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Master_Magnus posted...

It is practical,

How? Developing it for the original game will take the same amount of resources as developing it for the remake (if it's even possible within the technical limitations of the older system). Offering an upgrade option requires the existence of infrastructure by which they can determine whether or not you own a copy of the original (including some manner of verification system to prevent used copies from spawning infinite copies of the remake), which does not exist. Offering either solution would require a substantial investment that likely will not be recovered because, again, most people aren't that interested in minor DLC for games they finished playing years ago.

How exactly do you consider it practical for a business to spend more than they will make solving a problem that isn't actually hurting them?

Master_Magnus posted...

Both choices ruin my life.

They really don't. There are tens of thousands of games you have never and will never play in their entirety, many of which you really can't ever play because reasonably accessible options for them don't exist (ironically, because they *haven't* been ported), and that number is only going to grow as the industry does. Your life has not been ruined by not playing any given one of them, and similarly, your life has not been ruined by not playing this one.

Perspective, my friend: The problems you're having with this game have been there for your entire life, and they've never been this much of an issue for you. It's only because you're choosing to fixate on this one that it's bothering you so much. Convince yourself to fixate less on it, and the problem's gone.

Master_Magnus posted...

So far it didn't help. At least not with videogame problems.

It'll get there. If you don't feel like you're making progress, talk to your therapist about that. Maybe they need to try something different, maybe they'll refer you to a new therapist, or maybe your apparent lack of progress so far is completely within expectations and you are actually getting gradually better.

Master_Magnus posted...

They should care because most gamers are like that.

They really aren't. People that buy remakes of games they already own do so because they feel it will be worthwhile, not because they're compelled to have everything. There are publishers that go full Street Fighter and do everything they can to convince people they should buy a new copy because of everything they're missing out on, but when it comes to remaking games (especially in the case of the WiiU, where games are being remade only because they sold so poorly the first time around), the focus is primarily on attracting new audiences.

Master_Magnus posted...

If Nintendo just wanted to sell the game to a new audience then they wouldn't spend money on extras.

You might think, but most of the people they're trying to sell the game to already know about it and have already made a decision not to buy it the first time around. In this case, that decision was based more around not wanting to buy the system than not wanting to buy the game, but regardless of the reasoning, people that have already decided not to buy a game are likely to stick to that decision if you just offer it to them again without doing anything different. Adding extra content - however trivial - convinces those people to give it a second look, which is often all it takes to get a sale once whatever issue prevented the original sale (system ownership, in this case) has been resolved.

It's also worth noting that many people who chose not to buy the original may have done so because they didn't feel they'd get their money's worth out of it. Adding more content helps to alleviate that, driving more sales.

Master_Magnus posted...

To me Bowser's Fury is necessary. I can't enjoy any game if I can't buy all the DLC I want for that game without buying it twice. All DLC that I care about is necessary, and I should never have to miss out on any DLC forever because the devs charge $60 for it.

You already have enjoyed the game, without the content. By definition, that means the content is not necessary for you to enjoy the game. That you're retroactively sabotaging that enjoyment is entirely your decision, not an inherent property of this content.

Master_Magnus posted...

And the very fact that there are an unusual number of Wii U ports is a problem.

Not really. It means that games that didn't sell very well because of the platform they were on get to have the sales they deserve and more people get to enjoy them. Over 20 million people (and probably pushing 25, in all likelihood) have gotten to play Mario Kart 8 solely because it was ported to the Switch. More people enjoying games is never a problem.

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