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It's an interesting little case study, in any case, showing that the closure of the 3DS (and Wii U) eShop doesn't just affect download games, but has potential knock-on effects on the second-hand physical edition markets. On US-equivalent listings, though, base prices are noticeable higher as sellers try to cash in on the inevitable scarcity of the game. It does vary per region - a look in the UK shows that you can still get loose cartridges at a low price as demand is low. It shows the market realisation that the download version may be gone for good unless Konami gets it back online before March 2023.
After all, when there are downloadable versions of games that typically holds down the price for standard second-hand cartridges.įrom late February prices on physical editions (even just loose cartridges) have at least doubled, coinciding with Nintendo's announcement regarding the closure of the 3DS and Wii U eShop stores.
It wasn't exactly over-printed back in the day, especially in North America, but the initial impact (according to pricecharting) was minimal, with the small market of people following the game likely expecting the digital version to reappear.
It's unclear whether Konami plans to replace the footage in the game, negotiate renewals for the footage or simply do nothing and hope no-one notices.Įither way, took a look at how the delisting had impacted the pricing of the physical edition on auction sites.
It disappeared on 8th November last year - Konami cited "historical archive footage" as the issue and promised it was a temporary measure, though having checked this morning the game is still missing on the EU eShop. Of course, licensed content often has an agreement expiry date, which impacted a number of legacy Metal Gear releases last year.Īmong many other versions across different systems, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D dropped off the 3DS eShop last November.
This can be in the form of iconic music or even video clips to tie games into real history, a clever bit of storytelling often deployed in the Metal Gear series. After this playthrough, I wanted to discover if other games would run as well as Ground Zeroes did.Hideo Kojima games not only feature the creator's name a few hundred times, they're also well known for being loaded with licensed content. I rescued Kaz and eventually Hideo Kojima himself, with the M1 chip treating the game as if it was nothing it couldn’t handle. It was a fantastic moment, as this was now running on a Mac, as if it was a native app on its own. Granted, the game runs in a 1440x900 resolution and every graphical setting is on low, but it’s playable at roughly 45 FPS, and it’s not through a cloud service, just virtualization.
I had found that playing Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on PC was the best way of experiencing Big Boss’ adventure set in the early 80s, so I wanted to see if my test of using Steam to download the game could work on the M1 Mac mini.Īfter installing the beta version of Windows 10 for ARM devices (opens in new tab) through Parallels Desktop (opens in new tab), I installed the game through Steam, just as any other PC running an Intel or AMD CPU would, and once I clicked on ‘Play’, there Snake was.