A story that could repeat itself this year in the face of the shortage of consoles among primary producers.

Warner Bros. Photos, New Line Cinema and Megastar Thrower Leisure They are releasing the Christmas trailer in 8 Bits (8-Bit Christmas), a comedy with Christmas accents, starring Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mom), which may arrive on HBO Max this November 24 with an excessively transparent premise. and where video games have so much to do with: “How long would you go for the most productive reward [una Nintendo NES]?“

“From New Line Cinema and HBO Max comes 8-bit Christmas, aa laugh and frank take a look at the adventures of youth. Set in the suburbs of Chicago in the late 1980s, the tale of 10-year-old Jake Doyle’s Herculean quest to get the newest and greatest online gaming machine for Christmas, ”we can learn from the movie description provided via HBO Max.

Its first trailer features plenty of references to the craft, letting us see the beautiful meaning for the smallest of every space that video games with Nintendo NES-like platforms on their heads already had, all with that touch of Christmas cleverly reminiscent of classics like A Father Jingle All of the Manner, with Arnold Schwarzenegger fighting for the ultimate Turbo Guy.

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Directed via Michael Dowse with a screenplay via Kevin Jakubowski according to his namesake novel, Christmas in 8 Bits could even arrive in Spain on a date to be determined.

Rarity of consoles in points of sale

The rarity of the Nintendo NES proven in the movie is probably an example of the cruel Christmas marketing campaign that we may face this year in stores, where the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox sequence continue to provide critical supply issues. In fact, this week we found out that Nintendo is also anticipating the arrival of less Nintendo Transfer in retail outlets due to the loss of items.

Extra on: HBO Max.