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Message: <blockquote data-quote="N0Man" data-source="post: 5027075" data-attributes="member: 64066">I tried looking for information on this, and really there was nothing to support or refute this.  However, I also could not find any information at all regarding their being any shortages, or that Classic was hard to come by once it was reintroduced.  The closest thing I could find on this was from an official Coke site:Personally, I think the interesting things about it was that it really was a small minority that made the big fuss and created a perception of a universal reaction when that wasn't quite the case.  Admittedly, the negativity was infectious, and in the end it did become rather trendy to bash the new formula, and by the end of the year the sales rate of the Classic formula did come back to overtake the new recipe (but still did not overtake the sales total for the year apparently).I think that what is being confused here is distinction between a universal rejection of the old formula (which did not happen) versus a majority embracing the classic formula (which did occur *after* the reintroduction of the new formula).  The latter was definitely a more pervasive social phenomenon than the former.But these are really tangent issues, and don't follow the parallels of Edition wars in my opinion since those who preferred the old edition didn't have to stop playing and also there are many who strongly like the new edition.</blockquote>