Deteacher Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Damn...missed out on this one for now. I may take a trip up to my local Gamestop and see if they are getting any more in. Probably not, but it's worth the time to see what I can find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thexder Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) The system that I ordered yesterday at 10:13am EDT now shows a status of Awaiting product availability. Edited April 21, 2022 by thexder 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Hmm... I wonder if they over sold their stock? I imagine that they'd cancel before buying more stock from Atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thexder Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Yes, it seems odd that they would have opened back up to accept more orders at least two additional times yesterday if they couldn't fulfill prior orders. I wonder though if GS is helping Atari clear their inventory before they call it quits on the platform. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 So I just went to try to get one and while the check out even when I set my home store to local showed that it wasn't out of stock, as soon as I "verified my address" it displayed as out of stock within 100 miles of me. So, seems like they are still sold out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Mockduck said: So I just went to try to get one and while the check out even when I set my home store to local showed that it wasn't out of stock, as soon as I "verified my address" it displayed as out of stock within 100 miles of me. So, seems like they are still sold out? I don't think Gamestop ever had them in stock at local stores. It was online sales only. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMarcoux66 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, zzip said: I don't think Gamestop ever had them in stock at local stores. It was online sales only. I think the only store that ever had them physically was Micro Center. I never saw them on the shelves at Best Buy or Gamestop. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Mine says "In Progress" and "Processing." ..... Yes, I did order one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeA Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I bought mine late yesterday evening when it suddenly appeared back online. It is says "In Progress" under Order Status and "Preparing for shipment" under Status. I feel pretty confident that VCS is coming my way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 So, we basically need to keep refreshing the item page, like a teenager trying to get BTS tickets? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Maybe some impulse buyers had second thoughts and canceled? It would then go back to inventory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+H454 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 My order say preparing for shipment. We'll see how it goes. I have made a couple orders thru them online and I think they ship from multiple warehouses. One part came in two days and the rest in 5- 8 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slikatel Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I checked for the better part of all night. It never let me order one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I kind of wanted one of these as an MAME emulation box (and maybe some of those recharged titles). How well does it work for that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Deteacher said: So, we basically need to keep refreshing the item page, like a teenager trying to get BTS tickets? Just like any Belieber, yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 For the VCS that I ordered from GameStop yesterday at 9:56am ET, I received a "Your GameStop order has shipped" email at 12:26am ET this morning/last night. When I check the tracking, the estimated delivery date is tomorrow. Not trying to scare anyone, but that definitely seems a bit different than some others who purchased yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Tempest said: I kind of wanted one of these as an MAME emulation box (and maybe some of those recharged titles). How well does it work for that? If you upgrade the ram it can handle some pretty modern consoles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, jgkspsx said: If you upgrade the ram it can handle some pretty modern consoles. I'm only interested in arcade games really 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Tempest said: I kind of wanted one of these as an MAME emulation box (and maybe some of those recharged titles). How well does it work for that? It runs MAME as well as anything else. Performance is much better than a Raspberry Pi, but less than a typical gaming PC. I have a few versions running, Vanilla MAME and a couple of MAME cores in retroarch. Haven't noticed any issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+H454 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 My order switched to "Awaiting product availability". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 1 hour ago, H454 said: My order switched to "Awaiting product availability". Oof. I wonder what will happen. I mean, it has to be a clearance or fire sale, right? I don't suspect they'll be receiving more. Fingers crossed though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeA Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 3 hours ago, H454 said: My order switched to "Awaiting product availability". Same here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YarsFan Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 If they had somehow been able to sell the VCS at this price point, it would have been a tremendous success. Even if they could somehow get it down to $179.99 with one Xbox-style controller included, allowing people to choose whether they pay extra for the joystick, it would probably be very popular and enable Atari to get where they seemingly want to get with this. There’s no reason why the VCS could not be a console/mini PC for the duration of the 2020s. This can be a retro dream machine. They just need to somehow find a way to sell it at sub-$200 without taking a loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 2 hours ago, YarsFan said: If they had somehow been able to sell the VCS at this price point, it would have been a tremendous success. Even if they could somehow get it down to $179.99 with one Xbox-style controller included, allowing people to choose whether they pay extra for the joystick, it would probably be very popular and enable Atari to get where they seemingly want to get with this. There’s no reason why the VCS could not be a console/mini PC for the duration of the 2020s. This can be a retro dream machine. They just need to somehow find a way to sell it at sub-$200 without taking a loss. No this price is crazy low considering it comes with controllers (modern controllers for other systems often sell for $50, $60, $70). $99 for the console alone would be cool but is probably not reasonable either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I wonder how many of these $99 systems are gonna show up on Feebay, asking 3-5 times what they paid for it? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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