Kotaku Asks: How Soon Is Too Soon For A Video Game Remaster Or Remake?

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When should developers go back and remaster or remake their most popular games?

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They aren't limited to unlocked framerates and higher resolutions though. Some games also add additional graphics effects.

it does not give you access to most of the graphical and audio capabilities of the modern platform

Except where it clearly can. For example, Witcher 3's next gen update adds features like ray tracing.

And also about how it’s petty to go and press the downvote button on someone’s posts when you’re having a conversation with them.

Im not the one pressing the downvote button, heck my client doesn't even register you as having downvotes (I'm on Kbin) but I presume someone else is doing it because you are demonstrably incorrect. Go look at Witcher 3. Go look at Cyberpunk 2077. These developers are doing what you deem to be impossible.

Except where it clearly can. For example, Witcher 3’s next gen update adds features like ray tracing.

this is a new SKU release for next gen systems, it's not a patch. it's a new version of the game.

No, it is a patch:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/12/23505545/the-witcher-3-next-gen-update-ps5-xbox-pc-hands-on

A free next-gen patch for The Witcher 3 launches on December 14th, giving the aging open-world a boost if you’re playing on a PS5, Xbox Series X/S, or high-end PC.

https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP9000-CUSA10249_00-THELASTOFUSPART2 this game has a next-gen patch for ps5 to get higher framerates: ref https://blog.playstation.com/2021/05/19/the-last-of-us-part-ii-performance-patch-for-ps5/

note how it says [ps4]

https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP4497-PPSA10408_00-00000000000000N1 this game has a next-gen SKU for ps5, to access ps5 feature sets, that they misnamed as a "patch". note how it says [ps4] [ps5]

You're the one mixing your terminology, bud.

SKU is a shipping and retail thing. It's a unique identifier for products shipped. It has nothing to do with software versions and so forth.

Witcher 3 has a seperate entry for PS5 because they also ship a separate PS5 version.

Thing is, if I put the PS4 version of the game into the drive, and download the updates, the game I have is exactly the same as the PS5 physical. And no, it's not downloading the entire game again.

It is a patch. Not a completely different version of the game.