I hate nintendo because of the riddiculous pricing on the virtual console.
A little overpriced? Maybe. Ridiculous? Any reason to hate anything? Not really since you are paying, at most, $8.00 for a full fledged game that when released probably cost over $50 (it wasn't until the mid to late 90's that prices standardized to $50) and so adjusted for inflation would probably cost $60-$70. Plus you are getting better picture quality than you can on the original hardware. In the end though, these prices are determined by a little law we call supply and demand, and the demand certainly isn't shrinking because of these so called 'ridiculous' prices...
Plus the expensive accessories (60 dollars for wiimote + nunchuck... WTF?).
Here you have a bit of an argument, but there is the cost of the technology development (since you aren't paying for that in the console itself). Then there are the actual pieces of hardware, which isn't exactly cheap. All of the tilt sensors and whatnot. Plus the IR sensor that tracks the two IR dots to make the pointer work. Put the whole thing together into a package that is pretty tough to break. I mean, I have seen them deliberately thrown at walls, held under a running sink for five mins, stepped on, and just generally abused with absolutely no damage. Sure, $60 is a little pricey, but at least you know you are getting a quality piece of equipment. Throw in supply and demand again and, well, there you go...
normally I would delete a post like this, since honestly, I just type this kind of thing to vent my frustration with the general level of ignorance displayed by far too many members(not all though, there is a smart group out there...), but this time, I think I will post it...