Amazon Limits SNES Pre-Orders To 1 Per Person, Reservations Cancelled

Nintendo’s super popular SNES Classic offering has officially blown through the roof, with supply shortages becoming a familiar trend. As a result, Amazon has officially changed its policy towards pre-orders, limiting customers to just one per unit. This has resulted in some reservations getting canceled, which likely inconvenienced scalpers.

The changes officially began yesterday and those who have already pre-ordered their SNES Classic for more than one unit are already receiving emails from Amazon that their previous reservations are getting canceled, Destructoid reports. A lot of this has to do with the online shopping site trying to make sure that as many individual customers get a chance to have a unit of their own.

This new system has actually been highly requested by the gaming community and fans of the Nintendo console remake simply because, during the last round involving the NES Classic, far too many customers did not get the chance to buy one for themselves. During the whole debacle, some took it upon themselves to buy up to several dozens of the console, thus depriving their fellow gamers the chance to get an NES.

What’s worse are the scalpers who took advantage of the opportunity to sell the units on eBay for up to $300, which is considerably more expensive than the mini console’s retail price. Based on recent reports, it would seem that these insidious individuals are at it again.

In the UK, for example, scalpers are asking for up to £150 per SNES Classic unit. This is more than twice what the gadget costs at retail, which is £69.99, The Independent reports.

It’s worth noting that re-selling rare, highly valuable products on auctions sites is not exactly illegal. However, by buying up multiple units of the miniature console in order to sell them at hugely inflated prices, these scalpers venture into morally questionable territory.