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Nintendo of America discontinues the NES Classic

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It seems Nintendo is ending production of their highly popular NES Classic. Final shipments are going out to retailers this month, and there are no plans for the company to produce more of the hardware any time soon. Nintendo of Europe hasn't made a comment on the matter, so it is unknown if this pertains to just North America, or Japan and Europe as well. The NES Classic launched last year in November 2016, and was notorious for being near-impossible to get a hold of. Launching with 30 retro Nintendo Entertainment System games on a smaller version of the old-school console, the NES Classic was a holiday hit, selling over 1.5 million consoles as of January 2017.

Throughout April, NOA territories will receive the last shipments of Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition systems for this year. We encourage anyone interested in obtaining this system to check with retail outlets regarding availability. We understand that it has been difficult for many consumers to find a system, and for that we apologize. We have paid close attention to consumer feedback, and we greatly appreciate the incredible level of consumer interest and support for this product
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I always thought from the start, even though they never said as much, that these things would be a limited run, and frankly I'm surprised that they both made as many of them as they did, and that the demand for them was as high as it was.
 
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Darkyose said:
I think they got what they wanted...
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But I'm sure they could have had more.

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Limited Edition, people. 2 words that are important to remember.
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I've seen the games industry abuse that term so much that I've seen them discounted a few months after launch.
 
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stop calling it highly popular. if it wasn't for the scalpers, they would've never been able to outsell in the us.

i'm still seeing the same heap of classics with the weirdly placed pricetag from back in december in my go to saturn shop
 
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But I'm sure they could have had more.



I've seen the games industry abuse that term so much that I've seen them discounted a few months after launch.
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There's even digital Collector's Edition too now. lol
 
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Clydefrosch said:
stop calling it highly popular. if it wasn't for the scalpers, they would've never been able to outsell in the us.

i'm still seeing the same heap of classics with the weirdly placed pricetag from back in december in my go to saturn shop
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1.5 million is pretty darn hefty for a cheap tiny NES emulator box.
 
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Chary said:
1.5 million is pretty darn hefty for a cheap tiny NES emulator box.
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Even if we went extreme and said a third of them were scalpers that weren't able to flip it, that would still mean there was a genuine demand of 1 million people genuinely wanting the cheap, quickly put together little system. I think it's fair to say that it was definitely popular for what it was.
 
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