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The NES Classic, which was sold across many retailers from Gamestop to Urban Outfitters and elsewhere, was a miniature version of the original Nintendo Entertainment System that could play 30 classic NES games out of the box, and could connect to modern HD televisions with updated ports.
When Business Insider previously reached out to Gamestop about availability issues, one employee told us , "Nintendo is dropping the ball. Plenty of people are still reselling the consoles via eBay , but most of them cost at least double the original retail price. But don't expect prices to get cheaper; as time goes on, these rare relics will only get more expensive.
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It's a box that looks identical to a miniaturized NES console — Nintendo's most iconic game console — and comes with all your favorite classics "Super Mario Bros. It's the perfect combination of nostalgia and low cost. If you get one before production ends this month, you're thinking about Nintendo and maybe buying that new Nintendo Switch console that you keep hearing good things about?
If you can't find one, you're still thinking about Nintendo and maybe buying that new Nintendo Switch console that you keep hearing good things about? Either way, Nintendo managed to put its brand back in the spotlight. That was the point. Nintendo has some of the most serious, dedicated fans of any company in entertainment — rivaling the likes of Marvel and Disney. These are the kind of fans who get tattooed, who name their pets and children after Nintendo game characters, who begrudgingly buy their fifth or sixth copy of "Super Mario World" on yet another new piece of Nintendo hardware.
It's no surprise it's available only for a limited time — if everyone could get it, it wouldn't be a collector's item. This is, of course, driving up resale costs and frustrating the hell out of people who can't find the system.
But that's how artificial supply constraint works. If people are busy buying the NES Classic Edition, they're unlikely to rush out to buy another new Nintendo game console anytime soon. At least that's what Nintendo is betting on, and it likely has data to back up the assertion. That's an especially important point: The Switch is Nintendo's future. It's the console that Nintendo is betting the next five to 10 years on. The NES Classic Edition is a short-term profit with no extendability — you can't buy games for it, nor can you download them.
It's a one-and-done revenue generator for Nintendo. The Switch is an ongoing revenue generator for Nintendo. That's a tremendously important difference. You may have noticed that Nintendo's library of classics isn't available on your iPhone or Android phone.
While there are many reasons for that, prime among them is Nintendo's belief that mobile storefronts tend to commoditize games. And Nintendo has no interest in commoditizing its classic games in the same way that Disney has no interest in commoditizing its classic movies. The way Disney controls its films is through its "vault" system, selectively releasing movies for a limited time.
Nintendo isn't quite so controlling with its classic-games library, but the company is notorious for charging players over and over for the same game on multiple platforms. That's normal when you're talking about movies — buying the Blu-ray copy of something you once owned on VHS, for instance — but less normal when you're talking about games like "Super Mario Bros.
I've probably paid for the original "Super Mario Bros.
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