{"id":124159,"date":"2022-04-22T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-130539"},"modified":"2022-04-22T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T13:45:00","slug":"the-snes-classic-is-the-uks-king-of-the-micro-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/22\/the-snes-classic-is-the-uks-king-of-the-micro-consoles\/","title":{"rendered":"The SNES Classic Is The UK’s King Of The Micro-Consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prior to the arrival of the Switch, one of the most exciting developments in the world of Nintendo hardware was the NES Classic<\/a>, a micro-console filled with 8-bit titles that made the company a tidy sum of cash. It was quickly followed by the SNES Classic Edition<\/a> \u2013 not to mention similar products from the likes of Sega<\/a>, Konami<\/a>, SNK<\/a> and Sony<\/a> \u2013 and more recently we’ve seen the A500 Mini<\/a> hit store shelves.<\/p>\n

Our friends over at GamesIndustry.biz<\/a> have been breaking down some data provided by GfK to see how these unique pieces of hardware have fared in the UK marketplace. It should come as no great shock to learn that Nintendo takes the top two places thanks to the SNES and NES Classic Editions, while Sony’s much-maligned PlayStation Classic is in third. Sega’s excellent Mega Drive \/ Genesis Mini is in fourth place, followed by the Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros<\/a>, which is included in this list by the virtue of it being a ‘retro’ console.<\/p>\n

The catch here is that the sales figures for these systems are quite low when compared to ‘proper’ consoles like the Switch. GfK’s data (which, it should be noted, only tracks sales via traditional retailers like GAME, Amazon and Tesco) covers a whopping 150 different devices, and just 1.5 million of these have been sold in total since 2005 (which is when the ‘Namco 5-in-1 Stick TV Games System’ was released).<\/p>\n

However, GfK games boss Dorian Bloch tells GI.biz that, had Nintendo ensured that more stock was available for its SNES and NES Classics, the number would have been higher.<\/p>\n

While we can’t imagine these machines will be challenging the Switch, PS5 or Xbox Series X when it comes to pure commercial clout, it does make you wonder if Nintendo has more ‘Classic Edition’ machines in the pipeline \u2013 or if it has simply shelved the idea to focus on Game & Watch handhelds based on key franchises, like Mario and Zelda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The UK’s Best-Selling Retro, Micro and TV consoles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\nManufacturer<\/th>\nYear<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nNintendo Classic Mini: SNES<\/th>\nNintendo<\/th>\n2017<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nNintendo Classic Mini: NES<\/th>\nNintendo<\/th>\n2016<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSony PlayStation Classic<\/th>\nSony<\/th>\n2018<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSega Megadrive Mini<\/th>\nSega<\/th>\n2019<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nGame & Watch: Super Mario Bros<\/th>\nNintendo<\/th>\n2020<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nSega Megadrive Flashback HD (85 Games)<\/th>\nAT Games<\/th>\n2018<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nNamco 5 in 1 Stick TV Games System<\/th>\nJakks Pacific<\/th>\n2005<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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8<\/td>\nPlayStation TV<\/th>\nSony<\/th>\n2014<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nNamco Ms Pac-Man Plug N Play Games<\/th>\nJakks Pacific<\/th>\n2005<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nSteam Link<\/th>\nSteam<\/th>\n2015<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Image: Nintendo Life \/ Damien McFerran Prior to the arrival of the Switch, one of the most exciting developments in the world of Nintendo hardware was the NES Classic, a micro-console filled with 8-bit titles that made the company a tidy sum of cash. It was quickly followed by the SNES Classic Edition \u2013 not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}