The Last of Us Part 2 - PS5

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Yeah I think a difference this time around vs. say the Uncharted Collection or TLOU Remaster is the jump just isn't big enough to justify a paid upgrade release.

PS3/360 games needed a lot of work to improve textures etc. to really make them look good on 4KTVs. PS5/X1 games, especially ones that came out late in the generation after the PS4 Pro and X1X were out, were built around 4K and HDR already and the engines scalable to run on both those and the base consoles. Thus all that's really needed is some patches to take advantage of the extra power of the PS5/XSX to look even better.

Hard to justify charging $50 or whatever for a patch. I'm sure some will try and some point, but hope its rare and that we just continue to see things like the free upgrade patch GoW just got, the nice upgrades Gears 5 and Forza Horizon 4 got for XSX (probably the two most impressive looking games I've played so far, along with Demon's Souls) etc.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by dmaul1114

Yeah I think a difference this time around vs. say the Uncharted Collection or TLOU Remaster is the jump just isn't big enough to justify a paid upgrade release.

PS3/360 games needed a lot of work to improve textures etc. to really make them look good on 4KTVs. PS5/X1 games, especially ones that came out late in the generation after the PS4 Pro and X1X were out, were built around 4K and HDR already and the engines scalable to run on both those and the base consoles. Thus all that's really needed is some patches to take advantage of the extra power of the PS5/XSX to look even better.

Hard to justify charging $50 or whatever for a patch. I'm sure some will try and some point, but hope its rare and that we just continue to see things like the free upgrade patch GoW just got, the nice upgrades Gears 5 and Forza Horizon 4 got for XSX (probably the two most impressive looking games I've played so far, along with Demon's Souls) etc.

I don't know. Tell that to Insomniac who just charged you for a new Spiderman Ultimate Edition.

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Originally Posted by Steelmaker

I don't know. Tell that to Insomniac who just charged you for a new Spiderman Ultimate Edition.

True. Forgot about that one. I only have it as the Costco PS5 bundle came with the ultimate version of Miles Morales. Wouldn’t have bought it otherwise as I don’t know that I’ll replay that game and in general I’m just not paying for remasters of last gen games given how many are getting great free update patches.

With being back on Xbox and having Gamepass with a lot of games that fit my interests in there I’ll be way more picky on what games I spend money on. I have plenty to keep me busy a long time so I’ll only spend for things I want to play more than stuff I already have access to. Last gen remasters won’t meet that threshold.

Mass Effect will as it’s a generation old, the games needed some touching up and it’s a series I want to replay. Plus it’s a solid deal for three remasters games for the price. Though part of me is tempted to wait as I’m sure it will hit Gamepass eventually since EA Access was merged in, so it will depend on how in the mood I am to play them in May/what else I’m playing at the time.