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overman1 on 13 July 2014
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bigtakilla said:
overman1 said:

Before answering if Wind Waker HD is a cash grab we should ask some questions.

1: How long ago was the prior game released, this leads in to a new Generation being able to play a classic without having to find an old system and the old game?

Wind Waker released in 2002, Wind Waker HD released a decade later in 2012. 

The Last Of Us released June 14, 2013 with it's remake scheduled for August 29th 2014. A year and 2 months later, lol.  

2: What was the install base of the system the game was released on, which leads to how many people had the ability to play the prior game? 

Game Cube had 33 million units sold. It made Nintendo a profit, but hardly a Wii type hit.

PS3 had 80 million, either 2nd or 3rd in sales last gen, outsold by the Wii, but still was in a lot of homes.

3: How hard would it be to be able to find the older games and systems to play them today?

Game Cube and Wind Waker, pretty much impossible.

PS3 and TLOU you can literally go to any Gamestop and find both right now. 

 

Other considerations:

If the PS4 was just backwards compatible, it would be able to play it already. 

Nintendo needed a start to figure out HD development. Wind Wakers was an obvious choice for several different reasons as the game to get your feet wet in developing HD. 


1:  there is no official rule which suggests one has to wait any maximum numer of year before a game can be remastered. GTA5? no body is complaining about that. in that case, MS shouldnt incude halo 4 in their Halo Collection coming out yhis year. Also how many times has MS remastered or ported the halo franchinse? noone seems to be complaning about that.

2: TLOU sold 6 millions copies last gen despite being a new IP and being limited to one console. Sony feels the new PS4 owners would love to have this game (true) and decides to give thepeople what they want. 

3: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dvideogames&field-keywords=gamecube&sprefix=gamec%2Cnull%2C196&rh=n%3A468642%2Ck%3Agamecube

A cash grab suggest creating a demand for a product where there is no demand. Sony saw the demand for TLOU from the new PS4 owners and/or those who didnt buy the DLCs and offered this to us at a reduced price and acted accordingly. the gaming industry is one of the most responsive commercial sector in the world. if gamers dont fancy a product, they dont buy it. however from the charts, TLOU: remastered seems to be doing quite well.

Ummmmm, nope. A cash grab is packaging something cheaply for no other reason than making a profit (for an example see Tomb Raider). TLOU is that to a T. 

then wind maker is a cash grab too..