Wii Virtual Console games & pricing

LookingFor

Nintendo has announced the Virtual Console lineup for 06 in Europe, and pricing:

NES
Baseball
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Ice Hockey
Mario Bros.
Pinball, Soccer
Solomon's Key (Tecmo)
Tennis
The Legend of Zelda
Urban Champion
Wario's Woods

SNES
Donkey Kong Country
F-Zero
SimCity

N64
Super Mario 64

Sega MegaDrive
Sonic the Hedgehog
Altered Beast
Golden Axe
Columns
Gunstar Heroes
Ecco the Dolphin
Space Harrier II
Toe Jam & Earl
Ristar
Dr. Robotonik’s Mean Bean Machine

Turbografx (PC Engine)
Bonk’s Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Victory Run
Bomberman '93
Dungeon Explorer

And here's the sticky bit..pricing:

The titles will be available to download using Wii Points. NES games will cost 500 Points (€5), Turbografx games will cost 600 Points (€6), SNES and Megadrive games will cost 800 points (€8), and N64 games will cost 1000 Points (€10).

€5 as a flat fee for every NES game seems a bit much when PSone downloads will start at the same price on PS3, IMO. €8 each for Megadrive games seems even worse to me given that you can get Sega's Mega Collection of 32 megadrive games on PS2 for €25 or so!

Vegeta

8 euro is nothing. How many pints is that. Its a chinese or an indian.

In a perfect life they'd be free.

LookingFor

Vegeta wrote:

8 euro is nothing. How many pints is that. Its a chinese or an indian.

In a perfect life they'd be free.

Thing is, some people do play them free, illegally. Piracy is driven by cost first, then convenience. Wii has the convenience thing down pat, but I think it they want to persuade pirates into the light, a lower tier of pricing would have been better. (I am not advocating piracy here at all, just to be absolutely clear..just recognising there is a problem, and an opportunity with services like this to combat it if the price is right).

On a general note, 8 euro over and over adds up. Particularly when you consider the relative value against products offered before, like those collections that have many more games for €20 or €30. Can't complain so much about SNES games simply because they weren't available like that before, I guess.

Retr0gamer

I do think it's a bit much as well. I've also heard a rumour that Europe could possibly be only getting the PAL versions of these games meaning 16% slower and dirty borders.

muppetkiller

Sensible soccer on the mega drive please

Vegeta

muppetkiller wrote:

Sensible soccer on the mega drive please

i second that

Stoichkov

Horribly over priced, you can get many of those games on ebay for cheaper.

Sony hates europe but Nintendo loves us eh?

Retr0gamer

Well at least we get the console before chrimbo and they aren't closing down importers.

thelordofcheese

muppetkiller wrote:

Sensible soccer on the mega drive please

thirded.

Tbh the only thing on that list i'd pay for is Gunstar heros, and i'd part with 8Euro for that.

Wonder what the prices are in sterling....

mcgarnicle

Retr0gamer wrote:

Well at least we get the console before chrimbo and they aren't closing down importers.

They already had their go http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=1757

thebman

I think the price is a too high but I might buy one or two if I get a Wii just for the craic. It certainly won't be something I'll do to often with those prices.

K.O.Kiki

GUNSTAR HEROES!!

Mr. K

I think the prices are grand, I intend to be as picky as I am with Xbox Live Arcade. Some classic games will be must-haves. If Goldeneye were to appear, I think many of us would explode in showers of creamy...gaming fun.

Retr0gamer

i'll probably get lynched for this but Goldeneye has aged incredibly badly.

GrumPy

Retr0gamer wrote:

i'll probably get lynched for this but Goldeneye has aged incredibly badly.

Your right though, it's uuugggh.