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posted by janrinok on Tuesday May 15 2018, @09:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the gamers-rejoice dept.

We had two stories submitted via IRC about the return of the NES Classic Edition from Nintendo:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

Nintendo has announced the date for its re-release of its re-release of the NES, the NES Classic Edition. The console, which sold out immediately upon its debut in November 2016, will return to...

Mentioning this for those that wanted one but didn't snag one last time they were available. SuperNES too, and both expected to be available until the end of the year. List of built-in NES games included in link.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/13/17350686/nintendo-nes-classic-mini-re-release-date

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow0245

Nintendo expects stock "through the end of the year" after June 29 relaunch.

After plans for a summer re-launch were announced last September, the NES Classic Edition will be available once again starting on June 29 in both North America and Europe, Nintendo announced via Twitter last night. While the plug-and-play hardware saw widespread shortages during a limited production run from late 2016 through early 2017, Nintendo now says that both the NES and Super NES Classic Edition systems "are expected to be available through the end of the year."

After the NES Classic sold more than 2.3 million units in just under six months, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime admitted in an interview with Gamespot that there was a "marketplace disconnect" between Nintendo's expectations and the demand for the self-contained system, which contains 30 NES games for a $60 MSRP. He added to Time magazine, "We've got a lot going on right now and we don't have unlimited resources."

Since then, it seems the company may have learned how to commit sufficient resources to the popular line of nostalgic hardware. Fils-Aime promised "dramatically increased" production for the Super NES Classic back in September and has since then sold nearly 5.3 million units in about six months, avoiding the shortages and secondhand markup that plagued the NES Classic's initial launch.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/05/miss-out-on-the-nes-classic-itll-be-back-in-stores-soon/


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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @07:40AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @07:40AM (#680312)

    Excuse me while I grab my pearls! What kind of "Ready Player One" retro crap is this, and why does it find it's way onto the front page of SoylentNews? Yes, some of us may be gamers, but not that kind of suck-up, totally dependent, gamers. What are you thinking, eds? Oh, really? That, huh? Nevermind.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:50PM (#680396)

    What? Do you want more gay politics circlejerking stories instead?