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Topic	What's a game that wouldn't get a remake simply because games are different now?
adjl 02/08/24 2:31:17 PM #4:	I don't think there really is such a thing. Old games owned by an extant publisher are generally owned by the sort of publisher that would just say "this was popular and I think we could capitalize on it, go remake it" with no regard for how well or poorly the game itself might have aged. That's just a consequence of game companies being run by businessmen and not gamers/developers: They see things in terms of what's popular in broad strokes and less in terms of the gameplay nuances that made them popular/might interfere with their popularity in a new market. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:978729252] in What's a g... [t:80691522]...</cite> <quote>I don't think there really is such a thing. Old games owned by an extant publisher are generally owned by the sort of publisher that would just say "this was popular and I think we could capitalize on it, go remake it" with no regard for how well or poorly the game itself might have aged. That's just a consequence of game companies being run by businessmen and not gamers/developers: They see things in terms of what's popular in broad strokes and less in terms of the gameplay nuances that made them popular/might interfere with their popularity in a new market. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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