In a stroke of trade genius that disadvantages eBay resellers to the great joy of gaming enthusiasts and general consumers,Nintendo has relaunched a limited flee of the NES Classic, The Verge reports. Amazon began listing the Nintendo Entertainment System Classic console at a exiguous after 8 a.m. EST this morning, and at a retail price of $59.99.
This should surely satisfy long-time retro-gaming fans as well as those simply looking to dip into the nostalgic past offered up by their 1980s and 1990s childhoods — given that the supply shortage when the system was first released in 2016 meant that most people hunting for the hottest holiday gift came up empty. Even worse,a predatory market of resellers had capitalized on the shortage and frequently sold genuine systems at a meaningful mark-up or profited in the trade of cheaply-made clone systems from China and the ignorance of an insatiable (not capable of being fully satisfied) demand as reported by Polygon.
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Source: inquisitr.com