Nintendo: 50 More Virtual Console Games This Year

In its reaction to this month’s game industry sales charts, Nintendo had a little bit of commentary about the near future of Virtual Console:

Wii already boasts more than 180 games, including 120 downloadable Virtual Console™ titles. By the end of the year, that total number will climb to about 330 games, including an additional 100 new games from every major third-party publisher, along with an additional 50 Virtual Console titles.

Let’s see. By my calculations there are 22 Mondays left in the year, which means we’re looking at an average of 2.3 games per week. Urgh. And to think I once clung to the desperate hope that they would ramp it up. Hopefully they’re just making a really lowball rough estimate here.