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Zkuq said:
DerNebel said:
Zkuq said:
pokoko said:
More games? Those bastards.

More games that can be played on PS4, you mean. Because this doesn't mean there are going to be more games. If anything, this means there are going to be less new games because teams that could be working on brand-new games are working on remastering old games instead.

Nope, Sony has started outsourcing their Remasters, neither GoW3 nor the Uncharted Collection are made by their original studios but instead studios that specialize on ports (Bluepoint Games) or teams nobody has ever heard about (Wholesale Algorithms).

As someone said, citation needed, and even if that's true, those teams could have worked on new games instead. Maybe the loss isn't that great but it's a loss nonetheless.

Citation for what, those studios making those games? Here you go:

http://bluepointgames.com/

https://lockerdome.com/7063406343636289/7853923194116884

And considering the history (or lack thereof) of these companies it seems highly unlikely that either of them would have made its own game, I mean there might be somewhat of a chance for Bluepoint, but do you believe this company would go out and make a game on its own?



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Well they need to release something.



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brandiesel said:
Well they need to release something.

Yes, something like Volume, Until Dawn and Everyone's Gone to the Rapture would probably be 'something' for this month. Let's hope Sony have those games to release.



 

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DerNebel said:

Citation for what, those studios making those games? Here you go:

http://bluepointgames.com/

https://lockerdome.com/7063406343636289/7853923194116884

And considering the history (or lack thereof) of these companies it seems highly unlikely that either of them would have made its own game, I mean there might be somewhat of a chance for Bluepoint, but do you believe this company would go out and make a game on its own?

Citation for Sony outsourcing remasters on a larger scale. The information you provided is so easily available I would have simply googled for it if I was so interested.

Good points about said companies though. There is indeed a slight chance of Bluepoint making their own game, but seems unlikely for the other company. Still, as a general direction, I find the constant push of remasters worrying.



So basically their 7th gen meant nothing?



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Zkuq said:
DerNebel said:

Citation for what, those studios making those games? Here you go:

http://bluepointgames.com/

https://lockerdome.com/7063406343636289/7853923194116884

And considering the history (or lack thereof) of these companies it seems highly unlikely that either of them would have made its own game, I mean there might be somewhat of a chance for Bluepoint, but do you believe this company would go out and make a game on its own?

Citation for Sony outsourcing remasters on a larger scale. The information you provided is so easily available I would have simply googled for it if I was so interested.

Good points about said companies though. There is indeed a slight chance of Bluepoint making their own game, but seems unlikely for the other company. Still, as a general direction, I find the constant push of remasters worrying.

Oh that was more or less a logical conclusion based on the fact that those two projects are/were done by other studios and that as far as my knowledge goes the large majority of PS3 HD Collections weren't done by their original studios either, I seriously doubt Sony would now start putting their own AAA studios on that when there are enough other places that would gladly take a job like this. TLOU:R was done by ND to get a better grip on the hardware (in freaking 2013/14, think about that for a second Sonys most important studio has to make a port in 2013/14 to get a grip of handling the PS4 hardware, how fucked up is that?), something that Sonys studios should have by now.



This is the result of Sony successfully courting the competitors audience. What's been there done that to us is now new to many. What they are doing is completely logical, especially when they use porting studios to do the work.

The more Sony is able to court other audiences from previous generations, the bigger the "remastered" audience becomes.



Zkuq said:
DerNebel said:
Zkuq said:

More games that can be played on PS4, you mean. Because this doesn't mean there are going to be more games. If anything, this means there are going to be less new games because teams that could be working on brand-new games are working on remastering old games instead.

Nope, Sony has started outsourcing their Remasters, neither GoW3 nor the Uncharted Collection are made by their original studios but instead studios that specialize on ports (Bluepoint Games) or teams nobody has ever heard about (Wholesale Algorithms).

As someone said, citation needed, and even if that's true, those teams could have worked on new games instead. Maybe the loss isn't that great but it's a loss nonetheless.

Sanzuru Games actually got to make their very own Sly Cooper game, thanks to the great reception of their Sly Cooper Trilogy remaster.  It also gives little known game devs experience and jobs/money.  So that, coupled with the fact that people can play classics they may not have, without them looking quite so dated, it seems more positive can come out of these remasters than bad.



Yes keep em coming!!



Protendo said:

This is the result of Sony successfully courting the competitors audience. What's been there done that to us is now new to many. What they are doing is completely logical, especially when they use porting studios to do the work.

The more Sony is able to court other audiences from previous generations, the bigger the "remastered" audience becomes.


This. 40% of PS4 owners didn't have a PS3 last gen. Using VGC numbers, there are nearly as many PS4 owners who've likely never played these games, as there are Wii U owners. That's a pretty big market for games that are cheap and easy to make.



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