bigtakilla said:
Lol, do you really think that is the same thing? A remake from one platform to another is marketed to people who already have the game by the way of saying "it's remastered, so you'll be missing out if you don't buy it". A GOTY edition is only targeted at the people who don't own a game to give them the ability to buy the entire game (dlc included) at a discounted price. One is a value to gamers, and the other is a cash grab. I think you're capable of figuring out which is which.
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I really do, and here's why: I haven't perceived the advertising to be targeted to past owners at all. I see it as a, if you missed out on the original, you are missing out even more on this one, because it is better. I'd love to see charts indicating % of people buying it who never owned the original. I'd say the %'s are in favor of new owners than upgraders.
You have to understand that I simply can't grasp when people complain over and over about "cash grabs" or any other such thing where a company is "only trying to get our money". A company is in business...to make money. So where exactly has the whole mentality came where we, as people, are entitled to a company not trying to make money off of us, and if they do, they are a bad company. The exact same thing happens with most electronics (quite notoriously, really). Look at phones. You buy your phone, and 12 months later (even faster time frame than this game), they come out with a very similar, but upgraded version of the phone that is even better than the one you have. And if you don't buy this one, you are "missing out". A Galaxy S5 is nothing more than a remaster of my Galaxy S4.
So please explain to me, why as videogamers are we entitled to companies treating us differently than companies are expected to operate in their financial environment?