Nintendo Sells 1.5 Million NES Classics Worldwide

Were you one of the lucky ones?

By Lucy O'Brien

Nintendo has sold a lot of NES Classic Edition consoles.

The company announced it had sold 1.5 million NES Classics worldwide at its corporate strategy meeting today. The information was translated by Wall Street Journal technology reporter Takashi Mochizuki, who said "NES Classic Edition global sell-through 1.5 million; increasing production."

The Nintendo Classic Edition was notoriously difficult to get a hold of when it launched in November, with the Nintendo of America Twitter account tweeting that the company it was "working hard to keep up with consumer demand." Many retro fans were unsurprisingly frustrated at the time.

We reviewed the console at the start of the month, and said that while Nintendo had picked the visual filters that made the most sense for its first dedicated classic video game machine, its 2.5ft controller cables make little sense.

Lucy O'Brien is an editor at IGN’s Sydney office. Follow her ramblings on Twitter.

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