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

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I think Xenoblade downloads should be Gamestop exclusive. That way they can sell them used and somehow get around a non-existent rule that new games have to be a certain price.

if they charge more for rare downloads then they should charge less for common downloads.

EarthBound the same price as rare demo version of Wii Punchout.
(I believe that was effectively a demo version of PO, and that it was only released as a Club Nintendo reward prize one year. I think it was an option the year I chose the Mario hat.)

I did get Grill Off With Ultra Hand, with I think is the only COMPLETELY CN-exclusive game.
I do wonder if there will at some point be a market for rare digital only games.

Also, why does a Wii code for Super Metroid cost more than a Wii U code for the same game?!

....This thread again? :/

Because Wii's are rare, duh! When was the last time you saw a Wii in the store? It like 2006 all over again.

Pfft funniest thing I have read in the forum page, $100 for rare digital games just because your ridiculously sad and are willing to hand over a stupid amount of money for a game that really isn't worth that much does not mean the digital version of the same game should be more. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

http://nintendoeverything.com/dan-adelman-on-third-parties-ni...

There was a lot of debate about whether to charge more for Super Mario Bros. 3 as opposed to Ice Climbers, and we ultimately decided on a fixed price per platform for a couple reasons. First, it’s simpler to manage from an internal processing perspective. If each game had a separate price, there would be lots of opinions about each game, and consolidating all of that feedback would be very time consuming. Second, there was a little feeling of holding people’s childhood hostage if we priced certain games higher than others. To take an absurd example, let’s say we charged $50 for Super Mario Bros. There would be some people who really have strong nostalgia for that game who would begrudgingly pay it. But they’d probably feel cheated and exploited.

How many copies of Earthbound will the eShop let me buy? Reckon I will buy loads and wait for the price to go up.....

Nintendo should charge more for Mr. Spammer's games because those will be rarer soon.

And then the sequel: "Revenge of the Spammer: Now with more spam!"

You have summoned the Python ...

Nintendo gone crazy with the rare downloads, releasing the whole DKC/DKL hexilogy on North America in one day.

I can relate to that - rarity doesn't make the price on a download platform anyway, since it's available to everyone in virtually unlimited number. CHarging extra because it's a rare game for its original release is hardly justifiable.

I haven't seem @ogo79 in a while and now I know what he has been up to!

Only $98.99 each??? Seems to low.

@Ryno Good thing I bought them on Wii VC so I get to upgrade them for only $1.50

Why is this even a thread? No they shouldn't do it because it digital. Digital /=/ rare.

I just texted Reggie and told him the prices for these Rare downloads are too cheap. Him and Iwata-san really should be thinking more of their shareholding investors when they drop bombs like this on us.

Just for the curious, Mexico uses the $ sign for peso, and 98.99 pesos is about $6.61US. (as I found out a few years when someone posted a Super Mario Sunshine priced with a tag of like $82, and they said it was actually 82 pesos)