Will SNES games ever come to the 3DS eShop?

[theRepublic]

CleggaZ said:

theRepublic said:

CleggaZ said:

UncleScrooge said:

There's one thing people never mention because it sounds so absurd: Did you ever consider that Nintendo maybe just doesn't have the manpower to put more games on the VC or program new emulators? It always sounded absurd to me - Nintendo making huge profits with the Wii and DS but failing to increase its workforce considerably? Doesn't make sense, right? But I think that's one of Nintendo's core problems. Look at all that stuff: Wii U games get delayed because they can't get them out in time, Wii U getting less games because they shifted support to 3DS to keep that thing selling, slow trickle of Virtual Console games, lack of N64, GBA, DS, Gamecube games, Nintendo outsourcing stuff like Hyrule Warriors, Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei, exclusive Sonic deals to boost the line-up, Smash Bros developed by a third party studio, Retro working on Mario Kart 7 to get the game out in time...?

Nintendo wouldn't announce stuff like a GBA or DS emulator months in advance if they had a considerable number of people working on it. They wouldn't delay Wii U games if they had more people working on them. They wouldn't need to outsource stuff if they had expanded in time. They wouldn't have to drop support for their platforms after 4 years to focus on their next gen consoles if they had enough dev teams to support more than 2 platforms at once.

But maybe that's just me and I'm missing something obvious.

No I completely agree this doesn’t just seem to be just a Nintendo problem though understaffing seems to affect other Japanese developers in comparison to western developers you can see this in various games that don't get ports onto other similarly powered consoles. Anyway what Nintendo should do is expand the team who takes care of the Virtual Console and flood it with as many games as possible which will then dramatically increase the Wii U/3DS game library’s and hopefully increase sell consoles as well.

Why would more Virtual Console games increase console sales?  There is no reason for that to be the case.  People buy new hardware for new games.  Not to play old games.

The Virtual Console can be a way to squeeze some extra money out of existing consumers and fans.  That's about it.  I see it mainly as fan service, and I am guessing that Nintendo does too.  Afterall, they are the ones that know how much money it made on the Wii.  That has to be the reason that it is not a top priority for them.

Well I think there’s definitely a market for older classic games alongside playing the newer games on a console, I feel this is the reason backwards compatibility is so popular since you can play the games from the previous generation/s that you love alongside new ones. I do think for this to work they would have to change up the virtual console a bit as well like adding cross buy and maybe a PlayStation plus style subscription for the Eshop that includes both new and virtual Console games.

There is a market for it.  I just don't think you are going to be bringing in new consumers with Virtual Console offerings.  You serve the existing base with the Virtual Console.