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| sworddude:
I don't get why people buy it for such a high price in the first place ??? I can expect it for the regular people who want to relive some memories for the normal price but I find it insane that especially collectors want this plug n play console while an everdrive gives unlimited games instead of only 30. What's the appeal for a collector aside from another official collectible with nice packaging? I highly doubt that there are any regular people who want to buy one for the sake of reliving those memories for the inflated price. I think that only the collectors and semi collectors pay those insane prices who usually already have an nes with games, just for the sake of another collectible item. You won't find me dead with a plug n play console not today not tomorrow. |
| tpugmire:
Interesting that the Famicom version is quite a bit cheaper on eBay. Seems like they are starting at about $130. |
| emporerdragon:
--- Quote from: soera on November 12, 2016, 01:03:28 pm ---This thing is an weird anomaly right now. It has games on it that have been widely available to the public for up to 30 years and yet people are paying more for this than a brand new PS4. I honestly dont get it. --- End quote --- Two core reasons: 1) Overall ignorance. Nobody on these forums (or really any gaming forums) is the target audience for this. The target is the adult who very casually plays games and/or wants to experience some childhood nostalgia. If you mention terms like emulation, ROMs, or virtual console to them, they'll react by tilting their head like a confused puppy. If you've ever had to be your family's IT person, it's people with that level of technological ignorance that Nintendo's gunning for. 2) It's basically one of the big holiday items for this season. So, people get panicky and desperate, because if that's not under the tree, then Christmas is ruined. So folks will shell out large wads of cash because they can't bear to get little Johnny something else or god forbid, an IOU. Hell, just look at all the tantrums being thrown on the item's amazon page about people being pissed off that Amazon sold out so fast. Those people simply don't realize that yes, they wanted one, but so did a few hundred thousand other people. |
| kamikazekeeg:
I'd love to someday pick up one of these and give it to my dad. He could play old Zelda 1 and 2 with no issues, no roms, it just plugs right into a TV, it's incredibly handy and straightforward and he might even get a kick out of some of the other games since he can't do anything too fast paced. Doesn't have the dexterity for it. Him, people who haven't bought a new Nintendo system in years, or parents wanting to show their kids what they use to play, that's who this is for. It's a very smart thing to do, though Nintendo is being shitty with stock like they always are. Either they are purposefully releasing small amounts of stock to build hype, or they are just oblivious to their own market. I wouldn't put either past them. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: emporerdragon on November 13, 2016, 06:37:16 pm --- --- Quote from: soera on November 12, 2016, 01:03:28 pm ---This thing is an weird anomaly right now. It has games on it that have been widely available to the public for up to 30 years and yet people are paying more for this than a brand new PS4. I honestly dont get it. --- End quote --- Two core reasons: 1) Overall ignorance. Nobody on these forums (or really any gaming forums) is the target audience for this. The target is the adult who very casually plays games and/or wants to experience some childhood nostalgia. If you mention terms like emulation, ROMs, or virtual console to them, they'll react by tilting their head like a confused puppy. If you've ever had to be your family's IT person, it's people with that level of technological ignorance that Nintendo's gunning for. 2) It's basically one of the big holiday items for this season. So, people get panicky and desperate, because if that's not under the tree, then Christmas is ruined. So folks will shell out large wads of cash because they can't bear to get little Johnny something else or god forbid, an IOU. Hell, just look at all the tantrums being thrown on the item's amazon page about people being pissed off that Amazon sold out so fast. Those people simply don't realize that yes, they wanted one, but so did a few hundred thousand other people. --- End quote --- I agree that the mini Nes is for the target people like you mentioned however at least in my country it seems that only collectors get these consoles. however you think that these normal people pay those insane prices and not collectors for the sake of another collectible? |
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