Current Events > What's up with "Remastered" games being free on PC?

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DarkRoast
07/18/20 2:14:43 PM
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I was looking through my Steam collection and noticed that several "paid remaster" games were actually given to me for free because I owned their original versions.

Darksiders 1
BioShock
Borderlands GOTY

Don't get me wrong, it's cool that they did that, but it's definitely not something you'd expect from game publishers.

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Alucard188
07/18/20 2:15:27 PM
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Some of them are awesome like that.

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DarkRoast
07/18/20 2:17:39 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
Some of them are awesome like that.

I also bought like one Serious Sam game ages ago when the series was new-ish, and over time they've given me basically every game in the entire series, both normal and remastered, and the VR version, since then. Without me even signing up for them or anything. They just keep appearing in my Steam folder.


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luigi13579
07/18/20 2:27:52 PM
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It's p nice. Looking through my games, you can add the Mafia series to the list.

The PC has also had loads of giveaways more generally. If I just played them (and a good chunk are games I'd want to play otherwise), I'd probably be at it for years (not even counting free games in the future).
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BeyondWalls
07/18/20 2:36:32 PM
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Uh... because Sony is literally the company that charges you for wallpaper.

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DarkRoast
07/18/20 3:01:55 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
Uh... because Sony is literally the company that charges you for wallpaper.

As opposed to Microsoft, where hard drives are proprietary, controllers use AA batteries and the original Xbox 360 didn't even have WiFi?

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Alucard188
07/18/20 4:20:01 PM
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And Nintendo, who's online infrastructure can best be summed up with an AOL splash screen.

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pfh1001
07/18/20 4:21:54 PM
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Because PC gaming really is better that way.
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Tryhaptaward
07/18/20 4:23:39 PM
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PC Gaming: where you don't have to pay for the privilege to use the internet you already paid for
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Doe
07/18/20 4:24:05 PM
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Those games replace the originals on the Steam store so they probably have the same ID

Thus they remove the original from being purchased so newcomers can only choose the potentially higher price newer version.

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DarkRoast
07/18/20 4:26:26 PM
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Tryhaptaward posted...
PC Gaming: where you don't have to pay for the privilege to use the internet you already paid for

That's not what a remastered / remade game is, but OK.


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ThePieReborn
07/18/20 4:30:12 PM
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Some companies understand this weird foreign thing known as good will, where treating customers well inspires trust and future patronage.

Others do not.

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