Wii: Nintendo Wii 'Virtual Console' Pricing Announced?

NCXCStud · 08-June-06, 10:11 AM

Wii's classic games to be priced less than US$10

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Originally Posted by Arstechnica


	Nintendo President Saturo Iwata spoke yesterday at a Japanese marketing event (Japanese source), revealing information about "virtual console" pricing and the Wii's relationship with the DS. 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. Full story at Arstechnica

NCXCStud · 08-June-06, 10:17 AM

Seems as though Arstechnica may have mistranslated the article.

Supposedly (since I don't know Japanese and can't prove it) Iwata is talking about 'new' games for the Virtual Console, not old classics.

But, it's still lower than what Nintendo has charged in the past for re-re-released classic games.

SexyPants · 08-June-06, 09:50 PM

Yeah, from the fact that I keep seeing the Japanese word for "new" around the 500 yen part and from what I've read at other forums, it's just new games built on this hardware. lame.

PHLAK · 09-June-06, 01:25 PM

I think just how Nintendo is pricing there products this time around, they are going to have a hell of a year on sales! With the prices so low I dont know what kind of profits they will make though. Maybe there doing this just to make a huge come back after being in the dark for so long?

NCXCStud · 09-June-06, 02:52 PM

well, the Wii games are gonna come out for 50 bucks (already up on EBGames.com and Gamestop.com)

So, in reality...they are still priced the same as the 360 first part titles...and if they sell well..360 and PS3 games will drop prices back to 50 bucks.

There downloadeable games are going to be anywhere between $2.99-$19.99 in my opinion.

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08-June-06, 10:17 AM		#2 (permalink)
NCXCStud Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	Seems as though Arstechnica may have mistranslated the article. Supposedly (since I don't know Japanese and can't prove it) Iwata is talking about 'new' games for the Virtual Console, not old classics. But, it's still lower than what Nintendo has charged in the past for re-re-released classic games.

08-June-06, 09:50 PM		#3 (permalink)
SexyPants 5-Hoe-1 Jeans	Yeah, from the fact that I keep seeing the Japanese word for "new" around the 500 yen part and from what I've read at other forums, it's just new games built on this hardware. lame.

09-June-06, 01:25 PM		#4 (permalink)
PHLAK Apex Tech God	I think just how Nintendo is pricing there products this time around, they are going to have a hell of a year on sales! With the prices so low I dont know what kind of profits they will make though. Maybe there doing this just to make a huge come back after being in the dark for so long?

09-June-06, 02:52 PM		#5 (permalink)
NCXCStud Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	well, the Wii games are gonna come out for 50 bucks (already up on EBGames.com and Gamestop.com) So, in reality...they are still priced the same as the 360 first part titles...and if they sell well..360 and PS3 games will drop prices back to 50 bucks. There downloadeable games are going to be anywhere between $2.99-$19.99 in my opinion.