Neoseeker : News : The NES Classic was the third best selling console in January, beating out Wii U
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Spook Feb 17, 17
The struggle for no shelf space is real

Seriously. Never seen an NES classic in a brick.
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hbn Feb 17, 17
If you're beating out wii you need to see a doctor. Your system isn't working properly

I would prefer it if Nitendo focussed more on unifying their storefront and aggressively got licences sorted and pushed retro games on their eStore. You shouldn't have to buy a NES classic twice just so you can play it on your 3DS and on you Wii U. With the back catalogue at Nintendo's disposal they're dropping a ball here. Nintendo would probably benefit from a move to a similar x86-64 platform that Sony and Microsoft now use and stick to that since it'd be cheaper to access the more mainstream equipment.
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Retro Feb 17, 17
quote hbn
If you're beating out wii you need to see a doctor. Your system isn't working properly

I would prefer it if Nitendo focussed more on unifying their storefront and aggressively got licences sorted and pushed retro games on their eStore. You shouldn't have to buy a NES classic twice just so you can play it on your 3DS and on you Wii U. With the back catalogue at Nintendo's disposal they're dropping a ball here. Nintendo would probably benefit from a move to a similar x86-64 platform that Sony and Microsoft now use and stick to that since it'd be cheaper to access the more mainstream equipment.
The Switch has unified accounts
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Lesley Pro_04 Feb 17, 17
To think, this might have done better if Nintendo made even more units of the NES Classic. Seriously, I haven't seen a single one in stores at all since its launch!
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sword_of_omens Feb 17, 17
i think the numbers might be a bit misleading due to third parties picking these up for resale...chain stores show these as POS, but the reality is the "must be stock out there because we show the sales" is the fact that 3rd parties pick these up as soon as they are available at the retailers to keep the "shortage" going and the demand up...
the end consumer (us at home) are still the losers in this scenario...waiting for these because we refuse to pay the high price the middle-man keeps trying to force on us...
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Lesley Pro_04 Feb 17, 17
quote sword_of_omens
i think the numbers might be a bit misleading due to third parties picking these up for resale...chain stores show these as POS, but the reality is the "must be stock out there because we show the sales" is the fact that 3rd parties pick these up as soon as they are available at the retailers to keep the "shortage" going and the demand up...
the end consumer (us at home) are still the losers in this scenario...waiting for these because we refuse to pay the high price the middle-man keeps trying to force on us...
The resalers and middle men should have been ordered "hands OFF" because of how they jack the prices up! Do they think the modern-day consumer is stupid? They know what it's really worth and they won't play a jacked up price for it, or in some cases like on eBay, a price that was scalped!
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THM Feb 17, 17
Deliberately limit the supply = makes it looks like it was the best of Nintendo. I have most of the game on my 3DS, Don't miss that shit. Unless it's mini SNES?
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InsanityS Feb 18, 17
quote Lesley Pro_04
Do they think the modern-day consumer is stupid? They know what it's really worth and they won't play a jacked up price for it, or in some cases like on eBay, a price that was scalped!
While some consumers won't or can't buy at over-inflated prices, there's clearly a section of the market that absolutely will. Otherwise there would be no incentive to buy and resell at marked up prices like this.
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Epoch Feb 18, 17
quote THM
Deliberately limit the supply = makes it looks like it was the best of Nintendo. I have most of the game on my 3DS, Don't miss that shit. Unless it's mini SNES?
Even if limitation was deliberate, a dollar is a dollar.
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FoneBoneFan15 Feb 18, 17
Wow, I guess the Nintendo Wii U is having a bad day and is going to be discontinued.
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Gotenks Feb 18, 17
Not too surprising that it sold more than the Wii U.
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Dark Arcanine Feb 19, 17
quote FoneBoneFan15
Wow, I guess the Nintendo Wii U is having a bad day and is going to be discontinued.
They've already ceased production of the Wii U and people have found many stores no longer hold any stock of the console.

So this news is to be expected as a result.

Not interested in one of these myself. The Ambassador Program games on the 3DS are enough for me.
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Axe Feb 19, 17
How could it have sold so well when they only produced six of the things?
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Chimaira Feb 19, 17
The only reason this is selling well is due to the low amount of units that they have manufactured. Basically as soon as it goes on sale, all of them are snagged up by people who want to sell them on at a premium.

This whole thing is a farce and honestly I probably won't be getting one now.
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