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    No, I'm the one who doesn't care about getting the last word. And I'll make a post explicitly saying so to prove it!

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    In any case, the NES Classic does have one nice feature that separates it from the console-on-a-chip systems available at Walmart for the last decade: HDMI support. Hopefully, the wildly-disproportional demand will cause Sega to facilitate a new revision of these plentiful Genesis COAC bundles with HDMI support; playing consoles on HDTV using composite is pretty terrible.

    And for what it's worth, if you're a Pollyanna that has some sort of moral problem with downloading ROMs, the NES Classic doesn't look so bad. It's a lot cheaper than buying a WiiU + VC games or something like a RetroUSB AVS + real cartridges.

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    Nintendo is discontinuing the NES Classic in north america

    more info on the site you shall not name

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    That might explain why I've seen the price shoot up by almost 50% on some sites. Whatever, they'll create more artificial demand for it by releasing it again in November.

    Let me know when the SNES Classic hits store shelves though, and I'll be there.

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    I still can't fathom how a billion dollar company can't figure out something as basic as supply and demand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melena View Post
    I still can't fathom how a billion dollar company can't figure out something as basic as supply and demand.
    Or they did and are running circles around everyone else.

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    From what I heard before the Switch release, part of the reason for the early shortages was that they were shifting more production to the Switch. Their statement on that site kinda supports the notion that they don't want to be devoting production to this instead of other, more lasting products (Switch).

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    If the price shoots up, I am cool with it because we had 4 of them (2 were Christmas gifts for friends) and I wouldn't mind getting my money back now that we have a RetroPie.

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    The price has already doubled on ebay.Going for around 225 as of this post.

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    All the more reason to never buy one and get a RetroPie.

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    Well so much for ever getting one as a little novelty. Have yet to see one in person, probably won't now.

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    Leave it to Nintendo to figure out innovative new ways to not make money.

    When historians chronicle the rise of emulation and internet ROM downloading, the NES Classic will get its own chapter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaisha View Post
    Well so much for ever getting one as a little novelty. Have yet to see one in person, probably won't now.
    Really? I went to Walmart the other day and they had two or three on the shelf.

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    Was able to pick one up this morning at Target; got there about an hour early and only got one by virtue of the fact the store got an odd number of systems and all of the scalpers apparently work in pairs. Now to try to find a second controller...

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    Good thing I held onto a few even after selling a couple. I still rather make a Pi for friends tbh, just don't know anyone who can make 3D printed SFC cases.

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    I want to say its because Nintendo is getting ready to roll out an extensive Virtual Console and would rather push people toward spending money on switch and a boat load of VC games, rather than an $80 console preloaded with 30 games.

    But this is Nintendo and they are either super retarded or super crafty and nobody can figure it out so its anybody's guess.

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    Good thing I still have my original, working NES.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spider-Dan View Post
    Leave it to Nintendo to figure out innovative new ways to not make money.

    When historians chronicle the rise of emulation and internet ROM downloading, the NES Classic will get its own chapter.
    They're not making significant money, though, that's the thing. It's a $60 console. Most consoles don't sell at significant profit -- sometimes even loss -- because most profit comes from software. The NES classic cannot sell software, because it comes preloaded.

    It was meant as a limited time promotion to get Nintendo in the headlines and people's minds prior to the Switch's launch. Hopefully the NES Classic's games come to the Switch's VC, where they'll actually make money.

    Discontinuing the NES Classic, which was never meant to be continued this year until fan outcry, makes total sense. They want all of the attention on the Switch, in addition to whatever production means were temporarily relegated to the NES Classic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucavi View Post
    Good thing I still have my original, working NES.
    speaking of which, is there an easy to solution to displaying the old consoles on HDTVs? Ive tried last year and the best i got was a tiny square in the center of the screen, or does the hdtv need a setting to be able to do a full display of older consoles?

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