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kayoss on 25 June 2014
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BillyBong said:
Callum_Alexander said:
If you don't want to pay the full price then wait for it to drop. Sure, an upgrade program would be lovely, but Sony isn't making you buy the game. I'm buying on day one as I didn't have a PlayStation 3 last generation.


well.. that's fine and dandy for you and I'm sure you'll love it. it is a great game.  but, how many gamers who bought it on ps3 do you think will buy the ps4 version for $50?  I'd assume at best, maybe 2-5%.. now mind you that's out of sales of 6mil LTD.. so that puts it anywhere from 120-300k, and that's being optimistic about it.  sales numbers could be closer to 10-25+% for transients from previous gen if there was an upgrade plan.  sony & ND can make money off the new customers.. no need to twist the knife for current customers.  like i said.. who's going to buy the same game twice regardless if it's on different platforms?  other than visual/frames upgrades, it's the same game I bought for $60 plus the $15 DLC last June.

Anyways, it's still a month away from release.  I do hope ND and Sony come out with something about an upgrade plan.. after all, sony is "for the gamers."


Do you know how much time and effort it takes to "remaster" a game? Eventhough they are not starting out from scratch it takes a lot of money to port a game like TLOU. We are talking about porting a game from one console to another console with a totally different architecture. Take Final fantasy X for instance. It took them nearly two years just to remaster that game and this game is not as demanding as TLOU. Upgrade program is great but not necessary. For those who already bought the game for the PS3 can either dish out another $50 to buy the game again for the PS4 or they can wait until the game goes into the bargain bin and buy it. Those are the consumer options and non of those options are mandatory.

TLOU was maybe the best game of last generation, Naughty Dog and Sony knows that. They also know that many Xbox fans became a PS4 fan and have not experience this game. So this is a great oppurtunity for those.