Games Inbox: The Last Of Us Part 1 cash grab, Barbarians Of The Badlands, and GTA 6 poster plea
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The asking price I’m not really sure I understand what anyone means by The Last Of Us Part 1 being a cash grab. That strikes me as one of those phrases, like ‘hot take’ that the internet has rendered completely meaningless, but surely it refers to something cynically produced, at very little cost to the creators, to take advantage of a particular fad or group of fans?
The first thing that seems obvious is that The Last Of Us Part 1 was not cheap. It’s being made from the ground up and is clearly very expensive, as you can tell from the trailer and how long it’s taking.
I don’t see that there’s anything cynical about it either, it’s just a remake, of which dozens are produced a year, and it’s clearly being produced for a specific purpose of tying into the new TV show. You could argue that’s taking advantage of a fad but that seems to be a fairly reasonable thing to do. Sony want the game to make a good impression and yet the original is a nine-year-old PlayStation 3 game – not a great introduction for non-gamers.
What fans are more angry about is the price, which I agree is high, and the fact that there’s no sort of discount if you already own the original, which I think is unfair as this is a remake not a remaster.
Many people have argued that the remake doesn’t look different enough to the original but if that’s the complaint surely that means you’re missing out on nothing by not buying it? I wouldn’t argue the remake is a must-have, but I don’t see how anything about it is unfair. Frankly, I think people are just using
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