Though excited we were to hear Nintendo announce the SNES Classic Edition, it wasn’t long until memories of the NES Classic Edition and its disappointingly short production run started to set in.
Thankfully, it appears that Nintendo has learned a lesson from its previous microconsole, mentioning in a statement that it will produce “significantly more units” of the SNES Classic Edition than its predecessor to keep up with demand, according to Time.
Nintendo didn’t give exact numbers for the units it expects to ship during the SNES Classic Edition’s September 29 launch, but we imagine the extra units will bring a sigh of relief to retro gamers who might’ve been burned by the woefully under-supplied and over-demanded NES Classic Edition.
Don’t risk it, though
While it appears that the SNES Classic Edition won’t be in quite as short a supply at launch, it’s in the best interest of potential collectors to pre-order the console as soon as they have the opportunity.
Nintendo mentions that the shipping run of the SNES Classic Edition is expected to go “until the end of calendar year 2017,” meaning more of the miniature Super Nintendo aren’t guaranteed at the time of writing after the …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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