| mike_intellivision said: It is interesting that Sega Genesis games are $5 on the 360 and $8 on the Wii. But the two N64 games on the 360 are $15 while those games would be $10 on the Wii. Does anyone know how much Sony is charging for the TG games on PSN? (They would be in the $6-$8 range on the Wii). As for the arguement of buying old copies vs. digitial downloads, those are the only two LEGAL ways to play the games, hence the comparison. It is an apples to oranges comparison, but it is the only one that can be made.
Mike from Morgantown
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The two N64 games are enhanced ports. More work has gone into them than any N64 game on the Virtual Console. I don't necessarily agree with a $5 price hike, but at least there is a justification for charging more than the same titles do on the VC.
My point regarding the auction house comparison being invalid is that now we have competing digital download services, meaning we no longer have to use the oranges comparison when we have three different apples to compare. It would have been a fairly valid argument back in 2006, but in 2009, these three services are starting to overlap in titles and basic generation comparisons, so they are far better guages of what is overpriced or not than a collector's market is.
Let me also clarify that I don't necessarily disagree completely with the prices Nintendo has on the VC. I'm against what appears to be a very rigid pricing structure that appears to be very controlling on Nintendo's part, and that is exactly their style; all titles(save the rare price hike) for a set price based on console and no price drops.
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