Bluepoint does amazing work. I really wish Nintendo wouldn't remaster their games, but hand the out to Bluepoint. Demon and Shadow both look amazing.

The Last of Us
The Last of Us Remastered
The Last of Us Remake
Super The Last of Us Turbo Champion Edition

... It's coming!

There's nothing pointless about it. TloU and TloU2 are night and day in graphics, animations, gameplay. This gets them to bring the first game to the level of the 2nd while also getting more PS5 development in. Schrier himself believes that it is going to be bundled with the PS5 version of TloU2.

Development probably won't even be that much longer. Taking into account how quickly Lost Legacy came about, a TloU remake will be a lot easier for the team to work on. This is especially true when ND is still figuring out (or were) what their next game is going to be. 

There are no downsides to this. TloU gets upgraded to the mechanic and visual quality of the 2nd game. It's not going to be super challenging work (especially after what we learnt about crunch on TLoU2). Gives the team more PS5 understanding before their new title, and it impacts very little else ND is or could be working on, because atm we only know that they are working on this and Factions 2 while their next game still gets figured out

And Bluepoint get to work on their next title, which means even more PS5 games sooner.

Yeah, sure, it's possible. 

But nothing from the Bloomberg article suggests that this is more than a graphics/ gameplay update akin to what Bluepoint would naturally do. That seems natural for the original studio working on. I also imagine this is just easy work for ND  until their next project. I wouldn't expect actual narrative changes to occur at all - nothing is suggesting it will go that far. 

But yeah, that is always a possibility. 

A few things to keep in mind:

- the remaster was started by a new studio who wanted to work on classic Sony games, they originally picked Uncharted, but they figured a TLOU would be cheaper and they could get into Sony's good graces with a cheap success.  

- that studio was shut down and Naughty Dog took over the work 

- the creative team did not have a project ready for Naughty Dog. So many team members had nothing to work on.

-- considering this, it's unlikely to be anything more than a visual/gameplay update to bring to par with TLOU 2.

- it is often the case that studios get downsized during down times.  

- it also gives the engineers more practical experience with the hardware.

- ND has an issue with running multiple projects at the same time, according to ND's president. I'm assuming this is down to them wanting everyone on board for a project. (Why have two teams of 10 animators working on two different games when they can work on the same game instead?  Or why have two teams of game designers?). 

Considering all these points, the Last of Us remake makes a lot of sense. 

Just this:

https://mobile.twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1380476925811032065

You mean the team that was working on the remake? The team you're talking about is the Visual Arts Services Group.

They designed an extension to their studio studio, and that studio seems to be gone.

If Hulst essentially took the game away from them and gave it to ND, then that extension doesn't need to exist. The entire point of VASG is to aid other Sony studios get their games done. So if they are in a supporting role for TLoU remake, it's just the normal stuff they do.

Also, you may recall there was a secret team in San Diego working on something. This is almost guaranteed to have been that team, and the lead exited months ago, if I recall.