Topic: Now this guy has the right idea (concerning te VC)

[Donutt007]

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Originally posted by: vudu
That's a pretty horrible Altered Beast review.  A better one would be this game sux dont bye it k thx bye

No, I think that was a good review. I used to play that game all the time on my brothers genesis. The review basically says, "Hey, it ain't worth 800 points unless you're a fan" The only reason I'd buy it is for the nostalgia of it. But since I'm an arcade Tech and I have a full size arcade version of Altered Beast, I'd much rather play that.  

[vudu]

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
Here's the thing, though: if I buy a craptacular game, I might be able to return it to the store. At the VERY least, I can sell it back for store credit and get some of my purchase refunded.

If I buy a crap VC game, I'm f*cked. I can't return it, I can't sell it back. I don't recall Nintendo having a "lemon" game policy and some of the games on the VC are CERTAINLY lemons in my book.

You seem to forget that the price of a VC game is still less than what you'd effectively spend on a crap game you sold back to the GameStop.  Even if you sell back a game on the day it comes out, you'll be lucky to get half of what you paid for it.

[NWR_pap64]

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Originally posted by: vudu

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
Here's the thing, though: if I buy a craptacular game, I might be able to return it to the store. At the VERY least, I can sell it back for store credit and get some of my purchase refunded.

If I buy a crap VC game, I'm f*cked. I can't return it, I can't sell it back. I don't recall Nintendo having a "lemon" game policy and some of the games on the VC are CERTAINLY lemons in my book.

You seem to forget that the price of a VC game is still less than what you'd effectively spend on a crap game you sold back to the GameStop.  Even if you sell back a game on the day it comes out, you'll be lucky to get half of what you paid for it.

To SB, every penny is worth something. Even if he spent 5 bucks on a crappy game, its 5 bucks he lost and could've used for something of higher importance.

He already mentioned that he is a budget and is making sure he doesn't waste money on crappy games.

[Smash_Brother]

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Originally posted by: vudu You seem to forget that the price of a VC game is still less than what you'd effectively spend on a crap game you sold back to the GameStop.  Even if you sell back a game on the day it comes out, you'll be lucky to get half of what you paid for it.

Yeah, but I can rent those Wii games for the same price, often less.

When an $8 VC game and a $4 Wii game rental will be over and done with for me in the same amount of time, why buy VC?  

[RampanT]

The difference is that these games are already more than 10 years old in most cases! Surely they should have their 'Platinum Game' status by now!

But seriously, I hope you're right. I hope Nintendo loosen up on the pricing. VC games that are 3 - 6 months old drop in price, or you buy 3 get one free or the like. My instinct says that there will be no price drops in at least the first year, if at all.