The Age of Remasters/Remakes is almost Over....

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Mnementh said:

LudicrousSpeed said:
Yeah I can totally see publishers passing up on incredibly easy money, kind of like how the movie industry has stopped doing remakes.

This is the right comparison. In the movie industry we see reboot-cycles. After about a generation - say 20 to 30 years - are over, everything comes back. This is repeated again and again. Just look up how many Sleepy Hollow movies there are. The gaming industry is that young, that we are just at the first cycle of remakes.

This is a very good point.  I believe "A Star Is Born" has been made 4 different times.  Although they wait long enough between remakes that this latest one seems new to most people.

Also each industry goes through phases.  It seems like the movie industry used to do a lot more remakes just a few years ago.  Now they are doing superhero movies instead.  So the gaming industry might get end up doing fewer remakes in a few years and instead trend toward something else.  Although, remakes are never going to go away entirely.  It's more of an ebb and flow.