It’s a bit bewildering to hear that Nintendo is opting to discontinue their NES Classic Edition. The news of the discontinuations came earlier this month in which slowly markets around the world was alerted that no more additional units will be shipped to various retailers.
The NES Classic Edition was a miniature plug-and-play version of the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Smaller than the normal size of NES Cartridge, the console is unable to play physical NES video games, but instead was preloaded with a number of classic titles that originally released for the console.
Likewise, it came with the added bonus of save states so that gamers were not forced into starting completely over after losing too many lives. With that said, the Nintendo company was surprised by just how popular the console release was as they thought it would be a nostalgic pick-up for some gamers who may have enjoyed the original NES.
Instead, the console blew up in popularity making it extremely difficult for gamers to actually pick up a console unit through a retailer. Now that the console has been discontinued, gamers who have been unsuccessful in obtaining one of these units in the wild may have to resort towards inflated prices from a reseller.
NES Classic units to be sold tomorrow at Best Buy in-store. A couple stores broke date and sold today, reportedly 12-14 units each pic.twitter.com/8vA1soLKFF
— Wario64 (@Wario64) April 23, 2017
That might not be the case for some lucky few as it seems that Best Buy will be selling what is likely the last shipment of units today! You’ll want to be one of the first few gamers to be at your local retail location when doors open as these consoles will likely not last long on store shelves.
