Here's Why The Era Of Video Game Remakes Is Just Getting Started

"Trying to layer logic onto the gamer psyche is often a fool's errand, but the takeaway from this one report at least appears to be that most people are actually okay with updating old games as long as they are 1) not too old and 2) sold for less. Apparently, the Last of Us Part II remaster that most of us mocked is actually exactly what some not insignificant cohort of players really want."

"Some other results from the survey: Only 26 percent of players thought remakes or remasters could be priced the same as other games or the original versions, with the rest expecting them to be cheaper. About 60 percent thought 5-8 years is the ideal amount of time between versions. Only 11 percent thought 10 years or more was preferable. Only 31 percent found remasters or remakes "very appealing.""

MTM surveyed 1,500 players (750 U.S., 750 UK). Ninety percent had played a remake or remaster within the last year. Sixty-seven percent preferred remakes as a way to discover older games, and eighty-five percent had never played the originals. Only twenty-six percent thought remakes or remasters should be priced the same as other games or original versions, and sixty percent felt a five-to-eight-year gap between versions is ideal. Only thirty-one percent found remasters or remakes very appealing. Players generally accept modern updates when titles are relatively recent and offered at lower prices. More remakes and remasters keep being released.

Read at Kotaku