Nintendo Will Produce 'Significantly More' SNES Classic Editions than NES Classic

Nintendo is currently only planning to ship the SNES Classic through the end of 2017.

By Jonathon Dornbush

Nintendo has committed to manufacturing a greater number of the newly announced SNES Classic Edition consoles than it did the NES Classic Edition, with current announced plans to ship the console only through the end of the year.

A statement provided to IGN by a Nintendo representative explains that Nintendo "will produce significantly more units of Super NES Classic Edition than we did of NES Classic Edition," though the company is declining to provide specific numbers at this time. Following the NES Classic's cancellation, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime told IGN the company shipped 2.3 million NES Classic Edition units worldwide.

As for how long Nintendo will sell the system for, Nintendo is not announcing any plans for SNES Classic Edition shipments after 2017 at this time.

"Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition is currently planned to ship from Sept. 29 until the end of calendar year 2017. At this time, we have nothing to announce regarding any possible shipments beyond this year," a statement provided to IGN reads.

The company's "long-term efforts" at this time are instead focused on supporting the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS, according to the company's statement:

"Our long-term efforts are focused on delivering great games for the Nintendo Switch system and continuing to build momentum for that platform, as well as serving the more than 63 million owners of Nintendo 3DS family systems. We are offering Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition in special recognition of the fans who show tremendous interest [in] our classic content."

At E3 2017, Fils-Aime told IGN the company is currently working to scale up Nintendo Switch production. Worldwide, Nintendo sold more than 2.74 million Switch consoles in its launch month, surpassing the company's original goal of 2 million.

Nintendo announced the SNES Classic today, revealing the 21 bundled games, including the never-released Star Fox 2 comes after reports earlier this year of an NES Classic followup from Nintendo, which the company discontinued earlier this year. Following the cancellation of the NES Classic, IGN took a look at the lessons Nintendo could learn from the system's failures, including the issues present with supply during the system's launch.

Jonathon Dornbush is an Associate Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter @jmdornbush.

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