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Title: SNES Classic Preorders open on Walmarts website (Closed, Preorder link crashed)
Post by: Ghost Soldier on July 21, 2017, 10:56:18 PM
Get your preorder in now.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-Classic-Edition/55791858?adid=1500000000000040972510&veh=eml

Make sure you correct the pickup location to reflect your local Walmart.


Title: Re: SNES Classic Preorders open on Walmarts website
Post by: Beardcore84 on July 21, 2017, 11:25:20 PM
Got mine in the nick of time... unless they cancel it!  :leo:


Title: Re: SNES Classic Preorders open on Walmarts website
Post by: Ghost Soldier on July 21, 2017, 11:32:06 PM
You probably got it in on time Beardcore84. Just checked the link again and all the preorders crashed it. Sent some good karma your way too +1.


Title: Re: SNES Classic Preorders open on Walmarts website (Closed, Preorder link crashed)
Post by: deadducks on July 29, 2017, 04:07:08 PM
How many have had the preorder cancelled?


Title: Re: SNES Classic Preorders open on Walmarts website (Closed, Preorder link crashed)
Post by: tactical_nuke on July 29, 2017, 04:54:28 PM
How many have had the preorder cancelled?
All of them. They went up due to an error.


Title: Re: SNES Classic Preorders open on Walmarts website (Closed, Preorder link crashed)
Post by: bombatomba on July 30, 2017, 01:17:39 PM
How many have had the preorder cancelled?
All of them. They went up due to an error.

There are reports now that Walmart has cancelled all the preorders (https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/26/16040506/walmart-nintendo-snes-classic-mini-console-preorder-cancellations), perhaps due to Nintendo.  There are also reports that Nintendo is releasing "Significantly more" (https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/26/15875464/snes-classic-supply-more-units) SNES Classics than the NES Classics (a good thing), but Nintendo also not confirming that they will be even be producing them after the holiday season. (http://www.businessinsider.com/nintendo-mini-snes-availability-2017-6)

I get that Nintendo needs to protect themselves, but as a consumer I find these tactics frustrating and tiring.  I still plan on going out and trying to find one, but I find the above news disheartening and demoralizing to the point of inaction.  Personally I'd rather see the return of those $99 New 3DS Mario systems from last year, but that is just me.

Okay.  Back into near silence for me.   


Title: Re: SNES Classic Preorders open on Walmarts website (Closed, Preorder link crashed)
Post by: Beardcore84 on August 03, 2017, 04:04:18 PM
Yep, my pre-order was canceled with the rest of them. Hopefully they are still easily available as Nintendo claims they will be.