Virtual Console games are too expensive . . .

[mike_intellivision]

KylieDog said:

£6 for a regular SNES game.  £7.50 for N64 (some cost more than this).


By comparison PS1 titles on the Playstation Store are only £3-4 on average (a few exceptions only).


Want more reasons why it is overpiced?   How about the fact that most of the stuff on the VC has already been re-released in compilation 'classic' packages a load of times on previous consoles including the PS1, PS2 and Gamecube?  Most of these games are only rare in their original format of release and if you just want to play them are have been easily buyable for many years now (and a lot cheaper than VC).

The Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (as the most recent example) was released for PS3/360 this gen and has 40 Mega Drive/Genesis games on it as well as a few arcade games in addition to those 40.  It was released at a budget £25.  How much would those 40 games cost from VC?  

£240!

 

No wonder the Wii didn't get a port of that compilation, you only need buy 3 or 4 games on VC and they would have made more profit than from the compilation.

Yes, the Virtual Console is overpriced.

Yes, you are right, the Wii did not get a piece of that action -- and it was Sega's decision. I think that is a point that many peopole miss about the VC selection and in some ways the price. Nintendo has to have others agree to post its games -- and it has to pay them for that.  That might explain why (a) some games are not on there and (b) why some games cost more than you would think they should.

What would be really interesting would be to compare the cost of the same new-content game across platforms. For example -- TV Show King (which is on WiiWare and PSN) or Megaman 9 (which is on all three).

Also, how much is PSN charging for the TG-16 games it has?

 

Mike from Morgantown