Nintendo er ikke synderligt gode til at producere konsoller i en sådan volumen så de kan møde efterspørgslen på markedet. Dette blev særligt tydeligt med udgivelsen af NES Classic sidste år, der var udsolgt ved udgivelsen, og har været det nærmest lige frem til for nylig, hvor Nintendo afslørede de vil afslutte produktionen af maskinen.
Dette har selvfølgelig skabt røre blandt firmaets fans, og Nintendo har nu valgt at adressere kritikken. Reggie Fils-Aimé har sagt følgende om beslutningen i et interview med Time:
"We had originally planned for this to be a product for last holiday. We just didn't anticipate how incredible the response would be. Once we saw that response, we added shipments and extended the product for as long as we could to meet more of that consumer demand. Even with that extraordinary level of performance, we understand that people are frustrated about not being able to find the system, and for that we really do apologize. But from our perspective, it's important to recognize where our future is and the key areas that we need to drive. We've got a lot going on right now and we don't have unlimited resources".
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