Nintendo Wii U

[scottcr]

all bits have gone... no more 1s or 0s left

they're having to make new 1s and 0s to create the download codes now.

[Mr Cochese]

Well that's fucking annoying.

[shirubagan]

I ended up registering a new email/password as I couldn't remember my login. Received the confirmation email, but no codes yet.

The speed at which the prices were changed makes me think that someone is going to get a severe bollocking over at the Nintendo Store.

[BossSaru]

The speed at which the prices were changed makes me think that someone is going to get a severe bollocking over at the Nintendo Store.

They should be okay. The general policy for fuckups at Nintendo is to make the culprit bow and ask for understanding.

[Eighthours]

I ordered Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101. Got my confirmation email immediately (they'd only changed the price back for the boxed games at that point), and just a few seconds later the digital downloads had changed to £39.99 too. Haven't had my codes yet, am worried they're not going to honour my order! What a deal, though - Nintendo should definitely think about flash sales for real.

[scottcr]

I just bought* two games I'd never buy at full price. But at <10 quid, they were both bargains and crossed over that value threshold for me. So, regardless if it's a f$%k up - I imagine in 10 minutes it was up, Nintendo made a lot more money from those games than they would have over the course of the entire week.

*I don't have my code yet...

[Calashnikov]

Bastard, went to check Animal Crossing on 3DS and it looks full price. What was that all about?

[shirubagan]

Every company should do flash sales. Steam has the right idea. A few thousand people buying that game at 25% of the price is better than no-one buying it, it increases traffic to your site/app and elevates brand awareness into social consciousness. I spent £30-40 over Christmas on the discounted games on the Wii U shop and another £17 now that I would never have spent otherwise (only a passing interest in DKC and M&L was unappealing due to mixed reviews).

EDIT: Status, Awaiting Stock Pick. HURRY UP.

[Calashnikov]

Missed it by MINUTES

[pulsemyne]

All you lucky people now get to experience the brilliance of the wonderful 101. You are in for one hell of a ride!

[BarryL85]

They still havent taken the money from my bank so no chance of code getting there anytime soon.

[mogawoods]

Only got my Animal Crossing code. No Wonderful 101 or Donkey Kong yet. Still, can't complain.

[ryodi]

My order is still processing but some people on neogaf are getting cancellation emails so I'm not expecting the order to go through.

[scottcr]

I don't have my code yet...

If Nintendo were smart about this, then they'd honour the sales. Learn that this could be a good thing. But the realities of a corporate are that you can't just do this - and so someone will get a bollocking, we won't get our codes and I'll continue to never pay >10 quid for either Lego City or DK.

[Jimmy Shedders]

My order is still processing but some people on neogaf are getting cancellation emails so I'm not expecting the order to go through.

Mine changed to stock pick fairly soon after placing my order, I then got both codes shortly after that.

[shirubagan]

Just seen this in their T&Cs:

We can refuse to accept or fulfil any order in our absolute discretion.

[BarryL85]

Just seen this in their T&Cs:

I'm guessing mines will likely get cancelled as I had it in my basket while trying to sort my account details out, it was out of stock during this time but once my details were sorted it allowed me to purchase.

[shirubagan]

Oh well. No loss if it does get cancelled. I have far too many games as it is.

[BarryL85]

That's a good way of looking at it to be fair and I'm suffering from the exact same problem of late.

[Fletch]

Well I've been home all day but I don't get my internet turned on until tomorrow so no cheap games for me.

[jonnyalpha]

The window of opportunity on this one was really small. I was just a bit unlucky and didn't notice the thread immediately even though I was online, I think I missed out by a few minutes in the end.

[mogawoods]

They just sent out the rest of the codes now. Check your inboxes, people! Surprised they actually honoured these.

[Mr Do 71]

Pikmin code GET!!

[evilashchris]

Yep, just got my 101 code too

[DarhkFox]

my 101 code came through as well =)

[Myshkin]

omg i have no idea what this is but i feel like i missed out hugely!!

[Garibaldi]

I'm getting a strong feeling that it's the kind of thing that lasts 0.68 seconds once someone posts it up on HotUkDeals.

[Not Thread Owner]

Fucking hell. You lucky, lucky bastards.

[shirubagan]

3DS games GET.

For those of you who received Pikmin and W101 codes: prepare for some truly excellent gaming.

[NEG]

So did people get games for £5 each or something? What happened?