Also maybe consumers should avoid buying scalpers goods? Feeds the beast and costs you in the end! But it could really do with some touched up laws, at least in the UK (like with ticket touting), some effort from the makers (with higher stock levels, doesn’t need to be insane) and eBay (you can’t sell preorders apparently, but zero enforcement at all). Selling in waves helps, as does chasing down scalpers and cancelling their orders if possible. Games Workshop has issues with stock of boxed games and did a Made to Order window (delayed delivery, but guaranteed to get from them at RRP).

The problem is a company doesn’t make any extra from scalpers, but they also don’t want to make excess stock that won’t sell (they want every copy they make to sell, and ideally they sell as many as the market wants for maximum profit).

This is a tough problem to crack, but in many cases it can be sorted.

As mentioned last week, physical pre-orders on websites like GameStop and Amazon were already experiencing some delays. Nintendo hasn't specifically said anything about Metroid Prime Remastered being a 'limited release' like Super Mario 3D All-Stars, but it's still getting a lot of attention. It's physical release day for Metroid Prime Remastered! 😃

Metroid Prime Remastered is now available in physical form across the US, and it seems it's become the latest target of scalpers.Īs highlighted by Kotaku and Nintendo fans on social media, this remaster of the legendary 2002 GameCube title appears to have 'become a collector's item' overnight - with scalpers now listing the physical version on websites like eBay for prices well over the $40 USD retail price.

So, if you haven't managed to snag a physical copy yet, the message here is to sit tight and avoid the scalpers - more will be coming soon. If the Metroid Prime Remastered game sells out at various retail locations in the U.S., we will work to provide more units as soon as possible. Please continue to check with major retailers for availability.

We will do everything we can to meet the strong demand for the product. Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Update : Nintendo of America got back to us with the following statement which makes clear that it will be looking to resupply outlets with more Metroid Prime Remastered stock ASAP should they sell out:

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