Nintendo has two companies to look at to know why their Virtual Console is going to succeed: Microsoft and Apple, and here’s why:
- Both companies are beginning to show the way that digital distribution is the wave of the future, both for what is there now and what is already existing. Microsoft’s Live Arcade has proven to be one of the great successes of the 360 so far, and the success of the iTunes Music Store (and even limited growth of music subscription services) shows that the ability to get what you want right then, even if it’s nothing more then a digital file, is very accepted.
- IF it’s priced right, they will come. I personally would pay $2.99 per game or $9.99 a month for a subscription, but you can’t be nieve enough to think Nintendo isn’t going to add something to the equation over and above just some retro games. I would have to think that online multiplayer, maybe (just maybe) even the ability to download games to the DS, would be something that become part of the package, and would make such a price downright reasonable. People are already paying upwards of $10 to $15 for Live Arcade games, Nintendo is going to come out looking affordable no matter how you slice it.
Those are really just the business side reasons of why I think it’s going to work. Nintendo’s Revolution isn’t going to be the #1 console of this next generation, nor does it need or desire to be. As long as it has a dedicated and sizable user base (which it will), we’re going to see great things out of this product and its online capabilities.
P.S. – I didn’t get a 360 at launch, prolly will not get a PS3 at launch. I am getting a Revolution at launch!!
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Very well said, Your Majesty.
Also, I wholeheartedly agree with your postscript!
Definitely. I’ll certainly be able to afford $200 or $250 when the Revolution hits, plus my own enjoyment of Nintendo products as a whole, it’s a no brainer that I’d want this system at launch.
Not to mention that I do think the Virtual Console is going to be more robust then people are talking about it now as. Microsoft has done great turning old games into online type affairs, and Nintendo will likely do the same I’m sure.