Wii News (Virtual Console prices, Opera, launch date?, etc.)
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I am actually not that disappointed with the prices of virtual console games, especially since it was mentioned that new "games" would also fall into that price scheme. I can see the older NES, SNES or N64 games selling at the lower end of the price scale.
I have personally never played Mario 64 and would love to have the opportunity for less then 9 bucks.
I have personally never played Mario 64 and would love to have the opportunity for less then 9 bucks.
chroniceyestrain
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Ingenu said:
I could definitely see that happening, maybe as a pre-order incentive.
If you figure out how much the Mega Man and Sonic compilations come out per game, I doubt anyone will mind that much. $4-$9 seems quite reasonable, although I'd prefer $2 for NES titles. There are more than a few N64 and SNES carts that are hard to find for that price, too.
fearsomepirate said:
I'd find NES 2$ SNES 4$ N64 6$ acceptable, but come on $4 to replay MarioBros? That's just ridiculous.
Maybe Nintendo will make use of the NintendoVIP system, X points gets you one free game from VC. Or as mentioned before, bundling could work as well.
hupfinsgack said:
Yea, I'm of the same mind.
Frankly, my belief has always been that sentimentality clouds your memory. You think it will be great fun to relive those old games but once you actually play them again, the shine will quickly wear off.
Most of these purchases will be good for a quick game or two but then you'll never go back to them.
chroniceyestrain
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According to IGN, this price range isn't for the classic games, but new games.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/711/711629p1.html
http://wii.ign.com/articles/711/711629p1.html
Given how much companies have charges for nostalgis before, Nintendo's old games on GB, Midway classics etc., I can well imagine charging $5 for a retro game. For the wider public that's quite a disposable figure that doesn't warrant thinking about, and it makes an insane profit on the original investment, so why wouldn't they charge so much?
In fact, how many pieces of software can you get for $2? I think $4 is pretty much the minimum no matter what you buy. Even fonts and plugins cost more than that. Ringtones and other customizations I think are the only things cheaper, and you get a lot less for your money on those. $2 would be nice, but unlikely.
Ty said:
true - the exception to this from what I've found is games of the same era which you've had little/no experience with. I've had a lot of fun recently with old snes games as I've only owned one for a short period of time and didn't get to experience the vast majority of it's library. Unfortunatelt unless they allow demos it looks like i'll be sticking to the one's I've heard were good and not the unknowns for those prices.
Lets be honest. Im not advocating piracy or anything. But how many of us tech savy forum posting know where to find things people, which actually pay for any of this crap? I would only pay for classics if they had netplay included through their online service.
Without that i already bought these games at ridiculous prices hello 80 bucks for super mario 3. If nintendo thinks they are getting my money again for the same cartridge without added benefit of online play then they're crazy. I'll stick with the emulation scene.
That's just reality. I already owned the games and paid too much for them. Too many people/business are trying to pull a George Lucas on us. Reselling the same content 50 times. F that, fight the man!
Without that i already bought these games at ridiculous prices hello 80 bucks for super mario 3. If nintendo thinks they are getting my money again for the same cartridge without added benefit of online play then they're crazy. I'll stick with the emulation scene.
That's just reality. I already owned the games and paid too much for them. Too many people/business are trying to pull a George Lucas on us. Reselling the same content 50 times. F that, fight the man!
skilzygw said:
lol - agreed! We should be offered at the least (financial) incentive to try the less popular games that most people didn't give a chance. Bundling packages for the more popular ones at discounted prices should also prove successful. Considering as the above poster said that these companies are not making any more money on these old titles at the moment so anything they get for these games at this point for them is gravy. Especially when you consider there is absolutely no media/shipping to pay for.
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thenefariousone
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Microsoft at least adds achievements, and multiplayer to those games. It's not just an upsampled port.
We'll have to wait and see what Nintendo will offer to make their retro games more than just ports.
We'll have to wait and see what Nintendo will offer to make their retro games more than just ports.
hey69 said:
