You do know you've been able to play all the games on virtual console and more for free for at least 10 years right? I have been able to find ROMs not only of all the old hits, but translated versions of games that never saw the light of day in the US (Secret of Mana 2 for instance). If anything the whole virtual console thing is heavily overpriced. I mean 10 dollars for a 22 year old game? Come on. For about 30 seconds I thought about buying sonic the hedgehog and a few other VC games, then I remembered the ROM thing and thought better of it.
And its about value at the time. At the time of its release the PS1 was pretty close to cutting edge (remember how amazed a lot of people were by the cutscenes in FFVII?) just like the SNES was when it came out. The difference between charging 299 for a SNES or a PS1/2 and 250for a Wii is the Wii is not at the cutting edge or even close to it. With the old hardware in it the Wii should be closer to the 99 dollars the gamecube ended up at then the 250 it is at. Yes people will pay more, but as it stands the value is NOT the same for the Wii and for other consoles like the SNES, PS1, or even gamecube at their release.
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