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Is Sony trolling?

MMaRsu

Member
I don't mind paying $10 for the remaster as I played the original back when it came out. Regardless, this is the last game announcement we needed.
You already played the game.

The game runs at 4k 60 on a PS5

What do you need to buy

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Bernardougf

Member
No Sony this gen is very in tune with what gamers want, their first party output remains stellar and constant and their console is not at all being helped by having virtually no competition whatsoever for the first time...
 
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Ar¢tos

Member
I'm starting to believe that they won't remaster Bloodborne because, despite being their IP, it was made in FromSoftware engine and it would be too much effort/costly to either have people learn that engine or port to another engine.

(since Bluepoint is busy whale hunting...)
 
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Radical_3d

Member
$10 tithe to thy god.
Someone said tithe?
What The Omg GIF by 2K Games
 

Sinfulgore

Member
Not trolling, just good business. Remastering Bloodborne has value so no point in wasting that value by just releasing it as a PS5 game this late in the PS5 life cycle. I suspect Bloodborne will get the Demon Souls treatment and be a launch PS6 game.
 

Lysandros

Member
I think the only solution to solve this kind of absurdities is to stop for the gamers to keep buying re-re-remasters. They will get the message for sure.
 

K' Dash

Member
they don't give a shit, they're on top after raising prices for subs and hardware without any reason, also, base PS5 should be $299 by now, the damn thing is almost 5 years old, it's ancient tech by now.
 

Kupfer

Member
Seriously, Days Gone Remastered? This game runs amazingly on PC and PS5 at a high resolution.

Horizon Remastered. Same thing.

TLOU already had a remaster. TLOU II on PS5 with just the PS4 running in backwards compatibility runs and looks fantastic.

There's one damn classic PS4 game that's stuck at 30fps and 1080p with terrible frame pacing and it's the one Sony refuses to remaster.

This only feels like they're trolling.
Didn't read the whole thread, I'm sure people have already mentioned this. Nevertheless, these remasters are easy and cheap money for Sony. Their output of original games seems to be vanishingly small outside of the launch window of a generation.
Sony has completely miscalculated with its GaaS strategy and has lost years that could have been invested in original IPs.
At least with these remasters, they have some output. There are always existing fans who will buy remasters.
Additionally, the PS5 currently has a 42% increase in new players. These new players will likely go for the latest version of a game since they haven't played the original.
The crux of the matter is that games suitable for this type of remaster are finite. Right now, more remasters are being released than original IPs. If this continues, by the end of the generation, there will be nothing left to remaster, and Sony will be left with only a handful of IPs in the pipeline - while new games will take years to develop again.

I'm curious to see how they plan to fill this future void.
 

ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
I think the only solution to solve this kind of absurdities is to stop for the gamers to keep buying re-re-remasters. They will get the message for sure.
Remaster is better for games that needs it more. Those with more rooms for improvement, older games not readily on modern platforms etc. Like PS3 or PSP games. God of War Ghost of Sparta, the older Killzone games etc.

Not Horizon Forbidden West or Days Gone.
 

TGO

Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
Some of the best games I've played this generation have been Remasters or Remakes.
But 97% of them aren't Sony's.
Which is funny because about 90% of Sony's games have been Remasters/PC ports
 

EverydayBeast

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Sony is on a joy ride of trolling, losing to the 360 was added pressure they don’t have anymore. I invite you to name one original Sony exclusive over the last 30 years Sony actually considered remastering to PS5, sure you can depend on Naughty dog, Gran Turismo, and Astro bot but games like socom, and Killzone would kill to be remastered

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