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Pardon if double post. Just figured I'd be helpful. 

Already posted and I already responded. So there! :P

"Average at best" is not at all how I would describe Resistance. Certainly not a franchise that sold millions per title and received review scores in the mid-80's. The multiplayer never really seemed to work but the single player of each title was really good. I just think it boils down to Insomniac not being interested in it anymore and Sony not wanting to shell out the cash for it right now to have another studio do it when they could be using that money to fund new IPs or continue franchises more popular and/or commercially successful.

Whoops. I'm gonna blame the mobile site (or lack thereof) somehow for me missing that lol

A lot games scored well in the 7th gen, but fewer pass the test of time. Resistance is among the games that reviewed well but not fondly remembered. Same goes for Killzone. Killzone 2 has an amazing metascore but nobody talks about that game fondly.

A good Resistance game could potentially sell millions because its already an established IP. A new Resistance is actually less risky than a new IP. They could find another team to develop a reboot or reimagine Resistance. The bar Insomniac set wasn't very high anyhow.

I dunno, maybe Resistance should turn into a 3rd person game and go head to head with Gears. That PSP release of Resistance actually seemed like good direction for the series. PS4 already has plenty of FPS games, maybe they need to use Resistance to do something a little different.

Not many games do stay active in the minds of gamers over time. I still don't think you can call a franchise like Resistance "average at best". I think you're making a fairly big assumption in saying that the series is not fondly remembered. Especially when it seems there are people who would definitely disagree with you. Which makes me wonder what you think makes for a "fondly remembered" game. Killzone 2 is actually spoken of highly by most I see talk about it. It's Killzone 3 that seems to cause a split in the fanbase and even then it's not to the point of hate but rather disappointment compared to its predecessor.

What's risky and what isn't is not the sole determining factor. It's also about trying to establish something new because gamers often demand that. It's striking a balance between maintaining franchises that are likely to be more successful and trying something new. That's why we've already seen Uncharted, LittleBigPlanet, Killzone, and Infamous. That's why we'll be seeing Gran Turismo and God of War. Sony decided that these franchises are worth spending the money to return to. That's why instead of another Resistance we got other new IPs developed by first and third parties. It's not that Resistance isn't worth it overall. It's that it just falls short on a list that seeks to balance spending money on risky new IPs versus spending money on established franchises. At least for now. Perhaps when Sony is done returning to other franchises, like it seems they're preparing for Uncharted, we'll see them spend the money to bring back Resistance.

Who knows what they might do to it in the future. I think the franchise could certainly be expanded into other genres, as you pointed out. Like I said, I personally don't see them doing anything with Resistance for a while. If I was the one to make the decision I certainly wouldn't. There are many other franchises Sony has that would likely get a bigger reaction for a comeback than Resistance. Even though I don't agree with how you feel about it, I'm not exactly that far away from you on it either.

I think its absolutely fair to call Resistance "average at best." That doesn't mean its bad series, but there were a ton of FPS games in the 7th gen that were at par with Resistance. I put it up there with many B-tier games that were enjoyable for a playthrough but nothing truly noteworthy.

My opinions seem to differ with the average player of 1st party Sony games by the way. My favorite games in some their series were Resistance 2, Killzone 3, and Uncharted 3. I felt like those games were better paced.

What's risky is a huge factor when deciding what games to greenlight. Again, Resistance is an established IP that already has a following. The potential for a new Resistance game to sell a couple million is there so a new game is a definite possibility. Gamers were demanding new IPs from Sony, but they weren't great and now they want old IPs!

Good god no. Otherwise ps4 will be renamed ps3.5. Seriously stop remastering games from last Gen. The differance is negilable. Its like asking for a AC 3 remaster. What's the point? We all just traded in our ps3's or still have them why would we want more ps3 games on ps4?

Rant over

Meh. I only played the first Resistance and thought it was mediocre. Never played the other ones. I certainly would not be interested in a remastered Trilogy.