Wii's Virtual Console (Breaking down price wise, the real story)

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MegaDrive20XX

Segatron Genesis... call me the wizard.
For the Virtual Console, classic NES, SNES, and N64 titles can be purchased using Wii points, a 2000 Wii Points card is $20. Approximately 30 titles will be available at launch, including Nintendo's classic Donkey Kong, Zelda and Mario series. A total of 60 titles will be available by the end of the year. Here's the price list:

NES / Famicom - 500 Wii points
SNES / Super Famicom - 800 Wii points
Nintendo 64 - 1,000 Wii points

So it's not $5 to $10 a pop! so thank god *phew*...

Yet if you look at it again, it pretty much is $5 a piece for each NES game= 500 points x 4 NES games= $20
 
MegaDrive20XX said:
360 uses the same/similar "point" system on their Xbox Live
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Yeah.. because nothing ever used point systems before 360... :-/...
 
I won't complain about the price. $5 a piece for NES games, where some cart games can go as high as $20+ for the same title.
 
I am going to complain a bit.... that is a bit EXPENSIVE for virtual items.

I love the idea... but they should have taken the pricing down a bit. In fact, I am a bit disappointed in the pricing. WHY would I pay $5-10....etc.. for a virtual game? Yeah... it's convenient on one console... I'll give it that... but it just seems to be too much (IMO)

BV :hat
 
NES games should be 2-3 bucks a pop. I can already download the entire NES library, for free. Why would I pay $5 for a game I already bought once for $50 on the NES, again for $50 when it was re-released for GBA, and again for $20 when the original version was released for GBA several months after? The downloading classics feature should be something that is utilized to sell consoles, not to turn a huge profit.
 
Any information about backup of the virtual games? Do the keep a database so you can redownload? What if your Wii breaks/gets smashed/lost and you loose your games? I would like to have seen N64 priced at $5, SNES $3, and NES$2.

(Think about it, you can get a real N64 game for $5 on ebay....)
 
Memory cards by SanDisk will be offered for that and normal gameplay saves. $39.99 gets you a 512MB and $59.99 gets you a 1GB card
 
stealth toilet said:
NES games should be 2-3 bucks a pop. I can already download the entire NES library, for free. Why would I pay $5 for a game I already bought once for $50 on the NES, again for $50 when it was re-released for GBA, and again for $20 when the original version was released for GBA several months after? The downloading classics feature should be something that is utilized to sell consoles, not to turn a huge profit.
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Once again, check my earlier post. Nintendo's not targeting "internet dude #1337", he's targeting Joe Consumer, who doesn't know much (if anything) about emulation or buying/owning older games, since he traded all of his NES stuff in to GameStop for 5 bucks total.

If it bothers you that bad, go buy them on "eBay" (don't forget that 3-5 dollar shipping!) or find them in person perhaps..?
 
The pricing is semi steep, but I will say this, if they put up games that are extremely hard/expensive to find in cart form then I'm all for it. ^_^
 
Once again, check my earlier post. Nintendo's not targeting "internet dude #1337", he's targeting Joe Consumer, who doesn't know much (if anything) about emulation or buying/owning older games, since he traded all of his NES stuff in to GameStop for 5 bucks total.
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Best point I've seen all day about people complaining about this.

Besides, it's not easy playing most games on a keyboard anyway.
 
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