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Mandalore76 on 03 August 2018
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Intrinsic said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

Well, strictly speaking it is a videogame console, no matter it's cheap price compared to the other offerings. So yeah, it makes sense that it is taken into account.

I am not saying it shouldn't be taken into account..... but just going through this thread its almost made out to be some sort of industry defining achievement. Its like when its convenient common sense goes ouut the window. I doubt the PS4/XB1/NS is loosing sales to the NESc.

psychicscubadiver said:

The NES Classic is $60

The SNES Classic is $80

It is a video game console in a technical sense, but no. I don't think anyone is claiming Nintendo 'won' June because the NES Classic sold the most. They just think it's weird and funny to have what is essentially a 'plug n play' console lead the market in unit sales.

As you have said its $60 (even less than what I thought it was. So thats basically the cost of one retail game. I can definately see the ease of purchase and value proposition in that. I allso think that should be painfully obvious to everyone. We are comparing $60 hardware+games to $300 boxes? Or even putting them in the same conversation as if they are direct rivals.

This is just me though.... so maybe I am the one seeing things differently.

More interestingly to me though, is how come no one is pointing out that nintendo could also just as easily have released NES/SNES ports for the NS and then the NESc and SNESc wouldn't even need to exist. Its why I see very little sense in sony making a PSc/PS2c when I would rather they just let us pay for a $10 emulator app we can install in our PS4 and then allow everyone download whatever PS1/PS2 game they want from the store.

But Kudos to nintendo though... this is smart business if ever I saw it.

The NES Classic and SNES Classic aren't strictly targeted to people who are still buying Nintendo consoles.  Somebody who paid $60 for an NES Classic isn't necessarily in the same consumer group that is going to spend $299 for a Nintendo Switch even if it had a Virtual Console on it.  The Classic editions have mass market appeal extending to people who were gamers in the 80's-early 90's, but might not own any consoles today.  Or people who gamed on the NES/SNES heavily back in the day, but have since moved on to Play Station or Xbox.    There will be NES ports on the Switch very soon with Nintendo's Online service, but that doesn't negate the value of the Classic Editions as a product.

And, Sony isn't going to give you access to their entire back-library for a single $10 app download.  PS1 & PS2 games are $9.99 - $14.99 each on the Play Station Store.  I don't see Sony changing gears on that anytime soon.