Seiken Densetsu ( Secret of Mania ) Collection announced for Switch

[outlawauron]

QuestForTires said:

outlawauron said:

People do complain quite often about pricing of PS2 games. $15 is widely criticized. Even then, those PS2 classics at least have things like trophy support.

The reason why Nintendo is criticized for pricing on virtual console is that they're always more expensive than their competition (not to mention you have to purchase them multiple times per console space). N64 games should be $7, not $10. SNES games should be $5, not $8. NES games should be $2-3. The extra push behind it is that the files you download on VC are just straight ROMs. There's no extra work done to them, just publisher ensuring they have the license.

Again, you are telling Nintendo that they have to start their pricing tier at $2, while Sony can start it's pricing tier at $6.  Why, because Nintendo has more tiers?  On the PlayStation Store Pac-Man (1980) is $3.99 and Ms. Pac-Man (1981) is $4.99.  But sure, Nintendo's NES tier should be $2.  At least Nintendo's tier prices are unified.  Not Super Mario 64 is $9.99, but Ogre Battle 64:  Person of Lordly Caliber is $14.99.  If one N64 game is $9.99, they all are.  (By the way, I don't disagree with you on it being sh*tty to have to repurchase vc games from console to console.  I think on Wii U, I got discounts for any VC games I also had on Wii.  So hopefully they do completely come around on that)

I said $2-3, because some of the NES games are just horrible. Obviously, the better titles are worth more money (I'd drop $3 on the old Mario games), but I can't justify paying even $1 for Balloon Fight

Sony gets to start their pricing tier at $6, because their games are generations newer. Things get cheaper as they get older. That's how games, music, and movies all work. Pac-Man isn't apart of Virtual Console system. It was ported to the system with some updates and released as a standalone title. Not part of the "Classics" series. Same thing with what is happening here with Mana series (unsure of what's being added though. Would hope that the remake from iOS/Vita is what's included).

Edit: I'll also say it helps that Sony has actual sales on PSN. It's easier to swallow a pricing structure when it also has support for huge discounts. Just right now, there are several PS1/PS2 classics for <$3.