The problem is that they had stuff like Virtual Console and then decide to pull the plug. Then rebrand as some other feature in an online service, which is yet another service that's gonna be a wait and see on whether or when they'll pull the plug again. Forcing people to pay for old stuff over and over again.

They should sell this kind off stuff independently from their consoles/handhelds, preferably something that runs on a PC or any platform.

The NES and SNES mini were great examples of how it could be done, except there too they decided to only make a limited amount, essentially the same as pulling the plug.

Nintendo's truly an awful company. It's baffling how often they get praised for their stuff, they only dangle some 15+ year old reskinned game and people forget all about it.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This is an excellent article that covers how and why the VC died.

People say they want it back, but most titles never sold all that well back then.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably after people learned that nintendo had no proper account system so you would lose your purchases if your console died and needed the hassle of sending it to them for them to transfer to a new console.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I stopped buying from the VC when the Wii U asked me to pay to "upgrade" my games.

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