The Present and Future of Remasters

IGN - They're clearly here to stay. So what does that mean?

[sparta76]

I don't get what the big deal is when people get upset about remasters. If you don't want them don't BUY.

[ssj3goku87]

fucking exactly, I don't get what all the complaining is about

[Two-Face]

If remasters for 40 dollars are okay. Then why the hell is day one DLC not okay(Evolve)? Just asking.

Both are cash grabs. It's time these remasters get some hate too.

[deadpoolio316]

Its no different than the people who constantly cry about them, but when its one they want then suddenly its OK....

[Jaqen_Hghar]

Movies get moved to new formats and definitions and anniversary editions all the time. It doesn't stop new movies from coming out lol. You can pay homage to the past constantly while coming out with new content as well. These are not mutually exclusive things

[Spotie]

Why is it that any game that a given "gamer" doesn't like automatically shouldn't exist? Even when a game clearly isn't targeted toward that gamer, why do they have a problem with it?

Already bought the game and had your fill? There ate plenty of other titles to occupy you. There's no need to bitch and moan about a game you don't HAVE to buy, simply because it EXISTS.

Freaking grow up, already.

[gangsta_red]

Because it's a growing trend that is being used as only a cash grab and nothing else. Games that are not even a year old are getting re-mastered, games that are not offering anything else except a res bump are being re-sold to gamers, it's almost as if BC was taken out on purpose in order to bleed the consumer a little bit more.

You can make the same "don't buy it" argument for DLC, sure you don't have to buy it but it's an obvious cash grab by studios to squeeze more money out of the consumer. And now with re-masters they have found an extra way to take a little more by dangling a prettier version of a game that plays the exact same way you played it a few years ago.

Maybe some wouldn't mind so much if this wasn't happening in the new gen's first year of release. These games are still being talked about and celebrated to be re-mastered so soon.

I have said I don't mind so much collections. Collections that offer all maps, all modes, all DLC and anything extra that wasn't there before. But I definitely would not want to see a collection of every single series that was released last gen.

[kevinsheeks]

Just slayed like four peoples post in 1 go good job sir

[The 10th Rider]

To add to what gangsta_red said:

The majority of games being remastered nowadays could be played on current gen consoles if the consoles were backwards compatible. Heck, you could pick up a (used or refurb) last gen console for what it would cost you to buy all these remasters, AND it'd give you access to all of last gen's games.

I think some remasters are okay, some even welcome (older games getting significant improvements, a few hard-to-find games,) but it's gotten to the point it's just ridiculous.

[sparta76]

@ red

Yes I'll use the same agreement "DON'T BUY"!!!!! I never said it was right. But some body might be new to console gaming or let's say they brought a PS4 this Gen and had a 360 last Gen or vice versa. They have the option to buy it. I hate day one dlc, guess what!? I won't buy it. Maybe I'll just pass on the whole game entirely.
this is a trend that unfortunately is not gonna stop. Speak with your wallets my friends.

[higgins78]

I'm all up for 'remasters', but (for me) Sony take the piss. I mean, games coming at the end of one gen to be re-released at the beginning of a new gen....preposterous, now matter how 'improved' the re-release turns out to be - usually very minor differences, usually.

[deadpoolio316]

You mean the ONE game they did that with...The ONE game that was remastered because A LOT of people were coming from the 360 and didn't get a chance to play the masterpiece that was TLOU...And there were MAJOR differences in how that ran between PS3/PS4. That is LITERALLY the ONLY remaster SONY has done, before the GOW III announcement, BTW GOW III came out in 2008/2009......

Again there are literally ZERO other remasters done by Sony at the moment...

HOWEVER, lets talk about companies that want to take the piss, lets release a buggy broken mess that should NEVER have been released in that state the HALO MCC, which to this day is still broken...Then that same company turns around and announces the Halo Legacy collection which is the EXACT same thing as the previously released MCC, but with ODST and REACH....That NO people who previously purchased the MCC do not get a free upgrade for, yet as a We're sorry for screwing you they are going to give ODST to people who originally bought the broken collection..

Yeah totally no need to delay that MCC until it was fixed properly, OR dont release it at all finish ODST and Reach and just release ONE Halo Legacy

[higgins78]

Don't get me wrong. I was only using Sony as my example because I own a PS4, having owned a PS3, 2, and 1 in the past. I don't like to comment (troll) on consoles/games I haven't owned/played, unlike the majority.

[AstroCyborg]

so when ms released halo mcc ryan loved remasters now he hates them just wait til we get a gears trilogy collection he'll love them again