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Spazzy_D on 14 January 2015
outlawauron said:
Spazzy_D said:
outlawauron said:
jetforcejiminy said:
outlawauron said:

Even asking $20 is pretty steep. 

try finding physical versions of any of the first three titles for less than $40 (in the case of mp trilogy and punch out, less than $80!)... i think this is meant to make supply-constrained titles, or out of print titles, available forever. xenoblade is perfect for this, in other words. i very much expect it as an appetizer to xcx's main course.

And? Suikoden II was hard to find for <$150 and it was just put on PSN for $10. These types of things are generally uploaded for $10-15. $20 isn't an awful price, but it's puts it out of impulse buy imo.


Suikoden II is a PS1 game.  That is the equivilant of an N64 game, which goes for 10-12 dollars on the Virtual Console.  This would be the equivilant of a PS3 game being sold for 20 bucks. 

Earthbound is 10 bucks on the Wii U by the way, and that goes for about 600 new, so that is a better comparison to Suikoden II.

(Also, I own Suikoden II and had no idea it was worth that much, I should dig it out of my closet.)

He was talking about hard to find or expensive games now available digitally. It was just a recent example.

Best example was PS2 classics on PSN imo (that launched on PS3). They're all $10 (except for a small amount of big games that launched at $15 that later were lowered to $10).


Wii games are 7th gen games though, they are not as old as PS2 games even if you want to lump them into the same category due to the Wiis graphical prowess or your own personal bias.  20 dollars is a reasonable price for a last gen game, and 10 is a steal.  15 might be a better price overall though, especially for "smaller" games such as Punch-Out.



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the_dengle on 14 January 2015

$20 is an outstanding price for Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Prime Trilogy. It's an acceptable price for Punch-Out as well.

$10 is practically charity. Might as well complain about having to pay 30 cents for Super Metroid a couple years back.

Someone remind me how much it costs to rent a game on PS Now? Because back when the beta was floating around I believe $20 would get you a game for a whole three months.



Teeqoz on 14 January 2015

Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Wii games now available on Wii U according to direct? Get hypoed!!!!

I read that as "Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Wii games now availible on Wii U according to direct? Get typo'd!!!!"

Quite fitting really



burninmylight on 14 January 2015
the_dengle said:
$20 is an outstanding price for Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Prime Trilogy. It's an acceptable price for Punch-Out as well.

$10 is practically charity. Might as well complain about having to pay 30 cents for Super Metroid a couple years back.

Someone remind me how much it costs to rent a game on PS Now? Because back when the beta was floating around I believe $20 would get you a game for a whole three months.


I was about to say the same thing.

$20 for three games that once retailed (and justifably so, considering all the content each holds) for $50. That's about $6.67 a game. And not any old games either: The Metroid freaking Prime Trilogy. That's like the Dark Knight Trilogy of video games. You will never find it in any store for $20. Oh, did I mention that it will be half price for the week that it launches? That's $3.33 a game.

Anyone who takes issue with that price should just quit gaming.



outlawauron on 14 January 2015
Spazzy_D said:
outlawauron said:

He was talking about hard to find or expensive games now available digitally. It was just a recent example.

Best example was PS2 classics on PSN imo (that launched on PS3). They're all $10 (except for a small amount of big games that launched at $15 that later were lowered to $10).

Wii games are 7th gen games though, they are not as old as PS2 games even if you want to lump them into the same category due to the Wiis graphical prowess or your own personal bias.  20 dollars is a reasonable price for a last gen game, and 10 is a steal.  15 might be a better price overall though, especially for "smaller" games such as Punch-Out.

PS2 Classics were offered in the life of the PS3. It's not saying the Wii is the PS2, but offering one generation old games digitally on the newer platform. I'm not going for a clever one liner.

the_dengle said:
$20 is an outstanding price for Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Prime Trilogy. It's an acceptable price for Punch-Out as well.

$10 is practically charity. Might as well complain about having to pay 30 cents for Super Metroid a couple years back.

Someone remind me how much it costs to rent a game on PS Now? Because back when the beta was floating around I believe $20 would get you a game for a whole three months.

$10 is an absolute steal for Galaxy 2. The intial discount is a great way to launch the program.

PS Now has a subscription model though. You can get unlimited access to everything offered for $20/month. Definitely a bit more expensive, but no longer a good zinger.



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the_dengle on 14 January 2015
outlawauron said:

$10 is an absolute steal for Galaxy 2. The intial discount is a great way to launch the program.

PS Now has a subscription model though. You can get unlimited access to everything offered for $20/month. Definitely a bit more expensive, but no longer a good zinger.

If it's subscription based then it's not really comparable. Personally I'd much rather pay a one-time price to own a game than a monthly price for access to a bunch of games that go away as soon as I stop paying, but I know that subscription model is preferable for others.

Is it exclusively subscription-based now? You can't play games through PS Now unless you subscribe?



HighlandRainbow on 14 January 2015

I just bought SMG2 for £8.99 on the e-shop, have it in physical form but I bought it more for the convenience if I'm honest and its a fair price for that reason so I am a happy chappy.



outlawauron on 14 January 2015
the_dengle said:
outlawauron said:

$10 is an absolute steal for Galaxy 2. The intial discount is a great way to launch the program.

PS Now has a subscription model though. You can get unlimited access to everything offered for $20/month. Definitely a bit more expensive, but no longer a good zinger.

If it's subscription based then it's not really comparable. Personally I'd much rather pay a one-time price to own a game than a monthly price for access to a bunch of games that go away as soon as I stop paying, but I know that subscription model is preferable for others.

Is it exclusively subscription-based now? You can't play games through PS Now unless you subscribe?

I don't believe this is the case. It's considered the main offering, but you can still rent games for shorter designated times if you'd prefer.



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TomaTito on 14 January 2015
V-r0cK said:
TomaTito said:

Now the question from me is will those Wii retail games also use the gamepad?

This is what i'd like to know.

I just seen some videos of SMG2 and it goes into vWii. I thought it would be have been done through the WiiU. The new icon is just a shortcut to the run the disc image through vWii. Surely they should also be able to do this for the real Wii discs!

Both these features is something I thought was going to be available at launch.
Gamepad controls: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=147615
Better BC integration: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=156049



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the_dengle on 14 January 2015
outlawauron said:

I don't believe this is the case. It's considered the main offering, but you can still rent games for shorter designated times if you'd prefer.

Anyway I'll be right there with you when Nintendo releases Kirby's Epic Yarn and Metroid: Other M on the eShop for $20 apiece. Pretty sure I could walk into any gamestop in the country and pick them up for under half that. And that's just it: I could go to GameStop and buy either of those games for under $10, put it in my Wii U and start playing. It's an alternative to spending more than that on the Wii U eShop, just as having Metroid Prime Trilogy available on the eShop for $20 is an alternative to tracking it down for much more than that. This gives customers an option they don't have on consoles that lack backwards compatibility. For now, this is a great price for these particular Wii games, and the eventual overpriced games can simply be ignored in favor of physical Wii discs.

You previously compared the price of PS2 games on the PS3 digital store to those of Wii games on the Wii U digital store, reasoning that as both were one generation old at the time, they ought to be the same price. But I'm pretty sure that those PS2 games haven't declined in price now that they are two generations old, just as NES and SNES games haven't dropped in price from Wii to Wii U.

The value of a game is not determined by its age or by the generation it hails from, and Nintendo's policy of selling all NES games for the same price, all GB games, all SNES games, etc. is a mistaken one. They actually showed some degree of awareness of this when they released Earthbound at a slightly higher price than other SNES games, but they are far from embracing a dynamic price range for all Virtual Console titles. With regards to this new program, the market will determine the value of these games. I'm sure Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Prime Trilogy will sell very well at these reduced prices, and that later additions that are priced significantly higher than their physical counterparts will draw very little interest. After all, if GameStop can't clear out their stock of Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree for $4, what hope does Nintendo have of selling it for $20?

This is running a bit long so let me just add that I think this is a great addition to the Wii U eShop even though Nintendo is a bit bone-headed with their digital prices and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for just $20.