Pricing For Retro Games on the Wii

schnikies79 writes to mention an Ars Technica article revealing the pricing scheme for retro content on the Wii. From the article: "Iwata revealed that games for Nintendo's "virtual console" that will allow Wii owners to play old titles on their consoles will be priced at ¥500 and ¥1,000, roughly US$4.50 to US$8.99. For reference, classic retro games for the Nintendo GameBoy sold for upwards of US$35 for some titles, US$19.99 for others. Uptake was understandably low, as gamers were reticent to pay that much for old content." The piece goes on to say that they're ramping up DS production to meet command, and that connectivity with the DS will be a major selling point for the console when it releases.

DEmand, not COmmand.

[theGreater]

Unless you live in Soviet Russia. I hear there they really -did- have command-side economics.

-theGreater.

UK pricing

[Orange Goblin]

So thats what, £3-6 after factoring in the "we get screwed" tax? Not too shabby, I have to say...

Obligatory

[FhnuZoag]

What command? Seriously, don't people proof-bread anything anymore?

I, for one, welcome our new DS supply increasing overlords.

On and On they go

[digitalsushi]

Working stiffs like me, mid to late 20s, and a nice Gaussian distribution around me, we eat this stuff up. 40 years from now Nintendo is going to still be rereleasing 8 bit Mario Brothers onto whatever the game platform of the day is, and I'm still going to be paying for it every time it comes out, plus a nice contour with inflation. When I'm 60 years old, hopefully a bit vested, and starting to slow down a bit, think I'll toss down 200 bucks in 2040 dollars to regain 3 hours of my youth? Those damned MIDI tracks so far etched into my brain that it's literally part of my Id? That erotic twinge I get when I rescue the Princhess Toadstool (Peach?) TMI? PERHAPS! But the truth has been spoken. I might very well have a Triforce on my gravestone, and I bet more of you are with me! Don't deny your digital heritage!

You know what this means.....

[TheChef321]

Now EVERYONE will be able to bask in the glory that is Shaq Fu for $9!

Re:I thought I was a Ninty fanboy until I saw /. m

[G-funk]

So, Nintendo was charging too much, it didn't work out, now they've dropped the price. THE MONSTERS!

Sony would have said, "See! Emulation has caused our lackluster sales! Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of law!"

Re:DS connectivity

[AuMatar]

God and Nintendo

You mentioned Miyamoto twice there.

Re:I thought I was a Ninty fanboy until I saw /. m

[RsG]

"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of law!"

The mental image that conjures is of a dog in a suit and tie howling "SUUUUEEEEEEEEE" at the moon....

Ahhh... Slashdot

[Anonymous Coward]

Shiny new CSS design, same old editors.

Re:UK pricing

[WilliamSChips]

I think you mean the "Wii get screwed" tax. Sorry, couldn't resist.

Re:Losing Interest Fast With The Wii

[whoop]

Don't forget also that the Wii will not interoperate with your Sony memory cards, or Sony BluRay discs, or Sony controllers! Hell, this Wii is so pathetic I wouldn't even use it as a doorstop on my Millenium Falcon.

Re:editors did it, not me

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, apparently the submission didn't meet the exacting demands of the slashdot house style. The grammar was too good, and there were no typos.

Re:Sony... Microsoft...

[Anonymous Coward]

However, the abbreviation Mb means "megabit." 512 Mb == 64 MB. (that's a "megabyte")

What I'm worried about are those 16 millibit games that were mentioned earlier in the thread. They must have a hell of an optimizer.