MediEvil Remake to Retail for $29.99

Set for release this October 25th, the MediEvil Remake will be cheaper than most expected.

[StormLegend]

Take note Nintendo and Capcom, you don't have to charge $60 for remakes and remasters

[Nitrowolf2]

Sony’s been really good with this. Ratchet and clank remake/retelling, shadow of the collusus, and their HD collections In general.

Always find it funny when someone tries to justify that $60 price tag when there’s another company downright remaking them and selling them at a cheaper price

[remixx116]

And at better quality, look at shadow of the Colossus remake and ratchet and clank remake. Cheaper games and the remake quality is dumb good, literally built from the ground up.

Now I love Nintendo but Pokemon dx remaster and super Mario Bros u are some bullshit (especially donkey Kong TF remaster that launched at a higher price on switch than it did on Wii u like how?). And Nintendo fans try to justify it by saying "hey most people didn't own Wii U's so there practically new games"---yes I've heard this multiple times.

[bouzebbal]

Picking this up for sure at this price.. Thank you Sony for caring for the gamers

[FallenAngel1984]

It depends on how much effort went into the remake though. RE2’s production values justified it to be a full price title. Plus Capcom typically releases their remasters in the $20-$40 range

Nintendo on the other hand without fail always releases their retail games at $60

[Concertoine]

The biggest slap in the face by N:

In 2014 Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze launched on wii u for $49.99

In 2018 it launched with one new character on switch for $59.99

[Teflon02]

Even Activision was way more reasonable. Crash Trilogy would have been a fair $60 game imo but was $40 same with spyro. Crash Team Racing has basically 2 games worth of content and a bunch of new stuff that didn't exist originally and it's getting a release price cheaper than MK8D right now. Even new games like Team Sonic Racing get prices under full price. Ninty just gets away with it so they milk it. I've wanted alot of the ports but i refuse to pay those prices so I barely have games on my switch because I'll only pay $60 for new games and games that should be that price. Especially when handheld games use to be cheaper than home console games

[naruga]

i agree with you in most but NOT in RE 2 remake specifically.....the game had ton of rough edges and didnt felt realy like a full price title...(compare it with MOnster Hunter World for example which was indeed 5 years in development with a lot of attention to everything inorder to not alienate fans

[IamTylerDurden1]

If you justify the $60 price of RE2 based on quality, then R&C and Shadow of the Colossus deserved to be $60 games as well. In my opinion those are THE two highest quality remakes ever made. Spyro was beautiful, Crash was excellent, the Nathan Drake Collection was a terrific remaster and RE2 look very good, but R&C and Shadow of the Colossus are next level.

[Heavenly King]

RE2 is a remake+"re-envision" of the game, it justified the $60. Most remakes are just better graphics (+RES, +textures, poly count, detail, etc), and remastered only have RES updated.

[Teflon02]

Heavenly. Ratchet was in the same boat as RE 2. It as a reimagining. Some areas were changed, new weapons, new systems. some stuff like enemies are entirely different and such.

[Rimeskeem]

Wasnt the remake for SotC and R&C also 30-40$

[Knushwood Butt]

$60 is worth it if it's portable.

[StormLegend]

Being portable isn't $60 worthy. That's like saying graphical updates and improved AI is justified $60

[Teflon02]

I don't know if you realized, but portable versions of games usually retailed for cheaper than home console. Look at every DS and Vita release vs console games. They'd release between $40-$60 and on Vita $40 max and it was the same with every handheld game in general outside of Pokemon, Uncharted and I think like 2 other games for the most part

[SamPao]

hahaha, nice one :D

[RedDevils]

Damn you're a sheep.

[SoulWarrior]

pOrTaBiLiTy

[Knushwood Butt]

Thanks Sam :)

[MajorLazer]

Idiocy knows no bounds

[badz149]

sarcasm went through many heads like..."WHOOOSSHH..." ;

[Immagaiden]

Why you dragging Capcom into this? You gotta go out of your way to see a $60 remaster from Capcom as you sort through all their budget priced remasters.

[jznrpg]

Have you seen the prices of Nintendo’s cardboard?

[The 10th Rider]

Price is determined by demand. You can bet if companies could get away with giving AAA games $70 or $80 MSRPs they would.

As far as remakes go, the fact of the matter is that more people will buy a game like Resident Evil 2 or Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening at $60 than will buy MediEvil at $30 or Shadow of the Colossus at $40. If Nintendo or Capcom had to charge less, or Sony could charge more and still see strong sales, it would happen.

I'm not saying that's a good thing or anything, it's just that the pricing is based on a companies level of "greed" or anything like that, and Sony's not offering lower prices out of some sort of good will, they're all setting their prices based on how they think they can make the most profit, which means balancing the number of predicted sales with the price.

[remixx116]

Not necessarily, ratchet and clank remake as well as the last of us remastered both could have definitely launched at 60$ and been fine, while the demand for donkey Kong country tropical freeze remaster was definitely not high enough to justify it being more expensive than the original version.

[ShadowWolf712]

God of War and Spider-Man could have easily kept selling at $60 yet still saw price drops after a while.

Lowering prices on games over time is indeed done out of projecting an image of "good will" at times, if only for PR purposes and publisher etiquette.

[ShadowWolf712]

Idk man, with the amount of work they put into RE2, $60 was a fair asking price. If it hadn't essentially been COMPLETELY remade from the ground up, I'd maybe agree.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Nintendo has used the overwhelming popularity of Switch to screw people on game prices and sometimes hardware. In many cases they charge exorbitant prices for what essentially is a Wii U port, and their fans allow them to get away with it. The media and the fans eat this shit up instead of questioning it. Many games in general are more expensive on Switch, the hardware is expensive, Labo, but repackaging Wii U games and sometimes selling them for more 4 years later is a joke. I could maybe understand if the games were completely reworked and legitimately remastered, but they are basically glorified ports. At best. Selling Medievil at $29.99, which is entirely reworked, is the antithesis of that and it's truly awesome.

[Relientk77]

Wow, that's awesome, day 1 and for a reasonable price too

[IamTylerDurden1]

That's an amazing price for a ground up remake. I truly believe that sony could be selling these games at a higher price point. R&C, Shadow of the Colossus, and Medievil are essentially new games with new assets, running on new tech. These are ground up remakes, so it's surprising to see them selling at budget prices. I got the steelbook collector's edition of Shadow of the Colossus for less than the price of a new AAA game. R&C was one of the best games of the year in 2016, it was fully AAA and an utter gem, yet it only cost $40 at launch and was later reduced to $20 new. $29.99 appears to be a steal for Medievil. The game looks awesome and i can't wait for Halloween. As a consumer i'm thrilled, but i have to wonder if Sony is leaving some money on the table by selling these remakes at such a deep discount.

[PhoenixUp]

Good on Sony for continuing to release budget titles

I wish Nintendo could take notice

[badz149]

Nintendo is like..."NEVER!!"
and Nintendo fanboys are like.."YEAH! Nintendo's games are $60 because they have higher demands than others'!"

[Imalwaysright]

Yeah because that's how it is in the real world. Supply and demand dictate the price of goods and services.

[FallenAngel1984]

Seeing remakes like this and others like it selling for budget prices further disgusts me how Nintendo will continue to sell all their remasters at full price, especially when remasters take relatively less effort to make than remakes

[chadwarden]

Because nintendo fans will by nintendo games regardless of cost and nintendo knows this.

[CDbiggen]

I love Nintendo, but there is no defending the price of those wii u to switch ports.

[harmny]

Nintendo is the apple of gaming

[PowerOfTheCloud]

Nice, even better!

[TheCryptKeeper]

Should be $10.

[Thundercat77]

This is not a gamepass garbage game. This is a remake of a classic big hit.

[harmny]

I wouldn't agree normally but to be honest the trailer doesn't look good at all. Of course Sony fanboys will murder me for saying this like they did when I suggested days gone didn't look as good as other PS4 exclusives.

[TheCryptKeeper]

Thank you, looks super dated.

They didn't refine the gameplay from the original at all, even back then it was clunky. Sony fanboys rule this site, you don't like everything Sony does then you're an Xbox fanboy or troll and get reported as spam.

[Blu3_Berry]

I think $30 is a good price point, and I honestly wish more games do this when it comes to smaller AAA games. Nintendo especially needs to take note of this when they're charging full $60 for something like Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze (which may I remind you it was $10 more than the WiiU version).

[akaFullMetal]

Very good price, love it!

[PlayableGamez-]

Great for those who have a nostalgia for the PS1.
I have no interest as I do not have a nostalgia for MediEvil, like most people.

[jznrpg]

Only nostalgia for the comment section eh?

[SamPao]

Dont really see the nostalgia thing, its a game like any other, if its good its now good. Of course you might have some nostalic feelings towards the game, but onyone that has a brain, is able to play games, and open can play this one :P

[mkis007]

So you only play games you are nostalgic for? Never play new Ips? Think of it as a new ip for you.

[AmUnRa]

Just like most people? So you speak for "most" people now??🙄

[VsAssassin]

I'm getting this and Concrete Genie this fall! Way to go, Sony!

[mkis007]

They sure have hit the proper cadence for when to release games. Ie. Keeping it small from october-dec and letting 3rd party take over.

[Matrix6]

The price is right!

[Good-Smurf]

Now that's the good pricing,I'm still cringe looking back at the moment I hand out over $65 for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
I was that desperate for racing game on Switch at the time,what a ripoff that was.
And it wasn't even a remaster or remake it just a straight up port.

[AK91]

If only if it came with the Sequel too, or if you could order both games seperately.

[Legatus]

So the inevitable MediEvil 2 Remake will also be 30$, 2 games for the price of 1. Awesome, day 1 for sure.

[thepatientgamer]

Now THIS is consumer friendly business practices.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Now this is a day one for me. All I need next is a Maximo remake and I’m all set

[TheColbertinator]

Maximo was a great series. Really been missing it.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Couldn’t agree more

[phoenixwing]

i'll buy it definitely :D

[ScreamKween]

Digital deluxe not working. Should be up soon.

[StormSnooper]

Bring it

[Smokehouse]

Can’t wait! Loved this back in the day!

[Xavi4K]

My most anticipated game of 2019 !

[Immagaiden]

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening will be $60
MediEvil will be $30

Both remakes look to have the same production value yet one is twice the price as the other. Please explain.

I already know the answer will be that Zelda will sell more, but you’d think Nintendo would have more integrity than that.

[SoulWarrior]

Nintentax

[AmUnRa]

Now, that was really funy😂

[badz149]

"look to have the same production value"

have your eyes checked immediately! quality wise, it's not even a contest! Link's Awakening looks like Pokemon Let's GO with Zelda skin

[jznrpg]

I was going to buy this no matter what because I loved MediEvil back in the day but 29.99 new makes it even that much better

[MasterCornholio]

Nice

[Platformgamer]

i hope the deluxe edition will be physical too.
i want all the goodies, but i want the game physically.
however, 30$ is a godlike price and with +10$ you can have an artbook, a comic book and the OST (and the usual dynamic theme), that's awesome!
but again, i hope and wait for a physical deluxe edition.

[bangoskank]

Sounds about right. Doesn't look like it had much of a budget.

[Father__Merrin]

Hopefully next gen has proper pricing on games

[Hellbound1978]

I don't know if it was just the video I watched on YouTube or not, but the framerate looked less than stellar. It could have just been alpha gameplay though.

[Donnie81]

Love medieval!

[Exvalos]

Nintendo fanboys stop paying full price for old ass game ports.

[sushimama]

I never played the original but I'll definitely get this. I heard it's quite funny at times.

[criticalkare]

Nice price and i guess they will work on 2nd one if this one sell well

[IamTylerDurden1]

I hope people support this. I bought Shadow of the Colossus collector's edition for less than the price of a new AAA. Bluepoint produced what might be the greatest remake or remaster of all-time and it was only $39.99 at launch yet it didn't really sell. That Bluepoint remake was pure poetry in motion. It should've topped 2 million units. Hopefully people show Sony that they appreciate this pricing and support these games. What better way to usher in the Halloween season than to do it with Sir Daniel in 4K?

[Tross]

Sweet, I'm even more stoked for this now. I'll have to ask my friend with the Sir Daniel Fortesque tattoo if he's getting this on day 1.

[MetroidFREAK21]

Awesome. Day 1!

[Segata]

Can Amazon put it up already please

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Take notes ppl

[TheHan]

That’s awesome 🤘🏻 Can’t wait for the MediEvil Remake