I still have mine sealed in box and never opened, just curious to know how rare it is still. Thanks guys!
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Ask Scalpers, they're the 9% of the population that got their hands on it consistently the little weasels! The 1% who wasn't a scalper waited for it in line or lucked out. I went several times a week to multiple stores and never saw one. Nintendo screwed up big.
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I think the NES Classic isn't as rare as say... Flintstones NES or Panzer Dragoon Saga... The problem is that as people have said, scalpers did a horrible thing and hoarded them to sell... I heard it was the second highest selling system in April... That can account for at least a few million units, I know that doesn't help.... Panzer dragoon saga had only 10,000 copies made, whereas Flintstones was fewer because it was a Blockbuster exclusive... There are people out there though, unlike scalpers, who may get bored of the system... Not their thing... and actually have the heart not to price gouge it... There was one dude at GameStop who bought it and said it wasn't his thing, and that he'd sell it for its original price because he wasn't like that... There are some honest people out there...
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(Topic Creator)1 month ago#4
Lil_Bit83 posted...
Ask Scalpers, they're the 9% of the population that got their hands on it consistently the little weasels! The 1% who wasn't a scalper waited for it in line or lucked out.
I went several times a week to multiple stores and never saw one.
Nintendo screwed up big.
It is most likely the scalpers who bought up most of the stock and resell them for such a high mark, or else whoever wanted one got one.
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deathmyrk posted...
I think the NES Classic isn't as rare as say... Flintstones NES or Panzer Dragoon Saga... The problem is that as people have said, scalpers did a horrible thing and hoarded them to sell... I heard it was the second highest selling system in April... That can account for at least a few million units, I know that doesn't help.... Panzer dragoon saga had only 10,000 copies made, whereas Flintstones was fewer because it was a Blockbuster exclusive...
There are people out there though, unlike scalpers, who may get bored of the system... Not their thing... and actually have the heart not to price gouge it... There was one dude at GameStop who bought it and said it wasn't his thing, and that he'd sell it for its original price because he wasn't like that... There are some honest people out there...
The number of copies of both of those games in the US isn't actually known.
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noidentity posted...
deathmyrk posted...
I think the NES Classic isn't as rare as say... Flintstones NES or Panzer Dragoon Saga... The problem is that as people have said, scalpers did a horrible thing and hoarded them to sell... I heard it was the second highest selling system in April... That can account for at least a few million units, I know that doesn't help.... Panzer dragoon saga had only 10,000 copies made, whereas Flintstones was fewer because it was a Blockbuster exclusive...
There are people out there though, unlike scalpers, who may get bored of the system... Not their thing... and actually have the heart not to price gouge it... There was one dude at GameStop who bought it and said it wasn't his thing, and that he'd sell it for its original price because he wasn't like that... There are some honest people out there...
The number of copies of both of those games in the US isn't actually known.
Actually years ago I came across something that gave the figures to Panzer Dragoon Saga, it was an explanation as to why there may never be a remake of the game or re-release at least... The number of copies, approximation, was mentioned, because I remember calculating the odds of having gotten a copy of the game at its release... I mean years later, obviously... but it was very low. I can guarantee there were more copies made of the NES Classic than Panzer Dragoon Saga, and more copies than most of the rare titles in the NES lineup. I would safely say that the system would fall under borderline rare/uncommon territory.
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Hardly rare, they sold over 3 million worldwide. I could have purchased 10 or more during the life span without waiting in lines if I wanted, but I'm not a reseller. I bought my two (one for each kid) and called it good.
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wordscansay posted...
Hardly rare, they sold over 3 million worldwide. I could have purchased 10 or more during the life span without waiting in lines if I wanted, but I'm not a reseller. I bought my two (one for each kid) and called it good.
The problems start when 3 million are made but 30 million people want them.
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Why play on a plastic emulated box, just get an original NES or download it from Wii Store if the idea is to support games you may have emulated or pirated. Like at this point it seems better to download a NES emulator on a PC than wasting money on a box with preinstalled games.
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Ernua posted...
Why play on a plastic emulated box, just get an original NES or download it from Wii Store if the idea is to support games you may have emulated or pirated. Like at this point it seems better to download a NES emulator on a PC than wasting money on a box with preinstalled games.
There's no point in overpaying for it, i.e. today's currently overinflated prices, but at $60-$70 retail, it presents the best possible dollar-per game ratio, assuming you don't own most of the games (or versions that play nice with modern HDTVs). Better than VC ($5 x 30 = $150 vs. $2 x 30 = $60) and with better emulation than VC to boot along with 720p HDMI, and many times better than trying to buy up original carts (calculated to be well over $200, including the hardware if you don't have that). If you already have the games and play them just fine, then it's not marketed towards you. It's marketed towards people that don't have most of those games, or used to but lost/had to sell them for whatever reason, and need an inexpensive gateway into playing them on modern equipment.
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Man, what is the problem with you? Every thread you open is about the Mini, its proce or rarity. It smells like something a reseller would do.
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(Topic Creator)1 month ago#12
Damon Plus posted...
Man, what is the problem with you? Every thread you open is about the Mini, its proce or rarity. It smells like something a reseller would do.
I don't resell my stuff, in other words I'm not a scalper, it's their fault that I have to pay $300 for one, it is their fault that they bought most of the stock and resell them for 5 times the price.
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Damon Plus posted...
Man, what is the problem with you? Every thread you open is about the Mini, its proce or rarity. It smells like something a reseller would do.
You should see TC's many threads on the 3DS board about the Pikachu 3DS system! I understand a thread here or there, but why so many?!
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It's not. No one cares about it anymore. There's far better ways to play NES games than to give a scalper hundreds of a dollars for a garbage plug n play.
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Maximothelad posted...
It's not. No one cares about it anymore. There's far better ways to play NES games than to give a scalper hundreds of a dollars for a garbage plug n play.
Garbage plug n play huh? I don't think you've actually played a plug n play to compare the NES to one .I'm assuming your better way involves visiting an emulation site and getting them all to your phone or pc.
Currently not too hopeful about some old games being revived in the future.......
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Sega9599 posted...
Maximothelad posted...
It's not. No one cares about it anymore. There's far better ways to play NES games than to give a scalper hundreds of a dollars for a garbage plug n play.
Garbage plug n play huh? I don't think you've actually played a plug n play to compare the NES to one .I'm assuming your better way involves visiting an emulation site and getting them all to your phone or pc.
The only real garbage thing about it is the distribution method, and the fact that you can't get one at advertised MSRP. The unit itself isn't garbage. The "phone" thing or whatever is cool for people that feel alright doing that type of thing or like 'hacks'. While getting penalized for 'obtaining' such things is unlikely (historically, the distributors have been the ones targeted), the likelihood of getting caught isn't germane in a discussion on whether or not it's legal: You can get away with it, but that doesn't make it legal. In a perfect world, you'd have all the original carts plus an AVS RetroUSB (or Analogue NT if you're splurging). Original carts, crisply clean 720p HDMI for modern TVs and capture cards, and not emulated. If you already have the carts, the NES Mini isn't marketed towards you. However, if you have to do this from scratch, the cost approaches $300. The NES Mini, at least at MSRP (see criticism of distribution above), provides the absolute cheapest way to get this games legally. $2 a game versus $5 on the VC, and supremely more for the actual carts. Plus, the emulation quality is better than the Wii VC, and especially WiiU's NES emulation. It provides a simple, easy gateway into not just getting these 30 games, but doing so in a 720p format over HDMI that plays nice with modern TVs and capture cards. Modern TVs don't play very nice with older game systems.
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Has anyone built their own NES Classic using a Raspberry Pie, NES USB controller, and NES system / cart for a case? I didn't realize how surprisingly easy and cheap it is. And yeah I own the games before people start going on about piracy.
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I'm still curious about the software Nintendo used for their emulator, but not more than US$49.99 curious. I am very content with Higan/bSNES.
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