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the NES classic is officially going extinct Nintendo announced manufacturing of its tiny NES would come to close at the end of April and fans hoping for a shot at picking one up aren't too happy about it now the NES classic experience supply issues since its launch in November of last year and even though Nintendo announced it sold a million and a half units by February of 2017 the company decided it was time to spin down production in an official statement to IGN Nintendo said NES classic edition wasn't intended to be an ongoing long-term product however due to high demand we did add extra shipments to our original plans I could tell you they also needed to make a whole lot more controllers but let's be honest how many of you are even still regularly playing it anybody now even though the NES classic is headed towards a quite end a final handful of shipments will hit retail stores later this month for more news and stories like this keep it locked here at cnet.com