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05-13-2021 at 09:16 PM #3

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05-13-2021 at 11:26 PM #4

These things are surprisingly still in stock at a lot of places like Target. I was expecting them to sell out like the mini consoles.

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05-13-2021 at 11:47 PM #5

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These things are surprisingly still in stock at a lot of places like Target. I was expecting them to sell out like the mini consoles.

Yeah me too. I wonder if this is a sign of deals to come. But I have a feeling it will be random clearance sales like this. There won't be an official sale from Nintendo.

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05-14-2021 at 02:52 AM #6

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These things are surprisingly still in stock at a lot of places like Target. I was expecting them to sell out like the mini consoles.

It's definitely strange to see a Nintendo "collector's piece" have enough of a manufacturing run to keep up with any demand. Or is it the demand on this device just THAT low?

Nonetheless, I remember when Sony Vita PlayStation TV devices were plentiful and getting marked down to $30 at Walmarts. They couldn't give them away... But now they are $250+ on the used market. Initial demand/supply/sales aren't a sign of future value or availability.

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05-14-2021 at 03:17 AM #7

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These things are surprisingly still in stock at a lot of places like Target. I was expecting them to sell out like the mini consoles.

The build quality on these is nice, but the hardware is extremely stripped down to the point that it loses its appeal for a lot of people. At least with the mini consoles you could mod and load a ton of extra games on them. This unit is more complicated to mod and doesn't have much memory. They would of been much more popular if they had the memory to load a decent NES library on them, but they don't.

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05-14-2021 at 03:45 AM #8

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The build quality on these is nice, but the hardware is extremely stripped down to the point that it loses its appeal for a lot of people. At least with the mini consoles you could mod and load a ton of extra games on them. This unit is more complicated to mod and doesn't have much memory. They would of been much more popular if they had the memory to load a decent NES library on them, but they don't.

That's the last thing Nintendo wants is for people to hack their hardware and put ROMs on them. Whether or not it helps sales is irrelevant to them.

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05-14-2021 at 08:52 AM #10

I really like mine and my 5yo loves it even more. I honestly feel this thing would be an even bigger hit if it included SMB2 & 3 as opposed to just 1 & Lost Levels. There really is no reason not to include all of them other than the typical wtf decision by Nintendo.

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05-14-2021 at 12:32 PM #11

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It's definitely strange to see a Nintendo "collector's piece" have enough of a manufacturing run to keep up with any demand. Or is it the demand on this device just THAT low?

Nonetheless, I remember when Sony Vita PlayStation TV devices were plentiful and getting marked down to $30 at Walmarts. They couldn't give them away... But now they are $250+ on the used market. Initial demand/supply/sales aren't a sign of future value or availability.

I mean, there's probably a good margin on these so they wanted to sell as many as possible. I bought one at release and I was a pretty disappointed at the build quality. I'm sure the LCD is the major cost here but even then, it's hard to gauge the quality of the LCD since it's display some relatively simple graphics.

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