Topic: nintendo should charge more for vc games that are rare ("rare downloads")

Oh, nevermind, this is sarcasm.

For those of you that paid "too much": the value of the item was worth it for you at the time as a collector. The fact that someone is so angry that they purchased a "rare classic" for far too much money and now want everyone else to pay the same is just misdirected anger, look in the mirror, then begin your rant... the rest of us with common sense here, we'll reap the benefits of patience and good 'ol' common sense! Wow, this is the lamest forum thread I have ever read! Seriously... Charge more for non ownership of a game? Clearly a troll forum! I'm out.

Technically even a physical copy isn't "full ownership" either

How isn't it full ownership? They can't suddenly rescind your ability to play a physical game.
If I delete my VC copy of Yoshi's Cookie, that's it I can't play it anymore. (luckily Wii VC games play just fine offline, so in theory I should still be able to play that for as long as my Wii works and I have a SD card and I keep at least one backup copy of the VC file.)
But as long as I have a functioning Game Boy I can play my Game Boy cart.

What if Nintendo just put them all out at a normal price ? that would give them more money and popularity.

I'll get you next time, @ogo79! NEXT TIME!!!

Nintendo should offer 'Rare' downloads at a slightly inflated cost to deal with the money they'd have to give MS but there is no justification to charge extra money for what is essentially a 1-64mb ROM file with a basic emulator attached. I tolerated it with Earthbound but it's a dangerous precedent for us, as fans, to set and will ultimately lead to high prices for every sought after game.

They should also be making Xenoblade and MPT in HD because they're two games that game shops are taking massive liberties with the pricing and would definitely beef up Wii U's library. Both would be amongst the highest reviewed games of 2014.

I only tolerated the price increase for EarthBound because I felt a bit guilty from downloading and playing an illegal rom version of it and Mother 3.

This is such an awesome idea. I have absolutely no clue how Nintendo didn't think of this already!

Is this conversation still going on? Seriously? Earthbound is $2 more than any other SNES game on the service. There's your "rare download" price. Case closed.

Question 1. Yes, it's still going on.
Question 2. Yes, some people are actually taking this seriously.

off topic, didn't think I'd ever see anyone with a Timberwolves avatar!

To be fair, the only ones taking this thread seriously are the ones agaisnt it.

This idea is very silly. No one will pay 100$ for a digital copy of any game! Earthbound costs so much because since it didn't sell very much, thus there is not many copies today. Because of this, getting the game complete with cartridge, box and what not is pricey.

At the end of the line, digital games aren't rare at all, so 'Rare downloads' is pretty much an oxymoron that will fail to generate sales.

How are we ever going to get Little Samson with attitudes like this?

Why not make every single VC game cost $1 and re-introduce everyone to those franchises creating the most insane value for money ever.
Think how many people would go by a Wii U just for the virtual console. Atm it's better to just run emulators on the PC.

however if one could choose any 50 old school classics you wanted to for $50?
Atm a old forgotten not so great old game can cost the same price as Bio-shock Infinite on a Steam sale.
Steam recently broke records with 7 million concurrent users btw. Elitist pricing only attract a small userbase.

Nintendo simply fails to see the bigger picture.

why not make a $999 VC pack that comes with only half the currently available VC titles and calling it the "ultimate Rare Download pack"?

this thread has helped me to realize that the clash at demonhead is a real game, and i might try to find it now. hope it doesnt come out on vc for way cheaper the day after i find it.