From what I heard, the reason Square Enix did so many remasters was because they thought consoles were over and done with in 2013 and so they were planning on making their big games PC exclusives, but they were completely caught off-guard by the successes of the PS4 and Xbox One. At least that's according to what Jim Sterling found out from talking to people at Square Enix.ZZoMBiE13 said:Remastering has become a full blown crutch this gen. It seems like developers didn't expect people would buy a PS4 or Xbox One and didn't bother to start any projects until after they released in 2013. It's like "Quick, we need SOMETHING... hey up-res Batman Arkham and shove it onto the store!".
Still, some games are worth a second run through. I didn't realize Parrappa had been redone. I may need to pick that up.
Also, I'm no book critic but Yahtzee's "Will Save the Galaxy for Food" is a fun read. Highly Recommend!
There's still a moderate stream of new games to be fair.ZZoMBiE13 said:Remastering has become a full blown crutch this gen. It seems like developers didn't expect people would buy a PS4 or Xbox One and didn't bother to start any projects until after they released in 2013. It's like "Quick, we need SOMETHING... hey up-res Batman Arkham and shove it onto the store!".
Still, some games are worth a second run through. I didn't realize Parrappa had been redone. I may need to pick that up.
Also, I'm no book critic but Yahtzee's "Will Save the Galaxy for Food" is a fun read. Highly Recommend!