| NorthbyNorthWest said: Why should a game be worth less just because it's old? When you buy a DVD of a classic movie, does it cost any less than that of a new movie? Should Citizen Kane cost 10 cents because darnit, it's so old? Are old books sold for only pennies? Is old art considered worthless? Of course not. This absurd attitude that because a game is more than 2 years old it's worthless has to stop. Complaining over having to pay 5 bucks for a videogame that will provide you with numerous hours of entertainment just because it's old is absurd. Is 2 or 3 dollars really anything to comlain about? Would you all be rushing out to buy VC games if they only cost 2 or 3 bucks? I doubt it...if anything I bet sales would actually drop. When Sega packs 50 games on a disc for 30 dollars nobody buys the damn thing. The most succesful retro re-releases ever were when Nintendo released old NES games on GBA carts for 20-bucks each. People bought those things in the millions! Nintendo knows what other companies like Sega don't...if you treat your own games like they're worthless, consumers will too. |
The fallacy in your argument comes from the assumption that the issue is with the classic games. It's not. Getting a classic game like Super Mario Bros. for $5 is great. Being asked to pay the same amount for Donkey Kong Jr. Math is the problem. Being asked to pay the same amount of money for Street Fighter II: The World Warriors, then Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, and then Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers is the problem when each was merely an enhancement of the same game.
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