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Larkin

I dont think a petition will increase virtual console releases maybe sales?

Last night I looked up at the stars and thought "Where the hell is my roof gone!?!"

J-Man

Everyone buy as many virtual console games as you can. This is the best way I can think of.

J-Man

Reala

VC doesn't need saving, there is over 300 titles available as it is, 2 short weeks of no VC games is hardly world shattering news, and a petition is completely unnecessary, if this was about closing a school or hospital then I'd understand, but a petition for nothing more than a 14 day absence of VC, that's just being silly.

Reala

Aviator

It dosent matter if you buy the game. Buy points, then wait.

QUEEN OF SASS

It's like, I just love a cowboy
You know
I'm just like, I just, I know, it's bad
But I'm just like
Can I just like, hang off the back of your horse
And can you go a little faster?!

fep

Everybody asks for more games VC. That no coute nothing to try.
Besides, we are many on this site. Made listen your way!!

SAVE the VC from premature death! ===> http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/vcindanger

J-Man

Besides I think that email was fake anyway. Wasn't the first time I got tricked like that.

J-Man

Amorous_Badger

The thing is, is that the VC has arguably reached the tipping point where the vast majority of good retro games that are likely to shift in sufficient qualities to make it worth nintendo's while putting them up have now been released.

The well from which the VC shop draws from is running dry, there's 300-odd good games(plus a good few stinkers) out there at present, barring the various iterations of mariokart and innumerable c64 games which are unlikely to see the light of day, what do you realistically want Nintedno to do?

Keep on releasing substandard games at the expense of independent software houses just so that you can can complain about 'yet another poor release' rather than complain about 'no release'?

Monster Hunter Tri.
EU
Badger SKR6R7

fep

The VC allows the youngest to discover the origins of any first games .

He also allows to slow down the hacking of the games .
Nevertheless NINTENDO multiplies attacks counter the (pirates) hackers. But do not strengthen who could slow down him .

We are crossed by 3 or 4 games a week in 1 game a week.

[Edited by fep]

SAVE the VC from premature death! ===> http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/vcindanger

Amorous_Badger

fep wrote:

The VC allows the youngest to discover the origins of any first games .

He also allows to slow down the hacking of the games .
Nevertheless NINTENDO multiplies attacks counter the pirates. But do not strengthen who could slow down him .

We are crossed by 3 or 4 games a week in 1 game a week.

Most of the BIG franchises are now out there on VC, most of the games(again barring some unlikely c64 games) are already on there, it's a finite resource.

Makes sense now to trickle-release the remain titles which are likely to to bring home the bacon.

AND, can you explain your point re:pirates, it appears not to be written in a language I recognise.

Monster Hunter Tri.
EU
Badger SKR6R7

AND, can you explain your point re:pirates, it appears not to be written in a language I recognise.

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Ok how can't you understand English language when you type english words here Huh? Also if you don't know what he meant in "pirates" He was obviously referring to "hackers" as pirates.

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Reala

I doubt it was any one word itself but the order in which they where written that the user was asking for clarification, I'm pretty sure the user knows what pirates are, remember many people use English as a second language.

Reala

CowLaunch

For goodness sake...

CowLaunch

Ausden

@fep

You've posted this exact message and petition website in about 3 different threads, was it necessary to created an entire thread for it too? Now is not the time to panic, panic if nothing comes out after Monday, August 3rd.!

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fep

Blaze wrote:

I doubt it was any one word itself but the order in which they where written that the user was asking for clarification, I'm pretty sure the user knows what pirates are, remember many people use English as a second language.

thank you. Sorry for my English......

SAVE the VC from premature death! ===> http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/vcindanger

fep

Ausden wrote:

@fep

You've posted this exact message and petition website in about 3 different threads, was it necessary to created an entire thread for it too? Now is not the time to panic, panic if nothing comes out after Monday, August 3rd.!

3 different threads ? Where ?

SAVE the VC from premature death! ===> http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/vcindanger

calculon

I think what fep was trying to say was by releasing multiple games per week on VC, it's less likely that people will pirate more games and also that the VC service is good because it stops people pirating. Whilst the latter is yet it be proven, I agree to a point about his arguments on slowing the releases.

First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.

Amorous_Badger

calculon wrote:

I think what fep was trying to say was by releasing multiple games per week on VC, it's less likely that people will pirate more games and also that the VC service is good because it stops people pirating. Whilst the latter is yet it be proven, I agree to a point about his arguments on slowing the releases.

Fair enough, but what's left out there now that people want that badly to pirate?

The VC has a finite pool of good games that people want to play.
I'd suggest that the vast majority of these games are now available on the VC and it makes sense to slow down the service. I really don't follow the logic of people who actively want A VC release every week, regardless of how good it is. From my point of view pretty much every retro game(bar a number of c64 games which I'm resigned to never seeing on the VC because of hefty keyboard interaction type controls) that I'm ever likely to want is now out there and I'd rather see what interesting new software there is to come from independent software houses rather than filling up the release schedules with the retro equivalent of shovelware. The wiiware service needn't be seen as 'working against' the VC, the quality remakes of Bubble Bobble, Bust-A-Move and the forthcoming Arkanoid have shown this(we'll forget about the Rainbow Islands remake for now) and things like Megaman 9, FFIVTAY and even to an extent, games like World Of Goo(anyone who doesn't see the Lemmings parralells is a blind man) show how Wiiware can look to the past for inspiration and produce quality games.

Finally, you have to consider that Nintendo are a profit-making organisation - if a game didn't sell in the past, unless it's a SERIOUSLY big name(Mario RPG)it's unlikely to sell now and they won't put it out.

AND they were probably rubbish in the first place

Monster Hunter Tri.
EU
Badger SKR6R7

calculon

@Amorous Badger:

So, out of the thousands of potential games that can be on the VC service, because you have a subjective view of what's 'essential' suddenly everyone else should be happy? Not exactly a strong argument really.

Many people have very different views about what they VC games they want and what they consider as 'essential' titles. Certainly there are a handful of games - and it is a handful - that could be given the true moniker of essential, but don't fool yourself into thinking that just because thirty or so gamers rant about how good your selection of games is that you are some sort of authority on the subject

I could be equally biased and say that I hate the fact that the C64 and Master System are even on the service. Games on those systems are of little appeal to me, but I'm not using that as a justification to stop people buying them and neither should you dampen people's hopes of getting what they want just because you're happy. I personally still want quite a few games that could potentially arrive on VC but haven't done for since the service was quite young - why should I have my hopes dashed by a change in releases which could potentially negate the possibility of the games arriving at all?

WiIWare is certainly improving and if anything I have moved onto purchasing WiiWare as a substitute for the rather lack-lustre selection of disc based retail titles that are currently available for the Wii. Until I bought The Conduit (and boy do I wish I'd skipped it) I hadn't bought a disc based game for over a year and I doubt I'll buy much else until Mario Galaxy 2 arrives. WiiWare is great because it offers a good selection of games which for equivalent money of a retail title offer at least solid months worth of entertainment. The same goes for the VC and I often play the back-catalogue of both services when I have nothing else to play.

So far out of the £500+ I've spent on VC and WiiWare I'd say my purchases are 60:40 VC->WiiWare and whilst my WiiWare purchases are increasing, that's due to there being a distinct increase in quality rather than any lack of it on the VC. I can only hope that the rumor is false and that both WiiWare and the VC continue to provide everyone with a constant and varied selection of games - no matter how good or bad I think they are.

[Edited by calculon]

First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.

Machu

SAVE THE VIRTUAL CONSOLE

From what?

yawns

Rawr!

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