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Plus you get added bonus of not giving the money to the people who made the games. I do use emulation, but they are making an effort to sell the games.

by serge2k 10y ago

OrwellianChild 10y ago
I get it. It's a compromise, since I owned all those original systems back in the day. This is the same problem faced by other media during the transition to digital... The NES Classic isn't upgradable, can't add games, won't do SNES, nevermind N64. Similar efforts to play these old classics on 3DS would have cost $100 for the console and then $30+ per game for games I've already purchased, which are 30 years old. There may be a time in the future when there is an all-in solution to this problem, and at that point I might support the purchase of a 1st-Party solution, like I have with the rest of my media and hardware over time. I still avoid almost every digital-only, non-transferable purchase for the same reason, however.
- serge2k 10y ago
  > $30+ per game Drastically overstating the price of virtual console games. For example, http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/super-mario-bros-3-3ds http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/super-mario-bros-3-3ds edit: Ocarina of Time is 10 dollars on virtual console. The 3ds remake might be $30, but it is an updated version of the game. OoT is also < 20 years old, not 30.
- OrwellianChild 10y ago
  At reply limit, but costs are all over the place... I was initially looking at N64 games in my scan, which is where I got the $30 for Ocarina of Time. Point stands, having a fully expandable/upgradable multi-system solution would cost far to much to be reasonable - especially considering this is paying for a medium shift on items I've already purchased. I understand the desire to support the company, and I'm not knocking it for those who are happy to throw $60 at it and dive back into their childhoods. It's a fantastic nostalgic product, looks great, and I have no doubt it will be a huge success. The product they are selling just doesn't meet my desire for a full NES-SNES-N64 retrospective.
imtringued 10y ago
They are running out of stock and nobody can buy it now even if they want to. Copyright infringement reflects unmet demand as opposed to "lost sales".

Plus you get added bonus of not giving the money to the people who made the games. I do use emulation, but they are making an effort to sell the games.

by serge2k 10y ago

Plus you get added bonus of not giving the money to the people who made the games. I do use emulation, but they are making an effort to sell the games.

OrwellianChild 10y ago

I get it. It's a compromise, since I owned all those original systems back in the day. This is the same problem faced by other media during the transition to digital... The NES Classic isn't upgradable, can't add games, won't do SNES, nevermind N64. Similar efforts to play these old classics on 3DS would have cost $100 for the console and then $30+ per game for games I've already purchased, which are 30 years old. There may be a time in the future when there is an all-in solution to this problem, and at that point I might support the purchase of a 1st-Party solution, like I have with the rest of my media and hardware over time. I still avoid almost every digital-only, non-transferable purchase for the same reason, however.

serge2k 10y ago
> $30+ per game Drastically overstating the price of virtual console games. For example, http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/super-mario-bros-3-3ds http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/super-mario-bros-3-3ds edit: Ocarina of Time is 10 dollars on virtual console. The 3ds remake might be $30, but it is an updated version of the game. OoT is also < 20 years old, not 30.
OrwellianChild 10y ago
At reply limit, but costs are all over the place... I was initially looking at N64 games in my scan, which is where I got the $30 for Ocarina of Time. Point stands, having a fully expandable/upgradable multi-system solution would cost far to much to be reasonable - especially considering this is paying for a medium shift on items I've already purchased. I understand the desire to support the company, and I'm not knocking it for those who are happy to throw $60 at it and dive back into their childhoods. It's a fantastic nostalgic product, looks great, and I have no doubt it will be a huge success. The product they are selling just doesn't meet my desire for a full NES-SNES-N64 retrospective.

imtringued 10y ago

They are running out of stock and nobody can buy it now even if they want to. Copyright infringement reflects unmet demand as opposed to "lost sales".