10:55 AM on 10.17.2007
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Nex
After 22 years (24 if you're pedantic and Japanese) the NES is finally being retired by Nintendo. As of October 31st, Nintendo plans to drop support for the ol' girl, wreaking havoc with the plans of twenty-something nostalgists the world over. In further gloomy news, Nintendo has revealed they will be ending support for the SNES, Nintendo 64, Gameboy and Gameboy Pocket lines in the near future.
Obviously this signals the end of an era, but unlike the final episode of M.A.S.H., this news is probably going to go unnoticed by all but the hardcore gamerati. All those ancient NES' sitting in dorm rooms and basements belonging to those who don't already know about Street Fighter 4's announcement will eventually die, and when people cry out for help, Nintendo will no longer be there to hold their hands, wipe their chins and do that insane "here comes the airplane" thing with a spoon full of peas. You can't fault them for not servicing the console indefinitely, but as CVG worried, this almost guarantees a jump in the number of faulty consoles floating around the murky, electronic waters of eBay.
Caveat emptor ... or learn to clean gold plated connectors.
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*sniffle*
I thought I was the only one! The insanity!!!
Good stuff Nex!
Seriously though, I thought this happened a long time ago? How are all these company's able to make bootleg nes&snes machines?
Might make quality machines harder to find though.
* runs away crying*
They'll never be servicing another grey box's gameslot ever again.
What will granny do now?
still sad news.
They probably think is cheaper to sell the thing on the Virtual Console and rape you two times.
What I'd really like to know is how I can get my copy of Double Dragon III to work. I bought it at a garage sale and I've never been able to make it run. Most of the connectors look eroded, I wonder if the previous owner tried to clean it with something stupid.
Shit, I'm gonna get on the ball and hoard as much snes surplus hardware while I can. I don't what I'd do without that...
:(
Modern hardware is a nightmare to service by comparison, so it doesn't surprise me that Nintendo is killing service for the SNES and N64 at the same time.
As for parts, well, N64 and even some Gamecube parts haven't been in stock on Nintendo's web site for a while.
Yes, they're evil bastards!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I guess I can buy some NES cords or a used NES system package if I really want one.
Here's to hoping that doesn't change, otherwise they better really extend that VC list.
This isn't an uncommon practice in the gaming industry. In the late 80's and early 90's. I bought some Atari 5200 controllers from Atari and even some games they never sold in stores, but selling from their stock warehouse. The game Gremlins I got that way from a computer printed catalog I sent for from Atari. The game was $9.95. A game that was never sold in stores, because the 5200 was abadoned before it was released.
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