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This is an excellent article that covers how and why the VC died.
People say they want it back, but most titles never sold all that well back then.
I think, like that post mentions as well, that prices were the biggest issue. The points system being a garbage system in the first place, easily a system I would instantly be turned off from, I absolutely hate buying currencies to buy something, instead of just outright seeing the actual prices in the store. But if you'd want to buy a small collection for a couple of decades old games it would add up quickly.
The problem with Nintendo's always been the insane prices. I'm especially hesitant to buy anything digital or any services from Nintendo. Knowing they could decide to pull the plug any time again.
Probably after people learned that nintendo had no proper account system so you would lose your purchases if your console died and needed the hassle of sending it to them for them to transfer to a new console.
Yeah, I stopped buying from the VC when the Wii U asked me to pay to "upgrade" my games.