The NES Classic Outsold the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch In June (theverge.com)

After returning to stores in June after a brief stint of sales back in 2016, the NES Classic is topping U.S. sales charts. Market research firm NPD reports that the NES Classic was June's highest unit-selling hardware platform in the U.S., beating the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One. "The NES Classic managed to outsell these consoles despite only being on sale for a few days in late June," reports The Verge. From the report: While the NES Classic is priced at $59 compared to more expensive current-generation consoles, it's clearly still in demand 35 years after the original Nintendo Entertainment System debuted in 1983. The NES Classic comes loaded with 30 games including classics like Super Mario Bros., Metroid, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, and Pac-Man. While you can't insert vintage NES cartridges into it, the console supports game saves and connects to TVs via a HDMI cable. Nintendo hasn't revealed whether it now plans to introduce more miniature retro consoles.

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Yeah, I don't understand why people are excited about paying $60 for ...

Most people aren't techies and unlike you and I wouldn't enjoy actually getting the thing to work (and would probably take a lot longer to do it too).

The $60 allows them to relive the fun of an earlier era with zero fucking around. No finding ROMS or emulators or a suitable computer on which to run them, controllers a case and so on and so forth.