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June 27, 2017

Price Scalping For The SNES Classic Has Already Begun

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Nintendo only announced the SNES Classic yesterday, but that hasn’t stopped eBay sellers from already listing the system online at more than double the retail price. Eurogamer reported that multiple sellers on the auction site have put their pre-orders up for sale, ranging in price from £180 to £300. Whilst most of the listings are around the £200, that is still more than double the £80 price that stores were selling the system at. The Japanese company has already confirmed it will be producing “significantly more” SNES Classic Edition consoles than it did with the NES Mini, possibly as a way of combating the disappointment many gamers felt. The move should have also meant scalpers wouldn’t have as much of an effect but it seems like it hasn’t worked. All three stores that were stocking the system in the UK have now sold out and are no longer taking pre-orders online. Those who act fast might be able to get a pre-order in-store at GAME, though, they will have to

January 16, 2015

About Nintendo’s Scalper Problem

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We need to talk about Nintendo’s scalper problem. There have been isolated incidents here and there, but nothing like what we’ve seen ever since Amiibos hit the market. Wave 1 of the Amiibo figures came to stores last November. At first everyone in the lineup was available, but then Wii Fit Trainer and Villager disappeared and were not restocked. It was discovered Nintendo produced a much smaller number of the Amiibos they figured would not be as popular, with the result that they have become a thousand times MORE popular now that barely anyone can have them. Knowledge of this fact has caused the playing field for Wave 2 to become heavily skewed in favor of scalpers. In one case a man who hated Rosalina set aside $35,000 of his own money to preorder as many Rosalina Amiibos as he could possibly get, just so no one else could have one. The problem has been amplified with the Majora’s Mask 3DS, which in the two days since its reveal has