UK retailer GAME is now asking for £50 deposits for every SNES Classic preorder.
Nintendo can promise there will be more SNES Classics in stock than the NES Classic till Mario’s face goes blue. And but with eBay scalper prices already spiking, it’s doubtless historical past will repeat itself as soon as once more. So it shouldn’t be any shock that UK retailer GAME will try and nip this within the bud with a £50 deposit, for all the nice it would do.
After initially providing a £10 deposit this morning, Eurogamer is now reporting that GAME has elevated the value. “Supply is low,” the retailer justified on Twitter, “demand is high. And deters scalpers.”
GAME’s determination is unlikely to place a dent within the SNES Classic scalper market, since GAME.co.uk, Amazon, and Smyths are all at present out of inventory. But forcing scalpers to pay extra for every system would possibly guarantee informal prospects can decide them up at a brick-and-mortar store when the system ultimately launches.
Hopefully we’ll discover out by yr’s finish.
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