That's purely for NES games, and even then, I don't think that's so much a matter of wanting to sell them through their subscription service as it is them adding an incentive to the service. The service's primary function is online play. Everything else is just a bonus (some of which, like save backups, should be available without it, but that's another story).
Nintendo has already said in response to if they're bringing the Virtual Console back that they are not.
They are from now on going to "offer" the games that were previously on the Virtual Console, on the subscription service.
I know they aren't planning on another VC, but do you have a source for them saying that Nintendo Online's game part is meant to replace it? My understanding is that it's just NES games, and even then, it's going to be an even slower drip-feed of games than we're used to with prior VC's.
Revelation34 posted...
I would rather pirate it if I was going to play it for that price.
And again, we get back to the part where you try to suggest that a quality, 30-hour RPG isn't worth $10.
Lil_Bit83 posted...
But I think perhaps games made by defunct companies that nobody has picked up after a certain amount of years, can go into public domain.
I expect that will eventually happen, but I believe the standard is 75 years for music to go public domain. Games just haven't been around for long enough for that to kick in.