I'm not the one doing any "believing". That's the people who think a 1080p/60fps version of a game that pushed the PS3 hardware to its limits is a rushed crash grab while a lazy 30fps port of a 10 year old game isn't a rushed cash grab.

It won more game of the year awards last year than any other game so that may be a part of the exitement.

But still, it does not really compare to the big Xbox One exclusive coming out this July. Does it?

Both are cash grabs for sure.

Of all the remakes/remasters this year, The Last of Us Remastered is the game that will attract the most new fans.  For both Wind Waker and Halo Master Chief, I would bet that most purchasers of those games have already played those games.  There are lots of PS4 owners that didn't have a PS3.   I would also bet that there are very low number of Xbox1 owners that didn't own Xbox360.  The buyers for Wind Waker/Master Chief Halo are buying the game for nostalgia and replaying the game, but those remastered games are not bringing in new fans.  The Last of Us Remasted is going to purchased by more new fans.

1. I know its a remaster of a game one year old. Everyone knows this. Why are you telling me this? WWHD is over ten years old, it practically requires to be a remake whereas TLoU is only a year old and doesn't benefit as much from being remade. You expect a company to spend ten times the amount of money on just rebuilding from scratch when they could get almost as good results for a tenth of the cost. Boy, you've got a lot to learn about the real world.

2. There's a bit more crispness? That's it? No double the FPS, consistent FPS, better lighting, touched up controls, none of that, just a bit more crispness. Come on...

And those advertisement/developement costs will produce them more money than the omission of the project giving way to more money for future products. So if your worried about anything to do with future titles from Naughty Dog you can rest assured knowing that TLoU Remastered helped with the developement costs of whatever titles ND make this generation.

No one is debating whether or not TLoU is a good game. We all know it is. However, Sony is trying to disguise a simple port by telling its consumers that it's a "remaster". No, it's _not_ a remaster by any stretch of the imagination.

Of all the remakes/remasters this year, The Last of Us Remastered is the game that will attract the most new fans.  For both Wind Waker and Halo Master Chief, I would bet that most purchasers of those games have already played those games.  There are lots of PS4 owners that didn't have a PS3.   I would also bet that there are very low number of Xbox1 owners that didn't own Xbox360.  The buyers for Wind Waker/Master Chief Halo are buying the game for nostalgia and replaying the game, but those remastered games are not bringing in new fans.  The Last of Us Remasted is going to purchased by more new fans.

What does that matter?  The main goal of all these big video game companies is to make money.  Everything else is a distance 2nd.  All these fanboys think they have some connection to their favorite company and/or have some unreasonable hatred toward another company.  In the end, the CEOs and people in those financial boardroom don't care that much what the video gamers think.  Also, there are lots of turnovers for most people in those financial boardrooms, so I'm sure they are more worried about their bank accounts today rather than some perception from the video gamers few years down the road.  (examples:  EA, Activison, etc).

Naught Dog should definitely do remastered Last of Us because they are going to make money.   If there is something that is going to make money and that person decides not to do it, that is utter stupidity.

Do you even know what "remastering" means? Sure it is a "remaster"... most ports are "remasters". If they change something, even if it were only the fixed resolution, they can call it that.