This generation has sucked so far

[McDonaldsGuy]

teigaga said:

McDonaldsGuy said:

I think they are taking away things from the industry:

- Backward compatibility - why have BC when we can just remaster the games? Some remasters make sense. An Uncharted trilogy remaster would be cool. Halo: MCC was a great idea (but poorly executed). But The Last of Us should've been a PS4 game in the beginning. If it wasn't for all these remasters then we might have had at least exceptional BC. Instead we got none.

- Sequels - Instead of DMC remaster or Dark Souls 2 remaster we should be getting sequels. Imagine having DMC5 by now instead.

Proper BC although great is not the norm in the industry and really not something to value a console on. The PS3 will not be remember for cutting PS2 BC after a year, just like PS2 won't be remembered for being completely BC with PS1- BC is nothing more then a bonus.

In regard to sequels name one time this gen that a remaster has visibly delayed a new game? Dark Souls 3 is obviously going to happen but it was never going to be a 2015 title, same for DMC. I really don't think theres is a single instance right now where you can say we would have had X game, if it wasn't for a remaster. Its really not a conversation worth having unless there is a distinct lack of new games being released, that obviously hasn't been the case for the last 6 months and won't be the case moving forward (unless everything gets delayed to fall 2015/ Q1 2016)

BC should be the norm, but it's not the norm because they can resell you old games at nearly new prices.

And I can say that because there IS a dearth of sequels. There are just too many remasters this gen.