🔍 Deep Dive: SNES Classic Edition Sales Hit 4 Million Units - IGN

Worldwide sales of Super NES Classic Edition have reached four million units.Nintendo announced the sell-through milestone during its latest financial results briefing. This figure includes sales of the North American version, as well as the Japanese version, known as the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom, and the European and Australian version, known as the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

SNES Classic Edition was in high demand when it launched in September of last year. In fact, GameStop reported its entire supply sold out "within minutes" upon release.

Read our SNES Classic Edition review for our thoughts on why the "tiny, delightfully detailed console makes it quick and easy to have an authentic '90s Nintendo experience with some of the greatest games of that era." For more on Nintendo's popular mini-console, check out how to beat Zelda: A Link to the Past in four minutes on SNES Classic.

Nintendo had several other big announcements today, including a Mario Kart game for mobile, a launch month for Switch's paid online service, and confirmation it's partnering with Illumination on a Mario movie.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @alexcosborn.

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SNES Classic Edition Sales Hit 4 Million Units

Nintendo's mini-console reaches a new global sales milestone.

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