Super Famicom

SHVC-001 · Nintendo · 1990

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Listing price≈ 36-60 €median 45 € · 84 list. this weekDetails ↓Rate

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49,1 Msold7variants

Rarity

Common

Why

sold 49,100,000 - Common

Specs

Released: 1990-11-21
Type: home console

Description

The Super Famicom (SHVC-001) is Nintendo's home console for the Japanese market. It launched in Japan on 21 November 1990 at 25,000 yen, and the first shipment of 300,000 units sold out within hours. The price was cut to 9,800 yen on 14 August 1996; production in Japan continued until September 2003.

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Details from sources

Box contents at JP launch: console + 2 controllers + manual only; AC adapter (HVC-002), RF switch and AV cables were shared with the Famicom and sold separately (ja.wikipedia, sourced to Game Machine 1990). Launch shipment 300,000 sold out within hours (en.wikipedia). Shipments per ja.wikipedia (Game Machine citations): ~650k by Dec 1990, ~1.49M by Mar 1991, ~3.8M by end 1991, 11.36M JP / 14.16M US by Dec 1993. JP price cut to JPY 9,800 on 1996-08-14 (official Nintendo JP page lists 9,800 JPY tax excl. as the RRP). ja.wikipedia: product codes changed from 'SHVC-xx' to 'SHVC-xxxJ-JPN' style in late 1994 - early 1995; it also calls the later console 'SHVC-001 SHVC-JPN-1' (unsourced). Also sold in Hong Kong and Taiwan by local Nintendo subsidiaries (ja.wikipedia). Repair support ended 2007-10-31.

At a glance

Super Famicom: when was it released?: 1990
Super Famicom: how many sold?: 49,1 M
Super Famicom: how many variants?: 7 variants
Super Famicom: how much does it cost?: ~45 €, weekly listing medians.

Data source: nintendo.co.jp

Prices by market~45 €

Catawiki (sales)
in box · 4 list.46 €

Catawiki (sales)
without box · 7 list.2 €

Kleinanzeigen
in box · 7 list.100 €

Kleinanzeigen
without box · 14 list.45 €

OLX Poland
in box · 4 list.63 €

OLX Poland
without box · 6 list.102 €

OLX Ukraine
without box · 7 list.82 €

Vinted Germany
without box · 50 list.32 €

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