Well, you will recieve games like Super Metroid and F-Zero for 30ct for 1 months, that's like SUPER cheap.

Lol the prices are great because they are great games. Hell I'll be paying another $1 to just upgrade them to wiiu gamepad support. Nes SNES games are simply worth more.

44 inch HDTVs playing Final Fantasy 7 look like ass. It probablt looks better than a CRT but I'm telling you, the only way to really play this game now is on a PSP or VIta where the small screen reduces the appearance of the jags. Anything larger and you're going be praying the the AA gods for relief. 

I find PSX games to be much prettier than N64 games for the most part. Star Fox, Banjo Kazooie, Diddy Kong Racing, Blast Corps, Ogre Battle 64, Ocarina of Time, and Majora's Mask are still very nice to look at, but most are not. Resident Evil 2, and 3, the Final Fantasy games, and others, utilize the same type of rendering as Donkey Kong Country and are still very beautiful today.

You *do* realise that game quality isn't equal to graphical quality, right? That, when they said that PS1 games didn't age well, they didn't actually mean that they're graphically worse, but that they feel aged. They feel like old games. When you play almost any PS1 game, it feels like it's an old game. When you play Donkey Kong Country for the SNES, it still feels like a great, new game. A lot of SNES games have this property, especially Nintendo first-party games.

And let's be honest, many SNES games are more expensive on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Tennis-SNES-Sealed-BRAND-NEW-Super-Nintendo-1991-/150982578851?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item23274352a3

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mortal-Kombat-Super-Nintendo-1992-SNES-Game-/281053602643?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item417019a353

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Mario-Kart-Cart-Super-Nintendo-SNES-Vintage-Classic-Racing-Original-/300849486637?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item460c06db2d

And it's not just a matter of moving the rom over and testing it for gameplay. The games have to be re-classified by the various classification bodies, they have to be tested for security, they have to reobtain any licenses or permissions that were originally required, and they have to incorporate extra features like appropriate save states and restrictions on such states. And with the Wii U, there's more added functionality, too.

And even if none of that was necessary, the prices aren't set based on a single consumer's preconceived idea of how much such games *should* be worth. The prices are dictated by the market, just like with retail games - if you release a game at $50, and it's only really worth $20, the price will drop pretty quickly as sales falter after launch. The publisher makes the call as to what price will maximise their total profit, factoring in reduction of purchases with increasing price. This is basic economics.

It's only a ripoff if a retailer ups the price of a product for their own profit, despite others nearby selling the same product at the normal price, and prey on consumers not being sufficiently well-informed to shop where it's cheaper. That, or intentionally misrepresenting the value of the product.

Thats one of the reasons I never bothered to download NES/SNES games on Wii, awful prices. It should be:

NES/SNES 1.99-2.99
N64 4.99
GC 9.99 (future)

I think they are slightly overpriced. It should be on the 4 mark.

Why because brand new eshop games on the 3DS for example cost 8. It doesnt make sense to charge similar prices on a brand new game on really old and dated games (even if the gameplay is still superb).

I just find it hilarious that people are complaining over such trivial prices. 5 USD is cheaper than dirt, literally.

Yes, they are overpriced. There are some games that I've been willing to pay for due to a mixture of nostalgia, quality or simply because I've just been a bit too drunk, but overall, I just don't see how the digital version of these rather old games can cost that much for consumers.

Obviously people are paying otherwise they wouldn't bother with their pricing scheme, but I don't see their system as being particularly friendly for consumers.

Yes, but for $5, I'm not going to complain too much. Really, games like Zelda and SMB3 are worth the full price of a few popsicle sticks. The only thing that bugs me is when low-quality games or generic games are the full $5. "Golf" should not cost as much as SMB3.