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Author: hastypixels
Posted: May 22, 2019 (07:12 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
My immediate thought goes to the SNES games we're not getting, but I see what Nintendo is trying to do. They're looking at games that haven't gotten the attention they perhaps deserve, or are less appreciated.
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Author: bwv_639
Posted: May 28, 2019 (04:58 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Many consumers feel this represents a bad value, because... reasons?
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: May 28, 2019 (06:30 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
For the record, I would much rather own the games than not, even in digital form. In fact I already do own most or all of the titles, because I've purchased every NES game available on the Wii/Wii U versions of the Virtual Console on top of owning carts of very nearly all of them. But $20/year to have access to almost 50 NES games, as just one part of the overall service, seems really very fair (it's less than $2.00 per month) and is heading toward the "Netflix for gaming" that so many claim to want. Admittedly, the pricing looks bad compared to "Free, because I pirated everything," which is how too many people now determine retro game value, but Nintendo's model seems to be quite reasonably priced, especially considering having access to a little over half that content would have cost as much as 3 or 4 years of membership. And also looking at the online functionality being added so that you can play games with friends. I really need to play through Super Mario Bros. 3 with some of you, actually, now that it's so easy to do so...
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