Official Wii Virtual Console Thread

[Beefy Hits]

$20 gets you two/three VC roms or 10%+ of an XBox. Think about it.

YOu forgot to factor in the bullshit required to put in a decent sized HD, hook it up and get it running, + the time needed to scour the web to get a WORKING rom that supports sounds. The xbox controller also sucks ass for Roms. Not to mention getting a decent stick for roms isn't very easy either. (Not that finding a classic controller for Wii is different).

But I agree. $5 for NES games, and $8 for Genesis/SNES is overpriced. $6 to TG=16 games doesn't seem bad, especially when they add games that were originally on CD rom.

Nobody has considered these things with VC/marketplace:
What if it's suddenly 10 years from now, and you want to play these games. Wii/360 isn't current gen, so Nintendo/Microsoft don't give a shit and don't support them. You filled your HD/system with downloads that got wiped out.

Same scenario above, but let's say, for the sake of arguement, Zenith owns the videogame industry 10 years from now and Microsoft/Nintendo are out of business.

I guess I'm an old fashioned guy that likes hard copies of things.

[Nash]

This comment if fucking retarded. There is no way to make it cheaper than stealing.

It doesn't have to be cheaper than stealing. It just has to be cheaper than what it's priced at right now.

Melf is saying for the price Nintendo is currently charging, they should add some extras that make the VC games worthwhile. Otherwise, it's better to play the exact same thing, for free, elsewhere.

[Tommy Tallarico]

YOu forgot to factor in the bullshit required to put in a decent sized HD, hook it up and get it running, + the time needed to scour the web to get a WORKING rom that supports sounds. The xbox controller also sucks ass for Roms. Not to mention getting a decent stick for roms isn't very easy either. (Not that finding a classic controller for Wii is different).

Every uninformed post you ever make on this forum seriously suggests you're living in 1995.

Which internet are you using, AOL or Compuserve?

[Yoshi]

YOu forgot to factor in the bullshit required to put in a decent sized HD, hook it up and get it running, + the time needed to scour the web to get a WORKING rom that supports sounds. The xbox controller also sucks ass for Roms. Not to mention getting a decent stick for roms isn't very easy either. (Not that finding a classic controller for Wii is different).

This is all bullshit. You know how many 8 and 16-bit games you can fit on the standard 8GB drive? A fuck ton. Working ROMs are easy as hell to find on Google. The S-controller is as good as anything not made by Sega.

edit: And Stibbons beat me to it.

[Tommy Tallarico]

Working ROMs are easy as hell to find on Google.

That's easy for you to say, what with your fancy 28.8 modem.

Anyways, gotta go, I only get 20 hours this month and I'm up to 18, so I better log off!

[SpoDaddy]

Why the fuck should any of us care if it's good business for them to screw us over? Not coming out with the cube zelda at all would be good business too but it's a shit thing to do.

My point wasn't that you should be happy, it was that things won't change until people stop paying top dollar for VC roms.

Many of the people bitching the loudest about the VC seem to also be buying games on it. I'm not buying a VC game until it's either A) enhanced or B) a game I don't already own and never conceivably will own. In a few weeks I'll have a 360 and a huge back catalog of Xbox/Xbox360 games to fill in; I'd rather spend $20 on a hard copy of a recent new game. Learn to speak with your wallet.

[Tommy Tallarico]

Or $250 for $90 Wii's.

[Melf]

This comment if fucking retarded. There is no way to make it cheaper than stealing. 20 cents couldn't compete free.

If you want to complain about them not putting in extra stuff then fine, but get fucking real.

Oh boo hoo. I think it's real enough to say that this is the reality of ROMs in our world, whether you like it or not. Being all holier-than-thou doesn't change the situation. People can get these games for free already and play them in component video on their TV without using the VC.

[Shin Johnpv]

Oh boo hoo. I think it's real enough to say that this is the reality of ROMs in our world, whether you like it or not. Being all holier-than-thou doesn't change the situation. People can get these games for free already and play them in component video on their TV without using the VC.

And there are plenty of people who won't do that. Yes here at TNL everyone and their fucking mother downloads all the roms they want and plays them on their tv through an Xbox or HTPC, but there is a large portion of the populace that won't do that. That doesn't know about modding an Xbox or want to deal with modding an Xbox, that is willing to pay money to be able to do so. You are not their market, the average person is. I'm willing to bet that the number of people who aren't willing to mod an Xbox and are more willing to pay for legal roms to play on their Wii is large enough that it will make what ever companies support it money. At the end of the day that's all they or any other company cares about.

[Beefy Hits]

And there are plenty of people who won't do that. Yes here at TNL everyone and their fucking mother downloads all the roms they want and plays them on their tv through an Xbox or HTPC, but there is a large portion of the populace that won't do that. That doesn't know about modding an Xbox or want to deal with modding an Xbox, that is willing to pay money to be able to do so. You are not their market, the average person is. I'm willing to bet that the number of people who aren't willing to mod an Xbox and are more willing to pay for legal roms to play on their Wii is large enough that it will make what ever companies support it money. At the end of the day that's all they or any other company cares about.

You're right. There are plenty of the unwashed masses that are either too stupid and/or too lazy to mess with Roms and I'm one of them.

I haven't messed with Romz since ~1998, but I'm willing to bet you they are as big of a pain in the ass to get running now as they were then.