Nintendo's Virtual Console is a mess. Instead of focusing on getting GameCube games on the Switch, the new console should be a means of providing the best access to Nintendo's back catalog.
Nintendo's mid-noughties revolution feels so distant now, even if its impact hasn't really dimmed. The touch sensation of the DS led in its own way to the iOS revolution, the motion controls of the Wii helped reestablish video games in the living room and push them towards the mainstream, and the reverberations of both are felt to this day. There's another facet of its revolution that sadly never had the same impact, and now is set to finally fizzle away.
yet another part of gaming where the past was better than what we get in the present/future.
Streaming services have become really popular in the last decade. Are subscription and streaming services right for Videogames?
Nintendo Switch Online has replaced the Virtual Console but is the service up to the standard of previous Nintendo offerings? Furthermore, do subscription services like Xbox’s Game Pass and NSO really suit video games? This article explores these issues and looks back at the Virtual Console.
I really miss the VC, I don't want more subscriptions that I have to, I try to keep as few as possible.
VC is better imo. I got games like Super Metroid for like 30 cents. If NSO allowed you to play online with anybody then I would give it the edge.
While that's valid, though, that old social media meme 'why not both?' springs to mind. Why not have subscription options and a Virtual Console eShop? With NSO being multi-faceted in its offering, it seems unlikely that everyone would drop that subscription in a heartbeat in order to buy Super Mario Bros. for $5.
Because a yearly flow of money is better than people buying specifically what they want. If online was also not behind a paywall you'd be surprised just how many people would drop the sub. When you're only given one option there's not much of a choice.
No reason not to have both. Consumers would have the option of buying separately like PS+ and Game Pass owners can or have access to it all with a sub
Of course there's no reason, and Nintendo fans have been very vocal about virtual console being brought back. I think however that those who really have an issue with how Nintendo has handled classic games have stayed with emulation. I know the appeal of being able to buy instead of the free alternative. As I see it, it sends a message that there's still an audience for these games, but for whatever reason it may be it's not been made easy to the consumer.
Just another reason why modding your Switch can fix almost all of the flaws Nintendo purposefully created on their platform. Save file back ups being another reason. Nintendo is the only company that forces you to pay money in order to back up your save files, and it doesn't even work for all games. Talk about anti-consumer B.S.!
Because it was only successful on the Wii. Both the Wii U and 3DS VC offerings were no where as successful. It was time to move on from that service. More and more 3rd parties devs started supplying older games in other ways on the Switch so there's no need. Look at all the Capcom collections for instance. Even Konami got in on it. Same with Neo Geo or Atari collections. I could go on and on.
bring the whole collection over and offer a $5 / month subscription that lets you play any titles you want or something like that.
If they are going to do the VC, then do it right. Don't mail it in.
Too bad the Virtual Console games are so poorly emulated. Colors are dull and washed out, aspect ratios can't be adjusted, and even the sound quality isn't very good. Nintendo did a very poor job emulating these older classic games on the VC.
For proof, look no further than Nintendo's own NES Classic micro console, which has excellent emulation with bright rich colors and great sound. Here's a video comparing the NES Classic Edition with the Virtual Console games:
https://youtu.be/ocGdWRF84Q...
I'm done with the fucking virtual console. Sick of buying the same classics again on each new nintendo console. I want my previous bought games over! But the fucking lame network infrastructure has never allowed anything like that.
The Virtual Console is the greatest thing Nintendo has ever come up with, and yet they've screwed it up so badly so many times.
I always thought that Nintendo should just release a micro-console that was strictly a Virtual Console machine. A small, inexpensive box that could play all these old games. When I first heard of the NES Classic, I thought that was it, but they didn't allow you to add games to it... and then sold it in such limited quantities that few people actually got one.
But then Reggie said we'd learn more about all this before the Switch launched... which is in just a few days.
I doubt it since they likely will not be able to upload the games people actually want