Pokémon Go Plus exclusive to EB Games and Nintendo Australia’s new eBay Store
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Update: EB Games Australia have just posted about the Pokemon Go Plus on their website. It will be available to preorder on their site from this Monday, September 12th at 12pm AEST. (For release on the 16th)
It will set you back $49.95AU. Nintendo Australia’s eBay store orders will open 9:00am AEST 16th September as per below.
Original Story: Nintendo yesterday announced that Pokemon Go Plus would be available on September 16th. Today they have announced where to buy it.
The accessory which aids in your Pokemon hunting will be available from EB Games at retail and from Nintendo Australia’s new eBay store online. Wonder what else they will sell!
Pokémon GO Plus will be the first item available for purchase on the new Nintendo AU/NZ eBay Store, with orders able to be placed from 9:00am AEST 16th September.
Who is still keen to pick up one of these or has the Pokémon Go gone from your life?
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Where to begin… I mean, this is just so, so, SO monumentally stupid that I could swear that Nintendo DIDN’T want to sell these things. They’re making us bend over backwards to get the damned thing and to add insult to injury, it’s EXCLUSIVE to EB. This thing is *guaranteed* to sell like hotcakes. What the hell are they doing at Nintendo HQ?
What are they doing? Making money.
Making them exclusive to EB ensures that they can’t be price matched with competitors, and therefore can’t be sold for anything less than full retail price.
There’s also clearly a serious supply and demand issue, Nintendo simply weren’t ready for just how big a hit Pokemon Go would be. It’s in their best interest to get a smaller shipment out now, rather than to push release back to later in the year so they can get more stock out at launch.
The prime time to release this accessory has been and gone, interest in the game has already waned considerably. They *need* to get this product to market ASAP, limited stock and retailer exclusivity is just good business sense at this stage.