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[kuroneko0509]

It basically sold out instantly and is being sold now by people for like 7000-9000円

marked up price isn't as bad as in other region.... lol

So they manufactured 262,961 units?

no. trackers doesn't track each & every single shop that sells the thing

 

[Kandinsky]

Welp. Y'all best be prepared for Super Famicom Mini.

Yeah in 5-6 years >_>

 

[Aostia]

wow, such a strong performance. Didn't expect that

 

[Celine]

So they manufactured 262,961 units?

Apparently the japanese initial shipment was about 300K.

 

[Galang]

How is this low to anyone? This is about 4 times what I expected... Also seems silly to compare a 30 year old "system" to other console launches...

 

[kuroneko0509]

How is this low to anyone? This is about 4 times what I expected... Also seems silly to compare a 30 year old "system" to other console launches...

I guess some expected it would sell more since it's cheap

 

[ajim]

Crazy good.

Im not buying one or a mini nes. Nostalgia got no power over me!

But good to see.

 

[Ayumi]

Was hoping to grab a second one for a family member, but oh well.

 

[Parakeetman]

marked up price isn't as bad as in other region.... lol
no. trackers doesn't track each & every single shop that sells the thing

Its actually going higher than that 10,000 and up.

 

[Warren Ellis]

Game boy (color) mini next?

 

[viHuGi]

That's insane!

 

[Trup1aya]

Weak debut giving the price.

They vastly underestimated demand when they placed their first order.

 

[Banjotanooki]

I keep hinting at my GF to buy me one for Christmas and now she's on the hunt for it since she's surprised at how popular it got.

Gonna go to Tokyo tomorrow and see if we can find one. Or maybe just buy a REAL famicom at Super Potato!

 

[345triangle]

Nah, that would make too much sense for Nintendo.

i bet it happens. the name of this device in japan is "nintendo classic mini: FAMILY COMPUTER" with typography to match, which is not something you do if you're only going to make one nintendo classic mini and something you *would* do if you had a really great idea for how to make a ton of money.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

This is the one time I want Sony to copy Nintendo.

My PS1 backlog is huge.

 

[zeromcd73]

I keep hinting at my GF to buy me one for Christmas and now she's on the hunt for it since she's surprised at how popular it got.

Gonna go to Tokyo tomorrow and see if we can find one. Or maybe just buy a REAL famicom at Super Potato!

lol I'm doing the same thing High five!

 

[kuroneko0509]

I keep hinting at my GF to buy me one for Christmas and now she's on the hunt for it since she's surprised at how popular it got.

Gonna go to Tokyo tomorrow and see if we can find one. Or maybe just buy a REAL famicom at Super Potato!

next shipment is hinted to be next month... so... it still can make it as your Christmas gift

 

[ULTROS!]

I'm happy for the NES/Famicom Mini.

Though the price of the system is as expensive as a PS4/Wii U game in Japan so it's sweet selling point so comparing it to the PS4/Wii U isn't fair.

 

[chrono01]

Nice sales!

I'll admit to adding to these numbers, having imported one myself as well as purchasing the NES Classic Mini locally. I just couldn't say "no" to a mini Famicom. If they release a Super Famicom Mini/Super Nintendo Mini, I'll likely do the same.

I am prepared for it!

 

[RM8]

Game boy (color) mini next?

Oh god, yes. A GameBoy with many titles included and a modern screen!

 

[Skeletos311]

I wonder if the'll do another NES or do SNES. There's definitely room for improvement to do another NES.

 

[Rymuth]

Crazy good.

Im not buying one or a mini nes. Nostalgia got no power over me!

That's what you keep telling yourself - except that it's always there, clawing in the back of your mind, waiting, dormant---and then one day, you're walking out the store with two units, an 8-bit Mario Amiibo and a Donkey Kong barrel shaped holder for 3DS cards!

 

[Laws00]

i'd like to think I had a hand in this.

first japanese console i got day 1 lol

 

[ajim]

That's what you keep telling yourself - except that it's always there, clawing in the back of your mind, waiting, dormant---and then one day, you're walking out the store with two units, an 8-bit Mario Amiibo and a Donkey Kong barrel shaped holder for 3DS cards!

I know i know. Right there with you haha.

Stay strong brother man, stay strong.

 

[Lkr]

That's what you keep telling yourself - except that it's always there, clawing in the back of your mind, waiting, dormant---and then one day, you're walking out the store with two units, an 8-bit Mario Amiibo and a Donkey Kong barrel shaped holder for 3DS cards!

they put some nintendo ties and shirts right by the nes minis at my best buy. those assholes knew what they were doing and almost got me to bite until i saw that a tshirt cost $30

 

[Graphics Horse]

I wonder if the'll do another NES or do SNES. There's definitely room for improvement to do another NES.

Wouldn't be surprised if they do another NES for next year while they work on the SNES.

 

[jett]

The original Xbox sold more at launch than the PS3? Haha.

 

[sixteen-bit]

congrats on the success

 

[deleted]

Since they have a system with enough power to emulate probably up to N64 - they have a nice joker at hand.

Whenever they experience a bad business year or might miss expectations on something, they could just wip out a Gameboy, SNES, N64, GBC, GBA Classic Mini. They have the tech already, they just need a different mold and an emulator.
I wouldn't expect this to become a yearly thing though, they want to/have to focus on the Switch next year.

Those sales are pretty awesome though. If they manage to keep stock up, they'll manage to sell several (2?) Million this year worldwide.

 

[Eolz]

I guess some expected it would sell more since it's cheap

Like when people here expected the Vita TV to sell millions?

 

[panama chief]

People saying "weak numbers"....hahahah. I bet every unit available sold. Just like in the US.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Oh god, yes. A GameBoy with many titles included and a modern screen!

Color would be a good one to base it on, has a nice big area surrounding the screen that they could turn into a screen, put a 640x572 screen in it and let you toggle between bordered(3x) and full(4x) mode.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Wouldn't be surprised if they do another NES for next year while they work on the SNES.

Maybe they'll take 2017 off to let the Switch breathe, but I do see more NES mini iterations in the future.

 

[Occam]

As I've said before, what a mistake it was not to give this an SD card sized slot and sell additional games for it.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Maybe they'll take 2017 off to let the Switch breathe, but I do see more NES mini iterations in the future.

Possibly, but I wouldn't be surprised if an alternate version of the Switch turns up for late 2018. They pulled off the DS lite and Wii launch year pretty successfully anyway.

 

[Celine]

As I've said before, what a mistake it was not to give this an SD card sized slot and sell additional games for it.

Not a mistake.
Opportunity cost isn't there.

 

[GinoFelino]

That's awesome.

Getting Japan back into the console game.

Spoiler

BELIEVE

 

[TLZ]

I wish they had made more quantities then we might've seen greater numbers.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Well what is a strong result for ¥5.980 plug'n'play devices?

1-2 million.

 

[JeffZero]

I really do hope this gives way to an SNES Mini. I don't have any interest in this but would love one of those.

 

[Guevara]

I would have bought of of those little bastards if I could have

 

[Barrel Cannon]

Those ps2 numbers ;_;
Will we ever get back to those.

Lol nope, probably never from a traditional console. Landscape has changed so much

 

[Bits N Pieces]

Mini debuted less than WiiU and PS4.. So

Hahahaha, I cant tell if this is serious or not? So.....

 

[LordRaptor]

With numbers like that, Japanese third parties would be insane not to support it

 

[Possumowner]

That seems damn fine to me

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Not a mistake.
Opportunity cost isn't there.

I dunno man. Sell a 1-2GB SD card in a small NES game shell that pops in to the slot on the unit, add wifi to the base itself and sell NES games for a few bucks a piece.

I bet they could keep the price the same and forsake a little margin for the gains they would make on digital/addition accessory sales.

 

[AjNimajwalHansel]

1-2 million.

Hard to sell 2 million in 3 days when the shipment is a fraction of that....

 

[Disxo]

I dunno man. Sell a 1-2GB SD card in a small NES game shell that pops in to the slot on the unit, add wifi to the base itself and sell NES games for a few bucks a piece.

I bet they could keep the price the same and forsake a little margin for the gains they would make on digital/addition accessory sales.

Every Nes game can fit in a 237 mb card

 

[Occam]

Not a mistake.
Opportunity cost isn't there.

Based on?

 

[Sword Of Doom]

It's kinda cheap.

.

It's hard to pass up