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NES Classic Edition sells 2.3 million, Nintendo apologizes for stock issues, has to focus on the future

by rawmeatcowboy
28 April 2017
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Coming from a TIME interview with Reggie Fils-Aimé...

- NES Classic Edition has sold 2.3 million

"We had originally planned for this to be a product for last holiday. We just didn't anticipate how incredible the response would be. Once we saw that response, we added shipments and extended the product for as long as we could to meet more of that consumer demand.

Even with that extraordinary level of performance, we understand that people are frustrated about not being able to find the system, and for that we really do apologize, but from our perspective, it's important to recognize where our future is and the key areas that we need to drive. We've got a lot going on right now and we don't have unlimited resources."

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