| LordTheNightKnight said: "but it seems to me they are forcing their third party partners to follow this method regardless of whether the third party wants to or not" Nintendo doesn't. I guess you missed the part where some third party games cost differently, and Nintendo said that was their choice. Now most of those cost more, but Nintendo has not stated less is not an option, just that the third parties haven't taken it. |
So then Sega is by their own hand overcharging Wii owners for inferior ports to what is available on competing consoles? That doesn't seem to be their style. While I understand Nintendo went on record stating this (I'd like to see a link for correct wording though), it doesn't quite add up, and could not have told the whole story. I've yet to see a price drop on Virtual Console. I've yet to see a large fluctuation in the pricing model. Nintendo's own words suggest the VC isn't doing so hot nowadays, so you're saying no third parties have thought of decreasing prices to entice customers? It doesn't seem very likely.
I believe Sega was locked into an $8 price point for Sega Genesis games because they directly competed with the SNES games at $8 and Nintendo didn't want to see their own console seemingly overpriced. I have no links to support this, but it's my theory.
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