not.
 
Moses said:
'Buy it if you want it' doesn't really work if any available stock disappears before people who want one can buy.
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+1

Put simply Nintendo have artificially engineered a shortage to build hype. There's every indication that's their intention as they know fine the level of demand out there having released the NES classic last year. I'd expect the SNES version to be even more popular and I'm sure Nintendo do as well.

My conspiracy theory is that Nintendo don't actually want to sell that many SNES mini's as they feel they're giving the games away too cheaply. If you work out the profit per unit by the time the manufacturers, resellers, 3rd party game licence owners and others have taken their cut they can't be making much profit on each unit. I suspect if they could sell two or three of the games on it to a switch or 3DS owner on Virtual Console at the going rate of £7-8 they'll probably make more money than selling an entire SNES mini.

If you look at it from Nintendo's point of view I think they see it as poor business in the long run giving customers 20 SNES games for whatever percentage of the SNES's £80 cost they're making in profit. I'd actually be quite curious if anyone out there knows what Nintendo's actual profit slice on each NES/SNES classic mini sold is?
 
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Before people start despairing too much keep an eye out as I'm sure most resellers will release more stock for pre-order in the next month or two. You'll probably still need to be pre-ordering as soon as they go live on resellers websites though. I'll be amazed it it's ever in stock anywhere for more than a couple of hours. Best bet is to keep an eye on here, sign up for reseller email alerts and sign up for a few stock notification websites.
 
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I had a call from Argos this morning asking if I still want my pre-order as they had an issue with their systems hence why mine had disappeared.

Going to call back now and see if I can ensure I have a reservation.
 
KraniX said:
I had a call from Argos this morning asking if I still want my pre-order as they had an issue with their systems hence why mine had disappeared.

Going to call back now and see if I can ensure I have a reservation.
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Nope, it has gone but they have put me on a priority waiting list so should be able to secure one before it goes on general availability.
 
Moses said:
Yeah, I've done that... but it doesn't help when they don't email or their mail shot fails... as happened with Nintendo UK for example. I'm past caring too much... what will be will be.
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Sounds like you've done everything you can to be honest. If anyone else has any pro-tips for finding stock I'm sure plenty on here would appreciate the advice!
 
silvagti said:
+1

Put simply Nintendo have artificially engineered a shortage to build hype. There's every indication that's their intention as they know fine the level of demand out there having released the NES classic last year. I'd expect the SNES version to be even more popular and I'm sure Nintendo do as well.

My conspiracy theory is that Nintendo don't actually want to sell that many SNES mini's as they feel they're giving the games away too cheaply. If you work out the profit per unit by the time the manufacturers, resellers, 3rd party game licence owners and others have taken their cut they can't be making much profit on each unit. I suspect if they could sell two or three of the games on it to a switch or 3DS owner on Virtual Console at the going rate of £7-8 they'll probably make more money than selling an entire SNES mini.

If you look at it from Nintendo's point of view I think they see it as poor business in the long run giving customers 20 SNES games for whatever percentage of the SNES's £80 cost they're making in profit. I'd actually be quite curious if anyone out there knows what Nintendo's actual profit slice on each NES/SNES classic mini sold is?
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If profit was an issue they could have whacked another £20 on the price of each unit and they'd still have sold out rapidly.
 
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