Nintendo Announces NES Classic will return to stores in 2018 - Sensationalist Headlines

[quote]Due to incredible demand for the upcoming Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition system, Nintendo plans to ship the retro-inspired product into 2018. Originally, shipments were announced to cease at the end of this calendar year. In addition, more units of Super NES Classic Edition will ship on its Sept. 29 launch day in the U.S. than were shipped of NES Classic Edition all last year, with subsequent shipments arriving in stores regularly. Fans have shown their unbridled enthusiasm for these Classic Edition systems, so Nintendo is working to put many more of them on store shelves. The Super NES Classic Edition system features 21 legendary Super NES games such as Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Metroid. Launching on Sept. 29 at a suggested retail price of only $79.99, Super NES Classic Edition plugs directly into the TV using the provided HDMI cable, and comes with two wired controllers. For more information about Super NES Classic Edition, visit [url]http://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic[/url]. Next summer, Nintendo will also bring back the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition system with new shipments. More information about the timing of the return of NES Classic Edition will be announced in the future. NES Classic Edition features 30 classic NES games such as the original Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong. For more information about NES Classic Edition, visit [url]http://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic/[/url].[/quote] [url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170912005798/en/]Business Wire[/url]

Why take them off in the first place? Just sounds like they did it to raise demand even more.

And Nintendo continues to make decisions that can only make sense in Bizarro World.

[QUOTE=code_gs;52673283]Why take them off in the first place? Just sounds like they did it to raise demand even more.[/QUOTE] Seems like they had a limited production run just to test the waters, but after seeing how popular they became, they probably realized it would be stupid not to produce more.

Yeah, all five of them

i bet they are gonna flood the market with them now. They probably intentionally made them rare to get a bunch of press and to increase its perceived value

[QUOTE=bananaslamma;52673328]i bet they are gonna flood the market with them now. I bet they intentionally made them rare to get a bunch of press and to increase its perceived value[/QUOTE] Probably correct on that. I mean they do this all the damn time with their most popular products. I really don't understand their logic behind it though. They never take the advantage of the initial rush, and always just end up flooding the market soon after when people have moved on to a degree.

I really wanted one of these, the SNES as well, but seeing how they handle the release and how much it rewarded price gouging, I've got no intention of buying them anymore.

it took them this long to think - "wow this was making money? maybe we should make and sell more?"

What the fuck is it with Nintendo and making constant baffling business decisions.

[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;52673557]What the fuck is it with Nintendo and making constant baffling business decisions.[/QUOTE] Nintendo is a company of game and hardware developers, not businessmen.

[QUOTE=DinoJesus;52673566]Nintendo is a company of game and hardware developers, not businessmen.[/QUOTE] Nintendo is a company of people who persistently think that Nintendo is an obscure company and thus manufacture their items with the assumption that nobody knows about it or will be interested. How many Nintendo products over the past decade have had their shortages followed with the excuse "we didn't think it would be popular." They're either liars or nobody reads the news or talks to the accounts department.

But the thing is, how long?

[QUOTE=DinoJesus;52673566]Nintendo is a company of game and hardware developers, not businessmen.[/QUOTE] Nintendo is run by businessmen, what is this fucking nonsense?

Probably had to do it before the fakes destroyed any future market they had.

[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;52673557]What the fuck is it with Nintendo and making constant baffling business decisions.[/QUOTE] Producing more of them now that they finally realized that the demand is high is a baffling business decision? It's fucking great that they are finally doing it. I really thought it would be the end of the NES Classic Mini and scalpers will be furious.

[QUOTE=bananaslamma;52673328]i bet they are gonna flood the market with them now. They probably intentionally made them rare to get a bunch of press and to increase its perceived value[/QUOTE] That's pretty much the only reasonable explanation; they treat these products like a Toy Manufacturer would by releasing limited amounts to increase demand and perceived value. They know exactly what they're doing, they've done the same hing with some Amiibos, the NES, SNES and presumably other products. Jim Sterling made a good episode about it a while back: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRicuKHmjZA[/media]

I din't agree will a lot of stuff Jim Sterling says, but that video is one of the few that I do. Still, great news that they're bringing it back, and fucking hopefully they produce more extra NES Classic Controllers, which is what I need more. I'll probBly get another unit as a back-up.

They might bring it back, but there still won't be anyone who can buy one because the scalpers buy them all.

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;52673680]Producing more of them now that they finally realized that the demand is high is a baffling business decision? It's fucking great that they are finally doing it. I really thought it would be the end of the NES Classic Mini and [b]scalpers will be furious.[/b][/QUOTE] Best thing to come out of this.

I feel like the damage has been done already to the NES Classic. Lots of people who wanted it badly already gave in and paid scalper prices. Counterfeits are starting to permeate the market due to the lack of authentic copies. Many people have been turned away because they're sick of spending lots of time and effort on top of money just to get a classic game box. The sales of this new run probably won't be anything remarkable. However, they could still save the SNES Classic if they put their learned lessons to use from the get-go. The pre-orders were a debacle, but if they ship WAY more at launch and continue to pump them out through holiday season, they'll make mad bank on it. They just need to act [i]now[/i] rather than later.

[QUOTE=Shugo;52674253]I feel like the damage has been done already to the NES Classic. Lots of people who wanted it badly already gave in and paid scalper prices. Counterfeits are starting to permeate the market due to the lack of authentic copies. Many people have been turned away because they're sick of spending lots of time and effort on top of money just to get a classic game box. The sales of this new run probably won't be anything remarkable. However, they could still save the SNES Classic if they put their learned lessons to use from the get-go. The pre-orders were a debacle, but if they ship WAY more at launch and continue to pump them out through holiday season, they'll make mad bank on it. They just need to act [i]now[/i] rather than later.[/QUOTE] Agreed. What I wish for them to do is to add the second controller to the NES Classic coming next year, so we don't have go hunting down the one they sold separately, because those were impossible to get. Just make it $70 with 2 NES Controllers and believe me, it'll sell again regardless.

[QUOTE=Antimuffin;52673680]Producing more of them now that they finally realized that the demand is high is a baffling business decision? It's fucking great that they are finally doing it. I really thought it would be the end of the NES Classic Mini and scalpers will be furious.[/QUOTE] Scalpers won't be furious, they already got their money, and will probably exploit the extremely gullible as they always have. Those who WILL be furious are those who bought them at scalper prices.

Atleast here in Italy, the SNES mini has recently been put up for preorder again, and it's still available after 3 days, so maybe they have made enough supply this time?

Does it support original game cartridges? It says it supports controllers but I didn't see the a fore mentioned.

[QUOTE=nightlord;52673755] Jim Sterling made a good episode about it a while back: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRicuKHmjZA[/media][/QUOTE] Jim Sterling doesn't know shit

[QUOTE=Aide;52679615]Does it support original game cartridges? It says it supports controllers but I didn't see the a fore mentioned.[/QUOTE] It doesn't support the original controllers or cartridges. It's far too small to do that. [t]https://i.imgur.com/az2nM6w.jpg[/t]

I think I've figured out Nintendo's motive for doing these wacky things. They never intended for the NES classic to be a popular thing, maybe it was a side project of somebody's at Nintendo. Well it became popular and Nintendo was like "shit we're releasing the switch though and nothing has to compare to it! We can't just have the cheap console with smaller profit margins take the market!" The fact they put this AFTER the holidays makes it even more obvious. Everyone has to buy the switch as gifts, not the NES!

[QUOTE=duno;52679661]I think I've figured out Nintendo's motive for doing these wacky things. They never intended for the NES classic to be a popular thing, maybe it was a side project of somebody's at Nintendo. Well it became popular and Nintendo was like "shit we're releasing the switch though and nothing has to compare to it! We can't just have the cheap console with smaller profit margins take the market!" The fact they put this AFTER the holidays makes it even more obvious. Everyone has to buy the switch as gifts, not the NES![/QUOTE] From what I remember seeing, Nintendo saw those official Atari and Sega clone consoles and saw that they don't sell much, so they just decided to do their's as a limited run to avoid making a bunch nobody bought

[QUOTE=AkujiTheSniper;52679999]From what I remember seeing, Nintendo saw those official Atari and Sega clone consoles and saw that they don't sell much, so they just decided to do their's as a limited run to avoid making a bunch nobody bought[/QUOTE] That I sort of understand, but the NES Classic literally exploded in popularity. Everyone was talking about it, and everyone wanted it, yet Nintendo did nothing to resolve the shortages (they literally made it worse tbh). They could have done SOMETHING to quell the audience, but they just ended up making it worse for the general consumer, and perfect for the scalpers.