It's not even popular titles in plural. It's just this one title. Nintendo has no clue how to do tier pricing on Virtual Console except apparently now they know that if there's demand for a game on Miiverse you can feel free to add few euros or dollars to the price.
EarthBound (SNES) is releasing on Wii U VC... TODAY!
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It's not even popular titles in plural. It's just this one title. Nintendo has no clue how to do tier pricing on Virtual Console except apparently now they know that if there's demand for a game on Miiverse you can feel free to add few euros or dollars to the price.
Calamari41
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No because it seems that a certain contingent here can find eight bucks in their bank account, but not ten.
Sorcerer Supreme
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When the competition offers better DRM and pricing for older titles it's hard for me to buy Nintendo games digitally.
Flame Lord
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This place has unlimited quantities of games too. Should they be damn near free also?
http://store.steampowered.com
Also, that store on your PS3 or Xbox 360... those are all unlimited availability too. Should that stuff be a couple bucks also?
Stupid people are stupid. Confirmed.
Ban Puncher
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$13 for Earthbound in Australia. SNES games are usually $10.40 here.
Two dollars AND SIXTY CENTS extra.
Pre-order cancelled.
Two dollars AND SIXTY CENTS extra.
Pre-order cancelled.
Cheesemeister
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Better yet... It was bound to happen.
How much is PSN selling Earthbound for?
Okay I'm going with this one. I'm sorry if the OT looks a bit rough, guys!
Might wanna add this to the op.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGOEMCG2Ll4
It's a very nice trailer, especially considering the ones virtual console usually gets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGOEMCG2Ll4
It's a very nice trailer, especially considering the ones virtual console usually gets.
EarthBound (OT) it's $2.00 more motherfuckers!
Then don't pay it, go get an original cart instead.
Fox Mulder
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Nintendo has had a rabid vocal fanbase begging for this release for years, of course they're going to squeeze money out of them. They've done higher prices for certain games already, Sin and Punishment costs more than every other N64 game on the VC.
evilromero
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Just downloaded it! Yes!
Flame Lord
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Robin64
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I love how everyone's assuming the extra $2 is because Nintendo are greedy. Given how many problems EarthBound has had historically, with licensing and stuff, nobody here knows what Nintendo paid to get over those issues. If there was extra cost to them, there will no doubt be extra cost to us.
Bought mine for 250 in near mint 3 years ago. They sell for 450 right now. Earthbound is not even a rare game, its just that its too in demand. With the VC, the price might go back down to 200$ which for a boxed with manual copy is okay in my opinion.
MisterHero
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Except they have previously said that there never was issues. They're just bunch of incompetent assholes.
Sometimes you just have to tell it like it is. If you are really so fed up at the price of a valuable download, you can hit eBay or Amazon for a cart. Or go scouring yard sales hoping someone doesn't know the value of the game. That's your choice now. Take it or leave it.
You and Sendou need to back the fuck up and stop ruining this thread and the others that follow I know you're itching to fuck up, too.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
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Sense of humor
Sense of wonder
Exploration
Characters
Art styling
Fun as hell
Great setting
Interesting story that embraces and casts off tropes
JRPG without shitty hair and/or belts
FiveMinuteHero
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Any idea if EU version will be 60hz?
Steam games are often free or over 50% off retail value. I mean, they have full retail games from last year for sub $5 already.
Both PSN and XBL have deep sales too from time to time. I bought some titles for as little as $2 earlier this year.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
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This.
Boy it pissed me off.
"We've shunned Earthbound and Earthbound fans not because of licensing issues, but because Fuck You. That's why."
And none of them were as good as Earthbound.
Earthbount |OT| $10 is a steal
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Robin64
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Of course it is, that's all EarthBound has ever been.
He didnt lie.
thoseAREmySHOES
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Sale pricing happens on the Virtual Console too. What's the day to day value of the games on Steam, typically? It is most definitely not free.
I own 179 Steam games. I got maybe two of them for free.
Consumers have the right to complain. By letting companies know what they want they can cause change which could result in lower prices or more titles being released.
SolidChamp
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I can't get this for the 3DS eShop VC and people who have a Wii U are complaining this is $10?
Freakin' seriously!?
Freakin' seriously!?
Too bad I don't have a SNES or a WiiU yet 
You're absolutely right. Except the stupid people in this case are those that think that the cartridge price does/should correlate with Virtual Console price. But I guess it's more of a bad case of rampant fanboyism.
Well Earthbound VC is currently at least 90% off the current market price elsewhere.
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