At this point you're pretty much forced to if you live in the US.erttheking said:http://www.robshep.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jesus_facepalm.jpg
Yeah, think imma sit out the Switch for a year or two.
Don't worry, we all did the same for the WiiUerttheking said:Yeah, think imma sit out the Switch for a year or two.
Holy fuck, you win my good sir.008Zulu said:Won't the employees get in trouble for selling new consoles?
It's okay if they're pre-orders.008Zulu said:Won't the employees get in trouble for selling new consoles?
Pre-order your pre-order for the next console after the Switch! We don't know when it will come, but you'll have a guaranteed pre-order spot once it becomes available to pre-order! (100 pre-order pre-order spots available per store)inu-kun said:So they randomly give out pre orders due to it running out? Maybe they should have pre orders for the pre orders.
You're missing the third option people want: enough stock so everyone who wants to can pre-order.tippy2k2 said:I feel like I must be missing some context here because everyone seems to hate this idea...
Because I don't hate the idea. I think it sounds like a much more fair way to distribute the pre-orders. Rather than just have it be a first come first serve basis (so I hope you're not working on at that time or that the first couple of people aren't just hawkers looking to cash in on a new system with eBay), it gives everyone who wants a shot at getting one a shot.
But again, I'm assuming I'm missing some kind of context or maybe I read this wrong because people seem awfully mad about this...
Except, why would you bother with a pre-order to ensure you get a console if there is going to be enough stock for everybody anyway? It renders pre-orders obsolete. We very well can't have that, now can we?GreyNicor said:You're missing the third option people want: enough stock so everyone who wants to can pre-order.
OT: I'm not sure how it is with pre-orders here locally but I'm not even going to bother, backlog is big enough while my wallet isn't, and a year into release hopefully more games will have released.
My fourth option is to give the most disappointing thirty seconds of her life to Natalie Portman on a pile of my lottery winnings but I don't imagine that's going to happen eitherGreyNicor said:You're missing the third option people want: enough stock so everyone who wants to can pre-order.tippy2k2 said:I feel like I must be missing some context here because everyone seems to hate this idea...
Because I don't hate the idea. I think it sounds like a much more fair way to distribute the pre-orders. Rather than just have it be a first come first serve basis (so I hope you're not working on at that time or that the first couple of people aren't just hawkers looking to cash in on a new system with eBay), it gives everyone who wants a shot at getting one a shot.
But again, I'm assuming I'm missing some kind of context or maybe I read this wrong because people seem awfully mad about this...
Yeah, but there's the problem of Nintendo seemingly deliberately under-shipping to create artificial scarcity. The NES Classic? Shipping less then a dozen units to major retailers, knowing full well how BS that is.tippy2k2 said:My fourth option is to give the most disappointing thirty seconds of her life to Natalie Portman on a pile of my lottery winnings but I don't imagine that's going to happen eitherGreyNicor said:You're missing the third option people want: enough stock so everyone who wants to can pre-order.tippy2k2 said:I feel like I must be missing some context here because everyone seems to hate this idea...
Because I don't hate the idea. I think it sounds like a much more fair way to distribute the pre-orders. Rather than just have it be a first come first serve basis (so I hope you're not working on at that time or that the first couple of people aren't just hawkers looking to cash in on a new system with eBay), it gives everyone who wants a shot at getting one a shot.
But again, I'm assuming I'm missing some kind of context or maybe I read this wrong because people seem awfully mad about this...
If Nintendo doesn't release enough stock to cover preorders, this seems like the best way to determine who gets one is what I'm trying to say here...
Between Nintendo?s fetish for short-supplying their hardware and Game Stops hard on for pre-orders, I?m placing a prediction for Nintendo?s next console: Only at Game Stop!! Pre-order your pre-order for a ticket to enter into a lottery to win the chance to shake hands with a guy who knows a guy who once saw a guy who said he thought he overheard another guy talking about being in the same room with a guy who was thinking about the new Nintendo Suxdyk!! Act now!!Johnny Novgorod said:Pre-order the pre-order? We need to go deeper.