What was first, Xbox Live Arcade or Wii Virtual Console?

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Originally Posted by Dyne

I'm sure Nintendo has had the idea for years but never converted it into profit form. I'm sure they could've done it with gamecube, but they opted for collections and gameboy anniversary cartridges for more profit instead. I'm sure they couldn't have done much online before Nintendo Wifi.

I seem to remember Nintendo stating that one of the reasons they didn't explore various online features last generation was because "Online features havn't been shown to be profitable"... Or something along those lines...

Selling old emulated games seems like a way to make a quick buck... 'Course they'd have needed a way to store them on the gamecube, since it didn't come with one built in (and they never released the fabled SD adapter)...

Anywho, XBLA and the VC aren't quite the same thing... Not only because XBLA is a tad more advanced (despite coming first... You'd think VC would have had it's capabilities and then some), but because it was designed to offer new downloadable games... Not simply ports from past generations (though it's received it's share of those)...