@@peterortiz1160 Walmart/Amazon would be my guess. Were caught by Nintendo shipping/giving the games out early. Since Nintendo asked them specifically to not do physical presales.
I also dont understand why people think Nintendo cant track which game goes where. They do keys in batches... even for physical. Everything is done in batches. They know when someone tries to access the data of a physical or digital game. They know the serial number of the game can look up where that batch was sent to. This is why Nintendo is slow at producing physical product. They are doing an old school method that produces the best accurate results. People always act surprised or shocked that Nintendo knows when you are leaking the game.... how they find out... not that hard. They find the batch/es involved. ask the store why the game was released early against the contract with Nintendo.... then the store just provides them the information instead of facing a lawsuit from Nintendo.
No they ONLY want to make money. They know you will buy the digital copy regardless so why would they spend money to build physical? It’s just another unnecessary liability on the books when they could be putting it on the pile.
What’s sad is we as fans are still under the impression that the companies are going to cater to their fans when they couldn’t care less about anything other than more money. Bare minimum maximum revenue. Remember they literally just re-released WiiU games on the switch for full price and they are the exact same games. They have been selling the same Mario kart game for 12years for full price.
@@joesshows6793 guess u did not see that they said themselves they where not stoping physical releases this has nothing to do with that nintendo wants u people to stop being lazy and go to the store to preorder
@@malikgray6615 quick explanation on why this is possible it could help with scalpers... (could be inefficient too though) scalper will always try to preorder lots of stock in advance to then hope that theres shortage to then be able to sell it overpriced. so by making preorder more limited, it could help on that aspect.
I’m glad Amazon & Walmart chose to cancel preorders if it means eliminating scalpers. People can wait to buy their 1 copy on release day. End of story.
I’ve actually been to a Walmart in the past and for games like Pikmin 4, Super Mario Party etc. they have had the games available 2 days beforehand! I was super surprised and kind of confused lol but yes it definitely has happened
I preorder mine from Best Buy. I had times when Best Buy text me pickup was ready a day before release but Best Buy system wouldn’t let the cashier give me the game. 🤣
I wana say this is Nintendo’s fault not the individual sellers themselves Nintendo knows what there doing it’s just Greed humans are indelible when it comes to Greed ! And this is a prime Example. For me honestly I would just buy the GameCube version and play it that way it’s just to much of a hassle
They canceled my pikmin 4 order twice Refunded my card both times..... Then sent me both orders and the pre-order bonus.....gratis LOL Wal-Mart is a shitshow
How exactly is walking into a physical brick and mortar store a struggle I pre-ordered mine at GameStop physically in the store like a month ago and there’s nothing wrong with my pre-order
Going to your local store that sells video games should not be considered a struggle. I think it's great Nintendo has done that and made people get off their butts and get out
Definitely agreed, I always preorder and pick up physical games from my local GameStop. In fact I usually go early and arrive just before the store opens so I could get my copy ASAP, rather than having to wait for it to arrive in the mail, or worry about any possible shipping delays.
I also preordered a physical copy on Amazon. Good thing I noticed they cancelled a few weeks ago. I now preordered from Target because my Red Card made it a little cheaper than GameStop. The shipping label was created and should arrive on Thursday! Edit: Just noticed Target preorders sold out. Hope everyone wanting the physical copy can grab it!
I live in Europe, and I usually buy from Amazon Germany or local stores and there is no problem with stock or pre-ordes. I place my preorder from a local store and is still on track. Maybe just Amazon US is having that issue😐
Does this only apply to certain regions? Amazon japan still has Paper Mario RPG (thousand year door) up for preorder. On a side note, I have my copy preordered in store at gamestop, so this doesn't directly affect me, but I feel for the people who had this happen so suddenly with online preorders :/...
If anything, they promoting old fashioned "go to the store and pick up game when it launches" form of game selling. Honestly, the whole "pre order" thing has become a cancer in the gaming industry; with the whole reseller situation.
The local game store I go to got in like 60 copies or more. I’m not sure it’s that hard to just go out and get it now as opposed to having pre ordered it.
I honestly don't remember the last time I pre-ordered a game. The last Switch game I bought was Tears of the Kingdom, and I was able to just go inside Target about an hour after they opened, and not only did they have a bunch of copies on the New Releases endcap, they also had a main aisle display that was filled with copies that you could just grab and take to the checkout. Of course, this example isn't always the case. Games that aren't as hyped as Tears of the Kingdom was do tend to have much less inventory shipped out to stores. Still, if you want a physical copy, you can usually find a store nearby that has it in stock on release day.
I wonder if lower production runs, is because they are also starting production runs for the Switch successor games that will be available at launch. If the following console is not backwards compatible, then they may be releasing a bunch of these games on that system too, or they just think that people aren't going to want these games when the next system drops. As for "Ounce" it's believed that this is the project code for the Switch successor, because that word has popped up several times in some of the Switch firmware updates. Here in Australia though, it seem there's no issues ordering Thousand Year Door. It's still available at all retailers as of writing this.
QVC has a physical copy that takes an extra week or two to ship but you can take advantage of thier deal where if you have a new account the games $20 off
I can only assume Nintendo are tired of Walmart and Amazons bullshit of promoting scalping but also constantly breaking street date at first it wasn’t that bad but now it’s gotten worse
Ive gotten games from amazon pretty early in the past. Nintendo games were often like a few days to a week late while other games were often at least a few days early.
Well since you wanted to know according to famitsu endless ocean luminous had already sold over 28,000 copies in just it's first 3 days of being on the market from May 2 to May 5.
If NOA is going to play games de-prioritizing availability of physical in order to boost download sales, then just import, costs about the same anyway.
@@mingo675 they are limiting physical only as preorder, and yes, scalper do preorder big numbers in advance to try to have all the stock. so its possible its an inneficient way to try to curb scalping.
Nintendo has me wondering on this one. It is not just Amazon either. You can't pre order a physical copy anywhere not through Walmart not through Target not even Nintendo themselves are pre ordering this. When you go to their store it says you can pre-order the digital version but when you select the physical option it just says available on May 23rd. Normally it will prompt you to pick what store you wish to order from, but not with this one.
I'm surprised people care to buy physical copies. It's so much more convenient to have all your games downloaded on the system and not have to switch them out.
I'm not an expert but maybe they are saving on the computer chips and other materials that are used to create a game for the switch 2 games so they have a constant supply
Maybe if Nintendo used better hardware their stuff wouldn’t be so easy to emulate. I can’t get some ps2 and PS3 roms to even work, yet GameCube and Wii games are no problem. Pretty much all their systems and games are no problem to run
The profit return on new Physical games is pretty low for retailers. I can see them not wanting to risk a loss.On the other hand, it is a preorder. Who knows
At least I didn't put "CANCELLED" like stupid Spawnwave did
I only watch spawnwave for Nintendo news, nothing else.
I saw that RGT before I saw this video. Too funny 😂
@sg-zd8eb why are you here then ? 😂
@@infamousbird323 because RGT is best Nintendo TH-camr of all time. 😁
I'm surprised spawnwave didn't put CONTROVERSY in the title like every other video headline he does.
They found out who was leaking the games early.....
If it ain’t one thing it’s another 😊
Who
@@peterortiz1160 Walmart/Amazon would be my guess. Were caught by Nintendo shipping/giving the games out early. Since Nintendo asked them specifically to not do physical presales.
I also dont understand why people think Nintendo cant track which game goes where. They do keys in batches... even for physical. Everything is done in batches. They know when someone tries to access the data of a physical or digital game. They know the serial number of the game can look up where that batch was sent to. This is why Nintendo is slow at producing physical product. They are doing an old school method that produces the best accurate results. People always act surprised or shocked that Nintendo knows when you are leaking the game.... how they find out... not that hard. They find the batch/es involved. ask the store why the game was released early against the contract with Nintendo.... then the store just provides them the information instead of facing a lawsuit from Nintendo.
Well spoken
Week 1 PS, Week 2 Xbox, Week 3 Nintendo. The cycle is now complete!
F all companies tbh
@@javierdelgado3915 lol butthurt I see lol
Valve: we're gonna sit this one out
PC Gaming FTW ✌️🙂
I think... ✌️😕
@@gochem3013GMod says hi
You know Amazon and Walmart break street dates right….
Why must Nintendo always do weird stuff like this? It's like they DON'T want to make money!
No they ONLY want to make money. They know you will buy the digital copy regardless so why would they spend money to build physical? It’s just another unnecessary liability on the books when they could be putting it on the pile.
What’s sad is we as fans are still under the impression that the companies are going to cater to their fans when they couldn’t care less about anything other than more money. Bare minimum maximum revenue.
Remember they literally just re-released WiiU games on the switch for full price and they are the exact same games. They have been selling the same Mario kart game for 12years for full price.
@@joesshows6793 guess u did not see that they said themselves they where not stoping physical releases this has nothing to do with that nintendo wants u people to stop being lazy and go to the store to preorder
@@joesshows6793if they only wanted to make money they’d put their games on pc
They do what others don't. That's their slogan.
It would be funny if Loui is watching this video like, "nah man, I am a successful man and raising my family, my son does that snot thing too".
My friend’s orders got cancelled on AMZ. “Orders” like 10 units, so sounds like maybe a crack down on scalpers (which he is)
thats possible.
So your friend ordered 100 games then ? when it comes to greed human nature is indelible.
@@malikgray6615 quick explanation on why this is possible it could help with scalpers... (could be inefficient too though) scalper will always try to preorder lots of stock in advance to then hope that theres shortage to then be able to sell it overpriced. so by making preorder more limited, it could help on that aspect.
Good screw your friend you are brave going online saying you are friends with a scalper
I’m glad Amazon & Walmart chose to cancel preorders if it means eliminating scalpers. People can wait to buy their 1 copy on release day. End of story.
Play Asia has the physical version for $40 + 8 for shipping. It's the multi language version so it has English as well
I was about to mention that too. That’s my go to for hard to get physical games. You can usually find them there 👍🏼
Um they already jacked the price up to $42 plus shipping. I bet they go up even more after more preorders come in.
Not as easy to scalp that version.
They raised it to $42 from $40 because of inflation avoiders.
Only 8$ shipping
Last time I looked at ordering from them the shipping rates were INSANE
Both Amazon and Walmart broke the rules for releasing games earlier before the offical release dates
Ok
can someone verify this. because it could be true... only walmart and amazon USA cant preorder online
I’ve actually been to a Walmart in the past and for games like Pikmin 4, Super Mario Party etc. they have had the games available 2 days beforehand! I was super surprised and kind of confused lol but yes it definitely has happened
I preorder mine from Best Buy. I had times when Best Buy text me pickup was ready a day before release but Best Buy system wouldn’t let the cashier give me the game. 🤣
I wana say this is Nintendo’s fault not the individual sellers themselves Nintendo knows what there doing it’s just Greed humans are indelible when it comes to Greed ! And this is a prime Example. For me honestly I would just buy the GameCube version and play it that way it’s just to much of a hassle
This is odd for sure, but maybe they just can’t gauge how many copies they need to print yet.
It sounds like they are getting greedy for sure !
It’s so weird. Here in Canada, my local GameStop has a large stock for their preorders and walk ins.
Walmart cancelled my order (email) but still showing as in progress in Order History.
They canceled my pikmin 4 order twice
Refunded my card both times.....
Then sent me both orders and the pre-order bonus.....gratis
LOL
Wal-Mart is a shitshow
I will not buy it digital, if I don't get a physical copy I will just hook up my gamecube
I don't need this anyway if the GameCube version is left as is. This version censored the cat call scene. I don't want censorship period!
Or just get a pc and do emulation just to piss nintendo off like I do
I think im going to seek out a ttyd for gamecube @@JohnyTheWizKid
@@KatmeloChannelyea because Nintendo cares enough about you to be pissed off. You are not that important buddy
I don’t understand man 🤷♂️ GameCube version was better
Note: this is not happening for PAL territories. This issue seems to be localised to the USA only. (Possibly Canada as well)
How exactly is walking into a physical brick and mortar store a struggle I pre-ordered mine at GameStop physically in the store like a month ago and there’s nothing wrong with my pre-order
Gas stations should sell Nintendo Switch games
Put them right next to the hot dog steamer, day old pizza and suspect breakfast sandwiches
@@shooter86-uw8ce *this was funny as an ex gas station employee*
My favourite Nintendo youtuber
FBI contacted
The best Nintendo TH-camr ever.
I thought RGT was the female body inspector.....😂
Going to your local store that sells video games should not be considered a struggle. I think it's great Nintendo has done that and made people get off their butts and get out
Definitely agreed, I always preorder and pick up physical games from my local GameStop. In fact I usually go early and arrive just before the store opens so I could get my copy ASAP, rather than having to wait for it to arrive in the mail, or worry about any possible shipping delays.
As of 5:20 EDT it's still available for pre-order on Best Buy in the US.
hmmm I just checked in Canada, I could pre order in Amazon or VGP if I wanted to. are they not allocating properly for regions?
I also preordered a physical copy on Amazon. Good thing I noticed they cancelled a few weeks ago. I now preordered from Target because my Red Card made it a little cheaper than GameStop. The shipping label was created and should arrive on Thursday!
Edit: Just noticed Target preorders sold out. Hope everyone wanting the physical copy can grab it!
I preordered mine from Best Buy way back on April 8th. And I just checked, BB still has it available for preorder right now.
Must likely an anti-scalper method.
There doesn't seem to be any issue in the UK.
Currently available for pre-order on Amazon UK.
Don't bash your own family.
Thank god I preordered a physical copy in-store at GameStop.
Its still available at Amazon in Canada
Best Buy, Target, Game Stop, VGP, and probably your local stores.
It's still available to pre-order on Costco online.
I live in Europe, and I usually buy from Amazon Germany or local stores and there is no problem with stock or pre-ordes. I place my preorder from a local store and is still on track. Maybe just Amazon US is having that issue😐
is it maybe to combat scalpers? Or are they just getting to many pre orders that they cannot meet demand? Very strange
I swear to god man RGT 85 is a Nintendo TH-camr and our favorite Nintendo TH-camr too. I swear to god man
Does this only apply to certain regions? Amazon japan still has Paper Mario RPG (thousand year door) up for preorder.
On a side note, I have my copy preordered in store at gamestop, so this doesn't directly affect me, but I feel for the people who had this happen so suddenly with online preorders :/...
If anything, they promoting old fashioned "go to the store and pick up game when it launches" form of game selling. Honestly, the whole "pre order" thing has become a cancer in the gaming industry; with the whole reseller situation.
Finally someone says this. Thought it was really odd that you couldn't pre-order paper Mario on Amazon or anywhere.
The local game store I go to got in like 60 copies or more. I’m not sure it’s that hard to just go out and get it now as opposed to having pre ordered it.
The world needs more Louie stories in your videos
Can someone educate me why he hates spawnwave so much
I just preordered mine on GameStop.
I just walked yesterday to a GameStop and got it pre-ordered. Is it hard at other places?
I honestly don't remember the last time I pre-ordered a game. The last Switch game I bought was Tears of the Kingdom, and I was able to just go inside Target about an hour after they opened, and not only did they have a bunch of copies on the New Releases endcap, they also had a main aisle display that was filled with copies that you could just grab and take to the checkout. Of course, this example isn't always the case. Games that aren't as hyped as Tears of the Kingdom was do tend to have much less inventory shipped out to stores. Still, if you want a physical copy, you can usually find a store nearby that has it in stock on release day.
I wonder if lower production runs, is because they are also starting production runs for the Switch successor games that will be available at launch. If the following console is not backwards compatible, then they may be releasing a bunch of these games on that system too, or they just think that people aren't going to want these games when the next system drops.
As for "Ounce" it's believed that this is the project code for the Switch successor, because that word has popped up several times in some of the Switch firmware updates.
Here in Australia though, it seem there's no issues ordering Thousand Year Door. It's still available at all retailers as of writing this.
I feel like Nintendo did not expect this many people want a physical copy of TTYD
THEY CANCELED MY ORDER
Sour candy 🍭
Scalper
It’s because you yell all the time.
Good. You need to learn patience.
I would just order the GameCube version if any of y’all still have your GameCubes
Ya shouldn’t take the Lords name in vain like that RGT..
QVC has a physical copy that takes an extra week or two to ship but you can take advantage of thier deal where if you have a new account the games $20 off
Nintendo wants you to buy digital point blank
I pre ordered mine at eb games I'm in Australia 🇦🇺 though . But I'm not sure if mine has been cancelled though because I didn't get a text or call yet
One answear, leakers.
RGT is really liking that flames background recently
I can only assume Nintendo are tired of Walmart and Amazons bullshit of promoting scalping but also constantly breaking street date at first it wasn’t that bad but now it’s gotten worse
Luie is gonna be pissed when he finds this video
Little louie was not to be messed with
I am not getting PMTTYD or Luigi's Mansion 2 HD until they go on sale. $60 is too much. Anyone know why Amazon is not pre-ordering NWC:NES Edition?
"Im not a Nintendo TH-camr" :)
geez Nintendo is even more protective then my mom! XD
Ive gotten games from amazon pretty early in the past. Nintendo games were often like a few days to a week late while other games were often at least a few days early.
My walmart order got canceled but target accepted my order the day after.
I preordered from Best Buy and so far I haven’t gotten an email stating that the order is cancelled. But I have to admit, I am extremely nervous
Before the game is even out? That's absurd! Why is nintendo like this?
That sucks. I preordered the digital weeks ago and it pre-downloaded yesterday.
I thought you people didnt even like preordering? Make up your minds
Never understood the point of pre orders tbh, digital games cost more than physical and its not like the physical copies are gonna be in short print
So far Amazon Canada and BestBuy Canada have not cancelled. Both actually sent delivery updates to indicate shipping date is May 21st.
Best Buy US hasn’t canceled either got my copy same day shipping and deliver
Well since you wanted to know according to famitsu endless ocean luminous had already sold over 28,000 copies in just it's first 3 days of being on the market from May 2 to May 5.
I love the Endless Ocean games because I can't go diving due to medical issues.
The lack of distribution is dumb.
If NOA is going to play games de-prioritizing availability of physical in order to boost download sales, then just import, costs about the same anyway.
Awesome video. We need more RGT lore. Loui story wildin.
It also definitely helps curb any kind of scalping.
it can indeed
So limited physical copies are going to curb scalping? I doubt that. It would have an opposite effect, and history shows that with nintendo.
@@mingo675 they are limiting physical only as preorder, and yes, scalper do preorder big numbers in advance to try to have all the stock. so its possible its an inneficient way to try to curb scalping.
It is very puzzling. Nintendo being Nintendo.
My preorder from VGP is still holding.
I will have the digital version
😂😂 every time RGT does a video now on Nintendo it starts with “I’m not a Nintendo TH-camr” 😂😂
Nintendo has me wondering on this one. It is not just Amazon either. You can't pre order a physical copy anywhere not through Walmart not through Target not even Nintendo themselves are pre ordering this. When you go to their store it says you can pre-order the digital version but when you select the physical option it just says available on May 23rd. Normally it will prompt you to pick what store you wish to order from, but not with this one.
*Video starts* “I swear to god”
Yep this is going to be a good one
Best Buy didn't cancel my preorder for TYD...yet. so try there if you are so inclined
my gamestop got preorders so idk i know amazon doesn’t have it
Guess going to Gamestop is the way to go :/
Nintendo Switch has limited storage I tend not to go digital to much
I'm surprised people care to buy physical copies. It's so much more convenient to have all your games downloaded on the system and not have to switch them out.
I'm not an expert but maybe they are saving on the computer chips and other materials that are used to create a game for the switch 2 games so they have a constant supply
Playing it in my Retroid 4, best purchase ever
Endless ocean gamestop has it 50 not worth it
Call it...... Nintendo flip.
I preordered it and forgot until I was charged… got it yesterday (May 23rd)
Maybe they want to lower the amount of "re'sell" ...???
I used one of my Nintendo Vouchers for the game. I'm perfectly fine with digital, I have two switches.
When I want good Nintendo news, I come here! There is always Nintendo on RGT. Keep up the big N work!
Sale? But how will we make Mar10 day special if we hand out sales like candy? ^^;
It seems they are inching towards digital games. Try and see if you can find the American released Oragami King.
If I can only get this game digitally I won't be buying it at all
Maybe if Nintendo used better hardware their stuff wouldn’t be so easy to emulate. I can’t get some ps2 and PS3 roms to even work, yet GameCube and Wii games are no problem. Pretty much all their systems and games are no problem to run
Yes, its impossible to walk over to Walmart and get a copy.....
The profit return on new Physical games is pretty low for retailers. I can see them not wanting to risk a loss.On the other hand, it is a preorder. Who knows
Here in Canada it doesn't seem to be a problem.
I want more louise lore 😂
It's about time our favorite Nintendo TH-camr showed up, we've been waiting all morning🧐
Maybe they thought because it's a remake they won't sell as many so they didn't produce as many but it already sold out so you can't get it.
Bestbuy still taking pre orders