That’s right … Virtual Console purchases have earned Nintendo the equivalent of ~ USD$33 million so far … to quote a Nintendo executive asked about this:

“we’re currently unsure if this is a lot or low. They’re not bad figures.”

I’ll say these figures are not bad ! Many of these classic games haven’t made any money for developers, publishers or Nintendo for 10 years or more … now suddenly they are resurrected and are turning a profit … the overheads of ‘porting’ them to the Wii via emulation wouldn’t be huge, so basically any profit should be considered a complete gift !

Via GWN and IGN.