Nintendo owes its customers an explanation about the NES Classic

The pint-sized, 30-games-in-1 recreation of Nintendo's O.G. video games console launched on Nov. 11, 2016 in the United States. It's been sold out just about every day since then. Today, a hair over five months later, the company confirmed production will cease. Before we look at the news of the day, it's important to understand how we got here. The NES Classic was one of the hottest holiday items of last fall.