Sony is looking at remastering PS3 titles the same way Disney remasters movies

[VanceIX]

theprof00 said:

VanceIX said:

He means PS3 era, since he wants the PS4 to appeal to those who skipped last generation.

And from what I got out of it, he wants a Disney-like model, in which the content and look is the same, but post-editing is done to the content to get it up to standards. A lot of people refer to that as Disney "re-imagining" their movies, but they really aren't. In this case, I think re-imagining is just a softer word for remastering.

Re-imagining would be more like building the game again from scratch.

I think you've already come to your conclusion and are using it to fill in the holes of the theory. Not saying the conclusion is wrong, just that you're being a little premature in deciding that the OP means "we are going to take ps3 games bring them up to 1080/60 and rerelease them".

Hm? That's not all I think a remaster is. Textures get updated, and lighting gets upgraded, but yeah, it's essentially a re-release, with the same basic engine. Is that bad? No, since remasters are cheap to make and bring in easy profit. But that is the fundamental definition of a remaster.

Now, a remake is building a game for the current platform from the ground up. It's much more expensive, and the risk is much, much higher than a remaster.

I believe there will be a lot more remasters than remakes overall for that reason.