Zelda 40th Anniversary Collection Stock Will Be “Replenished
Nintendo has confirmed that it will replenish stock for The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Collection, promising to share news about when it will do so through the Nintendo Store app.“The Legend of Zelda 40th…
Nintendo has confirmed that it will replenish stock for The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Collection, promising to share news about when it will do so through the Nintendo Store app.
“The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Collection is currently sold out,” the company writes in a banner notification that has appeared on the Nintendo Store. “We will announce when stock is replenished via the Nintendo Store app.”
Pre-orders for The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Nintendo Switch 2 console (£434.99), The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller and Stand (£92.99), The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition and Screen Protector (£92.99), and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake (£49.99 Digital / £58.99 Physical) were all pushed live this week.
It didn’t take long for the products to be marked as “Out of Stock,” with fans criticising the way in which the company had handled making them available to pre-order.
There was no official confirmation as to what time or date pre-orders would be opened regionally, but as word quickly spread, the estimated wait time for the Nintendo Store’s queue system regularly exceeded an hour. Worse still, once you could access the website, you were hit with constant server and application errors – whether attempting to add a product to your basket or proceeding to checkout to place your pre-order.
To no one’s surprise (but to everyone’s disappointment), many of those who were lucky enough to place a pre-order have listed their items on eBay. Having checked in the United Kingdom, there are at least 100 consoles that I can see that are listed with their pricing marked up between £100-200 on average.