Resale Value?

It's been a recent trend amongst the next generation of consoles to release older games, in the same sense that car companies attempt to reinvent the 'classics.' The goal is to capture the nostalgia of older gamers while at the same time drawing younger gamers to mediums that defined modern gaming. The best example of this is the Wii and its Virtual Console, much of its initial selling points boiled down to the ability to play older games at a much lower cost. And while there are many choice words to be said to a company that attempts to sell you the same product twice Virtual Console is a bargain compared to what else is being offered.

Nintendo and its hand held juggernaut the DS takes a different approach when it comes to releasing previously created games. Gunning for both older titles with a very active and heavy fan base (Chrono Trigger) as well as releasing games previously unreleased outside of Japan (FF3) these older titles are resold with minor (to major) graphical updates and (when applicable) English translation. But are these games worth their new 40.00 USD price? While it is nice to play through older games again, I don't know if there is a justification for charging full price on a game that has not only already been created but is simply being ported. Maybe there are some things tuned, some graphical upgrades, maybe new never before seen cut scenes...but isn't that completely undermining the work previously done by these men and women who on some level pushed hard to invent and individualize the gaming industry? It seems like a cruel joke in a sense, since the games can't really get any better then they first were.