Why The Last of Us Remastered Shouldn’t Really Exist

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goulibouli said:

For a one year old game that has just been transposed and retouched a bit for an already more powerful console, at that price yes.

But it's not just the price, it is also the fact that if you own a PS3 and bought a PS4 or want to play it on PS4, there's no option but to buy again: NOW that's the real rip-off

So the timing is important? If they waited 5 years, would it be any different? They'd be launching the title into a more competitive space and gamers like me would be annoyed they took so long to finally get it out the door.

Pricing in 5 years- should it get steadily cheaper the longer time goes by, or does it appreciate in value over time from the release of the original? 

There's 80 million or so gamers who owned a PS3 who didn't buy the game. I agree with you in part, if you owned the orignal, the current price for the remaster might be too high to justify double dipping. I can only specualte, but the market for new gamers is probably much larger, and for them the current price won't be a barrier. It's going to be very interesting watching how this sells given all the attention it has recieved.