Why are Nintendo so expensive for digital content?

[smbu2000]

d21lewis said:

smbu2000 said:

d21lewis said:
I also don't agree with their automatic pricing. An 8-bit Nes title is automatically $5 whether it sucks or it rocks. A 16-Bit Snes title is automatically $8. An N64 title is automatically $10. That's so BS.

It's usually automatic, but sometimes there are exceptions. For example, some square 16bit games cost more and sometimes N64 games do as well.(OOT I believe) At least on the JP marketplace.

Yeah, OOT costs as much as any other N64 title but when a game comes from Japan and never got a US release, they add a bit to it (Like Sin and Punishment).  Japan only Nes games are automatically $6 and N64 games are $12.

I just checked out the Japan VC store and 3 of the N64 games are 1200 points (normal price is 1000 points): OOT, Majora's Mask and Smash Bros. S&P is the standard price, but I guess that's because it was released here. ;-p

SNES games are usually 800 points, but stuff like Chrono Trigger, FF4, FF5, FF6, SimCity, Super Mario RPG, Link to the Past, Fire Emblem games are all at 900 points.

The good thing about the Japanese VC store is that Sega Genesis (Megadrive) wasn't that popular here so games are only 600 points. (800 points in the US, I believe)