Pricing For Retro Games on the Wii

schnikies79 writes to mention an Ars Technica article revealing the pricing scheme for retro content on the Wii. From the article: "Iwata revealed that games for Nintendo's "virtual console" that will allow Wii owners to play old titles on their consoles will be priced at ¥500 and ¥1,000, roughly US$4.50 to US$8.99. For reference, classic retro games for the Nintendo GameBoy sold for upwards of US$35 for some titles, US$19.99 for others. Uptake was understandably low, as gamers were reticent to pay that much for old content." The piece goes on to say that they're ramping up DS production to meet command, and that connectivity with the DS will be a major selling point for the console when it releases.

Comments

Okay. . .

[AcidLacedPenguiN]

Yay now I get to play with vintage wii and all for a decent price too!

what? seriously, wtf?

[Ender Ryan]

What titles, precisely, have you so excited at this point in time? Zelda? By all accounts I've read, it plays better with a "traditional" dual analog stick controller. Maybe that'll improve. Maybe not? But it's rightfully a GC game, I'm not getting a Wii for that.

I just don't get it. What has got people SO FUCKING excited about Nintendo right now? They've got some neat, new ideas, but can you honestly say they've proven them at this point? Different doesn't make it good. Novelty doesn't last long, so after it wears off, there had better be some goddamn substance.

Frankly, I am not excited about any of the big 3 this time around. Sony's console is too expensive. Nintendo's is too *underpowered. Microsoft's has the blandest games... Seriously.

As someone who is only interested in the games, I will not say at this point which of these silly company's I will be "giving" my money to. That's just... stupid, IMO.

* The first person who derides raw horsepower and graphical capability gets a punch in the groin. We know already, it's not all about graphics...