The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake launches 5th of November

[Leynos]

angrypoolman said:

JackHandy said:

Remakes are so commonplace now for three reasons.

The first is that consumers have shown they will buy the same game twice (and three times, and four times, and five and six and--), and publishers go wherever the money is. The second is that remakes are significantly cheaper to make, so the overhead, or lack thereof, is very attractive. The third is due to the abhorrent  development times of modern gaming. If it's going to take ten years to make a freakin' sequel, what are you going to do to keep customers locked into your brand? You need something. Remakes fill the void and do so on the cheap.

I don't buy remakes, myself. I own the originals. I play the originals. I don't want the the originals changed because I adore them, as is. I want new games on new consoles, not old ones.

But I am clearly not in the majority.

They could have made a new zelda game to release in 2027. 4 years of development time is completely reasonable 

That's a dumb blanket statement. You don't know the teams working on the games nor do you know the vision and scope of either the remake or the next mainline game. Most games with a decent budget are talking 5 years or more these days anyway. 

Last edited by Leynos - on 10 June 2026