Topic: Capcom Spring Sale On Now In North America

[Shaymin]

For those in need of classic run-and-shoot man action.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/deal/42769/capcom-spring-sale-on-now-in-north-america

Most of Capcom's catalogue is on deep discount this week on the eShop.

Until June 6, the following Capcom games will be available for up to 75% off. They are:

• Mega Man Legacy Collection: US $9.99/C $12.99 (regular $14.99/$18.99)
• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate: $13.59 ea (Wii U and 3DS, regular $19.99)
• Resident Evil Revelations: $4.99 (3DS) / $9.99 (Wii U) (regular $19.99/$29.99)
• Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D: $4.99 (regular $19.99)
• Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition: $4.99 (regular $19.99)
• Dungeons and Dragons: The Chronicles of Mystara: $5.99 (regular $14.99)
• DuckTales Remastered: $5.19 (regular $14.99)

[kokumaker]

Man, Capcom just does NOT discount Virtual Console games. Seriously, how many times do those Resident Evil games need to go on sale?

[leahsdad]

Well, granted,  Virtual Console titles almost NEVER go on sale.    I think the only publisher that ever does is, actually, Capcom.  And even then they are not particularly steep discounts.   


I mean, is this a philosophical thing with Nintendo?   Because when Sony puts out some crappy arcade ports of Guerrilla War and Ikari Warrirors on sale for 99 cents, well, I can't click "add to cart" FAST ENOUGH.

[Soren]

This is what, the third straight year these games have all gone on sale? Who's going to buy them?

[Oedo]

Mega Man Legacy Collection seems like a really good deal at that price. I've been waiting for the physical version to drop in price, but it might be better to go digital with a game like this anyway.

[Ian Sane]

I've been thinking about getting D&D forever but keep putting it off.  I always assumed I would get it for the PS3 but now I realize since I now also own a Wii U I could get it here for cheap.  But then I remembered I have four controllers for the PS3 but only two for the Wii U.  So I guess the PS3 version is the one I'll still go with since the savings here isn't enough to offset the cost of extra controller purchases.  Oh well.

Anyway, new Wii U owners won't have had access to prior sales so why not put the same games on sale every year?  If you're putting a game on sale like this then clearly the bulk of the estimated sales have been made and you're just trying to get some impulse buys from stragglers and newcomers.

[Shaymin]

Well, granted,  Virtual Console titles almost NEVER go on sale.    I think the only publisher that ever does is, actually, Capcom.  And even then they are not particularly steep discounts.

Ironically, there's a VC game on sale right now... and it's from Sega. Whenever Nintendo does a sale event, they pad the lineup with VC titles.

Granted, there's a few things I'd love to see discounted on VC (Final Fights, we were promised SSF2 Turbo Revival over Christmas and that didn't come to pass), but they're not needle-in-haystack rare.

[ejamer]

I haven't seen the Mega Man Collection in Canada for less than $40 yet, so this is very tempting despite me having a strong preference for physical over digital.