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theprof00 on 24 April 2014
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J_Allard said:
SvennoJ said:

Like the jest of the OP, does it bother people that movies are re-released, does that prevent new movies from being made. It's usually not the same people that do the port. Definitely not the design team, artists, motion capture department, sound engineers, etc. It takes very little resources to make a port. It's a good project to get familiar with the hardware, get new people familiar with the engine, and make some extra cash that can be invested in the next project. How can anyone be against that? It's not new game or old game, it's bigger budget new game and better looking old game.

Halo 2 is diffferent, that's a remake, a lot more work. TLOU, Beyond 2 Souls, Tombraider, Dynasty warriors 8, merely and increase in resolution, framerate and some aspects of the engine cranked up. Big difference.

The analogy with BluRays doesn't hold any weight with me because the markets are too different. The BR players most people buy are far, far from $400. The BR discs most people buy are far, far from $60. And there are far, far more BR releases every week than games. For example, Get Carter came out on BR for the first time ever just this Tuesday. Did I feel cheated because I already own the DVD? No. There are TONS of other releases I can buy. Furthermore, I didn't buy my player from Warner Bros.

Next gen consoles have huge droughts in releases. I don't see any problem with someone being disappointed and complaining that instead of a new next gen title they get a rehash during a dry period in game releases. Like I said I don't think it's a big deal, but it's a valid complaint. And I don't care what went into Halo 2 HD, at the end of the day its a game I already played and I would be bummed if that was all MS had.

@bolded- You're right. Some were nearly 1000$. A 600$ ps3 was literally described as the best BR player on the market for the price.

Maybe you've missed it, but we aren't talking about BR in it's 7th year of life, we are talking about when BR was first released, where there were droughts. When porting Harry Potter meant the studio couldn't port casablanca (for instance) and studios had to decide which movies to port and which could wait.

The problem with the "disappointment" is that the people saying "we'd rather have a new game than a port" are being ridiculous. That was never a choice. The choice was "port or no port", not "port or new game". It's not a big deal, and it's not a valid complaint. The only criticism that even has any merit would be that of the ps3 owner who bought last of us thinking it would be exclusive, but was planning to buy a ps4 and could've saved his money for the ps4 version.