Gametap: Owning consoles universally

I rarely see it discussed here, and Gamespot editors seem to have ignored its existence even as it reviews individual retro releases for the Wii and 360.  Guess what, Gametap absolutely crushes those services with 2 ton mallet of +4 damage.  Currently, this service offers 822 games.  This includes arcade classics like Pacman and Joust, it includes a lot of early console games like Castlevania and what must be a dozen Sonic games.  Then, it even includes relatively recent Windows games like Far Cry, Beyond Good and Evil, or all the Serious Sam games.  Now, Gametap is offering original games not seen on any other platform, such as the new Sam and Max Episodes.  This is the real deal.  Then, its all wrapped up into one very user friendly and snazzy interface, which also lets you watch music videos or little animated shorts while waiting for some of the bigger games to download.  Every game has instructions to play right next to the download now button.

What is the cost of this you might ask?  Not $5 a game, like some other people charge, but $10 a month for EVERYTHING.  That drops down to even less when you purchase for 6 months or a year.  Busy a month?  No problem, its cancel anytime.  Now excuse me, I have to go beat Mental.

Seriously. I just got the trial. I mean...I thought there HAD to be some catch. But there isn't.  The first month is only $1 too...so I can play PoP, SC, Far Cry, Beyond Good and Evil, Deus Ex, and tons of retro classics I never played...for $1.

Why is it that the VC gets so much attention compared to GameTap? GameTap completely destroys VC. 

Here's an idea: what if GameTap teamed up with Nintendo to create an amazing retro game service? I'd be willing to pay an extra 1 or 2 (maybe even 5) per month if it meant having all the great NES/SNES/N64 games on GameTap.

I mean...they're adding Panzer Dragoon 1 and 2 right now. Those games alone are good enough to buy. All the Sonic games...All the Tomb Raider games...

Lastly, a Sony partnership, while not as great as Nintendo, would still be amazing for this awesome service. More often than not when I spin my wheel to a random game and download it (about 95% of the time) I find that, though I've never heard of it, it's awesome.

I REALLY hope people give GameTap a little more credit than it's gotten. Admittedly, it sucked for the first year of its service with only 300 games and a $15/month fee (not to mention glitched games). But they've really turned it around...I love it.