Rumour: Jak & Daxter PS5 Remake Launch Title - Blu-ray Forum

NoFro · 05-31-2020, 12:43 PM

I love these games and would be more than happy with just a 4K remaster of the originals but this would be excellent. I don't see it happening though, as much as I would like it to.

For a start, I'm not sure Jak & Daxter have as much cultural cache as some of the other games getting remasters and so remastering these games feels like a riskier proposition than something like THPS, Crash Bandicoot or Spyro.

They're more similar in popularity to Ratchet & Clank, I think. Now Ratchet & Clank did get a remake but it came from the original developer, Insomniac. If Naughty Dog said to Sony that they would like to remake the games then I have no doubt that they would happen but I don't think Naughty Dog are a studio to look backwards and they certainly don't need to. Bluepoint could well remake these, as per the rumour, but I think that initiative would have to be driven by Sony who I don't think need J&D right now.

The last thing is that this trilogy I think would require a lot of work compared with other games that have been remade from the ground up. Loads of character models, big open worlds, constant switch up of gameplay styles, vehicles with different physics - a lot of places where I think they could trip up. The appeal of remaking older games to publishers is that they're relatively simple to make by today's standards and can therefore be made relatively cheaply and can get good sales from a built in audience. Unless the team have access to a lot of ND's coding and literally just have to re-skin the games, I'm not sure the risk/reward would quite be there for the publishers.

100% hope I'm wrong though.

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05-31-2020, 12:43 PM	#10
NoFro Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2011 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:-	I love these games and would be more than happy with just a 4K remaster of the originals but this would be excellent. I don't see it happening though, as much as I would like it to. For a start, I'm not sure Jak & Daxter have as much cultural cache as some of the other games getting remasters and so remastering these games feels like a riskier proposition than something like THPS, Crash Bandicoot or Spyro. They're more similar in popularity to Ratchet & Clank, I think. Now Ratchet & Clank did get a remake but it came from the original developer, Insomniac. If Naughty Dog said to Sony that they would like to remake the games then I have no doubt that they would happen but I don't think Naughty Dog are a studio to look backwards and they certainly don't need to. Bluepoint could well remake these, as per the rumour, but I think that initiative would have to be driven by Sony who I don't think need J&D right now. The last thing is that this trilogy I think would require a lot of work compared with other games that have been remade from the ground up. Loads of character models, big open worlds, constant switch up of gameplay styles, vehicles with different physics - a lot of places where I think they could trip up. The appeal of remaking older games to publishers is that they're relatively simple to make by today's standards and can therefore be made relatively cheaply and can get good sales from a built in audience. Unless the team have access to a lot of ND's coding and literally just have to re-skin the games, I'm not sure the risk/reward would quite be there for the publishers. 100% hope I'm wrong though.

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