Yet another case of consumers getting screwed.<\/p>\n

This week, Nintendo released a new version of the Nintendo Wii. It’s just like the old Nintendo Wii, except it’s black. Apparently, that’s enough to get lots of Wii owners excited enough to buy a new one. <\/p>\n

The Nintendo Wii includes a Virtual Console. Games for the Virtual Console are purchased online and downloaded directly on to your Wii, where they are stored. There are approximately 350 games available on the virtual console, each one costing between $5 and $12. <\/p>\n

So right about now you might be asking yourself, “How do I get all those games I purchased from my old Wii to my new Wii?” And the answer is, you don’t.<\/p>\n

So to those of you who have spent a couple hundreds bucks on Virtual Console games, you’re just out of luck if you want to upgrade. And if I decide to buy one of the new black Wii consoles, do you know how much money I’m going to lose?<\/p>\n

Nothing. Nada. Zero Doleros. Because I refuse to support virtual gaming<\/b>. I have said it time and time again. When these companies make stupid decisions, we have<\/i> to stop supporting them! And thank God, you people finally listened to me! The Virtual Console has been a complete failure!<\/p>\n

Oh wait, no it hasn’t. According to Wikipedia, Nintendo has sold more than 10 million virtual console games. That means you people have spent between $50 million and $120 million dollars on games that you don’t really own. It’s just unbelievable. And it’s unbelievable that people continue to support systems such as this one. <\/p>\n

I vote with my wallet. We must<\/i> vote with our wallets! By supporting systems in which you download (but don’t own) games, you’re allowing game companies to do this to us again, and again, and again. <\/p>\n

Wait — not to us. To you<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Nintendo isn’t the only culprit, of course. Electronic Arts announced this week that all of their future games will come with a one-time code for online play. Gamers who buy used copies of EA’s games will have to pay an additional $10 for online play. Sony made headlines earlier this week by removing the Other OS feature from their PlayStaton 3 consoles, a feature that many PS3 owners (such as myself) paid for and had used. Last year we had the story about Amazon deleting books off of people’s Kindles. It’s like they’ve screwed up every single attempt at digital content delivery. The best of the bunch has been iTunes, and the fact that iTunes is the best of anything makes me want to bash my own brains out with an iPod. <\/p>\n

I hate to sound like a crotchety old man sitting on my front porch in a rocking chair while waving my fist in the air, but I feel like game companies are personally daring me to never buy another modern console or game again. And with all the old games I have piled up around my house (both real and via emulation), I honestly do have a lifetime supply (at least) of video games to play without putting up with this crap any longer.<\/p>\n

Man, I really do sound like a crotchety old man. But at least I’m a crotchety old man who owns my own video games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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