In fact, Nintendo announced a redesigned version of the 2DS, the New Nintendo 2DS XL, last night. Fils-Aime pointed to “where our future is,” and it seems Nintendo is going all-in on the Switch while keeping the Nintendo 3DS alive as a dedicated handheld gaming device. It’s unclear what has changed in the three months since then, but Fils-Aime’s comment about Nintendo lacking the resources to continue selling the NES Classic suggest that the company is refocusing its efforts. At the time, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima noted that while “some parts require time to procure,” the company was “working to increase production” of the NES Classic. The company last gave official numbers at the beginning of February, when it said the system had hit a sell-through total of 1.5 million consoles.
All the way up until the discontinuation announcement earlier this month - and certainly since then - stores sold through their small shipments as soon as they got them from Nintendo.įils-Aime said that Nintendo has now shipped 2.3 million units of the NES Classic worldwide. He added that Nintendo ramped up production and extended it into 2017, but the company was still never able to meet the intense demand for the NES Classic. “We just didn’t anticipate how incredible the response would be,” said Fils-Aime, apologizing for the product shortages. Nintendo’s NES Classic strategy threatens to hurt the rest of its business
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