Buying Real Copies of Wii Virtual Console Games…Ouch!
January 31st, 2008
This is JJ Hendricks’ first contribution to VC&G:
Since the Nintendo Wii’s release in November 2006, the Virtual Console service has been one of its most popular features. Yet almost instantly after its launch, people began complaining about how much VC games cost. The most common argument against the VC pricing scheme (aside from the illegal emulator option) is the presumed “low price” of the original games if you bought them used. But how much would it really cost to buy physical copies of all the Virtual Console games? Is Nintendo’s retro service a good deal, or are you getting ripped off?
Overall findings:
NES:
USED / VC
$273.53 / $288.00
SNES
USED / VC
$354.38 / $273.53
N64
USED / VC
$169.42 / $102.00
Lot’s more details and more stats
Thanks Benj for the tip
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