>>10949134Nah, I just don't like dumb zoomers trying to talk about shit they know nothing about.
It's like if you claimed the N64 was $250 at launch and Tickle Me Elmo didn't come out until 2001 (both were the biggest holiday items for 1996).
Shit was nuts. People fighting over Elmo dolls, made worse than the Cabbage Patch Kids riots of 1982 by 24/7 news media making people more paranoid than ever.
With the N64, they were so hard to get, retailers were cashing in by forcing bundles onto consumers. I remember being online and the nerds were super pissed and swearing off nintendo, despite nintendo having no control over shitty store tactics.
I vaguely remember another console had the same shit happen.
Seriously, that shit was so bad that even adults without children wanted them for themselves. This was pre-ebay, so scalping wasn't widespread. So it goes to show that people read about this advertisements pretending to be news and just want it for no real reason at all.
