Here's Why There Are So Many Video Game Remakes | Gaming Lit 101

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Published on February 13, 2024 5:00:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm3A9QmBY84

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Have you ever noticed the sheer amount of remakes that are published each year? Today, we're diving into the deceptively simple answer about why that is.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
00:12 - What's With All the Video Game Remakes?
01:59 - Remake vs. Remaster
03:26 - Is the Games Industry Out of Ideas?
04:27 - Game Development is Risky
05:27 - Games Cost A LOT of Money to Make
07:02 - Everything Hinges on Brand Recognition Now
08:10 - Consumer Expectations
09:16 - Shouldn't We Want Something More?
10:55 - There Are Other Directions For Studios to Take
12:17 - Reimagine NOT Retread
13:59 - Remasters Aren't the Perfect Solution
14:51 - What Can We Do?
16:29 - Support Studios? I Guess??
17:29 - Remakes Can Miss the Point of Art

Sources:
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune remake "considered" by Sony, report suggests by Victoria Kennedy:
https://www.eurogamer.net/uncharted-drakes-fortune-remake-rumoured-to-be-in-the-works-at-playstation

Don't Get Too Excited About the Pokemon Gold and Silver Switch Remake Rumor by Dalton Cooper:
https://gamerant.com/pokemon-gold-silver-remake-switch/

Crash Bandicoot is Back--Is the Video Game Industry Out of Ideas? by Phil Hornshaw:
https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/philhornshaw/crash-bandicoot-remastered-video-game-reboots

Has the Video Game Industry Run Out of Ideas? by Michael Arndt:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2009-07-29/has-the-video-game-industry-run-out-of-ideas

Turns Out The Hardest Part of Making a Game Is...Everything by Rebekah Valentine:
https://www.ign.com/articles/turns-out-hardest-part-making-game-everything

The catastrophe of the Insomniac hack goes way beyond leaked games by Nicole Carpenter:
https://www.polygon.com/24009631/insomniac-games-leak-hack-rhysida-files-breach

A $300 Million 'Spider-Man 2' Budget, Sony's Future And AAA Unsustainability by Pail Tassi:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/12/21/a-300-million-spider-man-2-budget-sonys-future-and-aaa-unsustainability/?sh=424456623dc2

The face of PlayStation: Shuhei Yoshida on the joy and future of video games by Keza Macdonald:
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/apr/24/shuhei-yoshida-playstation-video-games-sony-bafta-fellowship-award

The Last of Us 2 and Horizon Forbidden West's Budgets Accidentally Revealed in Poorly-Redacted Document by Kat Bailey:
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-last-of-us-2-and-horizon-forbidden-wests-budgets-revealed-ftc-documents

Why did Alan Wake 2 take 13 years to make? by Connor Makar:
https://www.vg247.com/alan-wake-2-previous-generations#:~:text=While%20Lake%20and%20his%20peers,(fittingly)%20in%20the%20dark.

Iwata Asks: The "What in The World" List:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Majora-s-Mask-3D/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Majora-s-Mask-3D/4-The-What-in-The-World-List/4-The-What-in-The-World-List-959837.html

Major Xbox influencers pull support over multiplatform rumours by Chris Scullion:
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/major-xbox-influencers-pull-support-over-multiplatform-rumours/

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