Comments on: Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416 The Retrogaming and Retrocomputing Blogazine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:41:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: E. http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-20039 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:56:16 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-20039 Wow lot of great info on components. I have check out this sit where find controllers and games at great bargain prices. http://bestgamecubegames.net/best-gamecube-games-gamecube-black-controller.html Feel free to give some feedback on the site. Wow lot of great info on components. I have check out this sit where find controllers and games at great bargain prices. http://bestgamecubegames.net/best-gamecube-games-gamecube-black-controller.html Feel free to give some feedback on the site.

]]> Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: jay http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-18134 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:45:16 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-18134 hi... im just curios... where can i sell my vintage nintendo nes console and its games and controllers?... thanks... hi… im just curios… where can i sell my vintage nintendo nes console and its games and controllers?… thanks…

]]> Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: DSP2 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-17837 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-17837 Virtual console is a good alternative. It is expensive, ''Even though I payed for them'' Comparing the Legend of Zelda ''The real thing'' VS ''Wii Virtual console'' I prefer the real thing. The real thing is something physical you can hold rather then a piece of software on your memory. The picture and sound emulation is ''Too'' perfected due to emulation, which makes the sound and picture crippled at some points where the real thing seems to have no problems at all. ''Midna'' A fake is a fake and no matter how much you dress it up, the real thing always wins! Virtual console is a good alternative.
It is expensive, ''Even though I payed for them''

Comparing the Legend of Zelda ''The real thing'' VS ''Wii Virtual console'' I prefer the real thing.

The real thing is something physical you can hold rather then a piece of software on your memory. The picture and sound emulation is ''Too'' perfected due to emulation, which makes the sound and picture crippled at some points where the real thing seems to have no problems at all.

''Midna''

A fake is a fake and no matter how much you dress it up, the real thing always wins!

]]> Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: Alienform http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-16626 Fri, 01 May 2009 16:33:12 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-16626 Powerpak from retrozone.com = $135.00 Original NES Hardware = $45- $60 average on E-bay Total cost = $180.00 Play on original hardware and original games no port or emulation! Wow Amazing! Powerpak from retrozone.com = $135.00

Original NES Hardware = $45- $60 average on E-bay

Total cost = $180.00

Play on original hardware and original games no port or emulation!

Wow Amazing!

]]> Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: Nintendo360 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-15709 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:34:51 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-15709 First let me say that I have been a proud owner of an Xbox 360 for awhile now and recently purchased a Wii, in part, because I heard such great things about the Virtual Console dowloads. I must admit being able to play some classic NES, SNES and Genesis games has it's appeal but after comparing the two services, Xbox Arcade is truly a better service. The largest and most glaring problem with the Virtual Console is the lack of demos. Every Xbox Arcade game, whether it's a re-emulated throwback or a new title has a FREE playable demo. I think by adding one free level of every virtual console game for FREE would allow people to make a better choice on what they buy. Second it's clear a lot of thought went into the titles on XBox arcade. TMNT the arcade verison, SF2 the arcade version, centipiede, gauntlet. With the Virtual Console it looks like they went for quantity over quality. I mean Contra III? TMNT 1? These are piles of crap. Why would you have Super Mario 1,2,3 and no Super Mario All-Stars? Finally, I don't care what the comparrison says. Paying $5 for an 8-bit game that could fit on a 3.5 disk, released 25 years ago is a RIP OFF!! These games should have been $1 maybe $2 First let me say that I have been a proud owner of an Xbox 360 for awhile now and recently purchased a Wii, in part, because I heard such great things about the Virtual Console dowloads. I must admit being able to play some classic NES, SNES and Genesis games has it's appeal but after comparing the two services, Xbox Arcade is truly a better service.

The largest and most glaring problem with the Virtual Console is the lack of demos. Every Xbox Arcade game, whether it's a re-emulated throwback or a new title has a FREE playable demo. I think by adding one free level of every virtual console game for FREE would allow people to make a better choice on what they buy.

Second it's clear a lot of thought went into the titles on XBox arcade. TMNT the arcade verison, SF2 the arcade version, centipiede, gauntlet. With the Virtual Console it looks like they went for quantity over quality. I mean Contra III? TMNT 1? These are piles of crap. Why would you have Super Mario 1,2,3 and no Super Mario All-Stars?

Finally, I don't care what the comparrison says. Paying $5 for an 8-bit game that could fit on a 3.5 disk, released 25 years ago is a RIP OFF!! These games should have been $1 maybe $2

]]> Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: NoSuchMethod http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-15407 Tue, 27 May 2008 15:46:47 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-15407 I can't help but laugh at all the "but emulators are illegal" comments. Disregarding market forces because of their legality isn't being moral, it's being naive. They tried that with the War on Drugs and look what happened with that. Neither Nintendo nor her customers can ignore the $0.00 emulator option because that really IS the competition. The wide availability and the impossibility of enforcing century-old intellectual property law on an electronic market guarantee as much (You can be fair-sure Nintendo doesn't want to fall into the Napster pit-trap). For the Virtual Console to have value, the price has to be justified by the ease and convenience that having these games on the Wii affords. Personally, I think they probably overpriced the titles by $1-$2 a pop. $5 a piece sets off a red flag in the consumer mind that $4 doesn't. On the other hand, Nintendo may have turned a great deal more benefit from providing the vintage games at no-cost and just using them to sell Wii's and accessories. I can't help but laugh at all the "but emulators are illegal" comments.
Disregarding market forces because of their legality isn't being moral, it's being naive.

They tried that with the War on Drugs and look what happened with that.

Neither Nintendo nor her customers can ignore the $0.00 emulator option because that really IS the competition. The wide availability and the impossibility of enforcing century-old intellectual property law on an electronic market guarantee as much (You can be fair-sure Nintendo doesn't want to fall into the Napster pit-trap). For the Virtual Console to have value, the price has to be justified by the ease and convenience that having these games on the Wii affords.

Personally, I think they probably overpriced the titles by $1-$2 a pop. $5 a piece sets off a red flag in the consumer mind that $4 doesn't. On the other hand, Nintendo may have turned a great deal more benefit from providing the vintage games at no-cost and just using them to sell Wii's and accessories.

]]> Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: Y0u http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-15302 Wed, 07 May 2008 02:51:43 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-15302 One flaw here is that a couple of outliers can really drive up the price of the total original carts. Take out Alien Soldier and the actual Genesis carts are cheaper than the VC; the same applies to Bonk 3. Also, it's hard to judge market value of a game from a single Ebay auction or half.com asking price (which is sometimes all www.videogamepricecharts.com has.) Just because somebody is asking $200 for Bonk 3 doesn't mean it's worth that much on the market, especially if nobody buys it. Still though, this is very interesting data if it's taken for the imperfect data that it is. One flaw here is that a couple of outliers can really drive up the price of the total original carts. Take out Alien Soldier and the actual Genesis carts are cheaper than the VC; the same applies to Bonk 3.

Also, it's hard to judge market value of a game from a single Ebay auction or half.com asking price (which is sometimes all www.videogamepricecharts.com has.) Just because somebody is asking $200 for Bonk 3 doesn't mean it's worth that much on the market, especially if nobody buys it.

Still though, this is very interesting data if it's taken for the imperfect data that it is.

]]> Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: Gnuoy http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-14964 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:11:12 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-14964 Just for the record, you can find decent emulators of anything older than the PS1 for the PS2, and many of those support loading ROMs though USB pendrives. The SNES one even have a save state feature, and worked with 98% of the games that I tried. Just for the record, you can find decent emulators of anything older than the PS1 for the PS2, and many of those support loading ROMs though USB pendrives. The SNES one even have a save state feature, and worked with 98% of the games that I tried.

]]> Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: Tonberry_Hunter http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-14947 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:41:15 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-14947 Um my XBOX 1 plays anything I want from Atari to Playstation full speed and with all the video options you could ever want. The sound is perfect and the video is as well. I think its funny that people argue that emulators dont look as good as the VC.. lol Also there is nothing inconvenient to me about turning on my xbox and cycling through my emulator list in avalunch. Nintendo should be selling the real thing and not code. I have spent more money on real games then most people could imagine. Never would I pay for a ROM regardless of anything else. You can walk down to any thrift store or yard sale and pick up games cheaper then Nintendo sells them for on VC regardless of what this article says. This whole thing cheapens the whole point of collecting and playing old games. its lame .. I need to stop P.S. my psp can play anything as well .. lol I feel like new age nintendo people are no different then new age mac users.. "hey its simple" lol Um my XBOX 1 plays anything I want from Atari to Playstation full speed and with all the video options you could ever want. The sound is perfect and the video is as well. I think its funny that people argue that emulators dont look as good as the VC.. lol Also there is nothing inconvenient to me about turning on my xbox and cycling through my emulator list in avalunch. Nintendo should be selling the real thing and not code. I have spent more money on real games then most people could imagine. Never would I pay for a ROM regardless of anything else. You can walk down to any thrift store or yard sale and pick up games cheaper then Nintendo sells them for on VC regardless of what this article says. This whole thing cheapens the whole point of collecting and playing old games. its lame .. I need to stop

P.S. my psp can play anything as well .. lol I feel like new age nintendo people are no different then new age mac users.. "hey its simple" lol

]]> Comment on Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch! by: Loren http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-14946 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:26:25 +0000 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-14946 jfatz, There's no point in arguing about value, since it is always subjective. Read this comment: http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-14892 jfatz,

There's no point in arguing about value, since it is always subjective. Read this comment:

http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/416#comment-14892

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