As we live well, remasters and remakes games from a few years or even decades ago, have become commonplace. In addition, they are very profitable for developers and appeal to the nostalgia factor of the most experienced players. Without a doubt, the great remaster who comes will be Grand Theft Auto V for Xbox Series S / X. This game would then reach up to three different generations.
On the other hand, the development of titles starting from 0, has increasingly higher costs. Strauss Zelnick
The role of remasters in Take-Two Interactive
Zelnick assured remasters weren’t a bigger part, but rather considered the remakes as part of the overall marketing and development strategy of the company. He also went on to say that I was not interested in the fast and simple ports, thinking it was better to take the time to do the best possible, statements very in tune with others he made a few days ago. For him, the new generation adaptation of GTA V, it looks like it will be very planned and will not be a simple graphical improvement
I’m not sure there is a more important part of the strategy […] Remastering has always been part of the strategy. We did it differently from the competition – we didn’t just change the titles, we actually took the time to do the best job we could to make the title different for the new release, for the new technology we’re on. publish it. . […] So we improve the technology, the visual style and improve the performance. And that’s why I think our remastered titles generally work so well.
The last games of this line launched by the company were Mafia: definitive edition, which was a complete remake, and Mafia 2: Definitive Edition, which was a more traditional remaster, adapting the game to more current graphics. How do you see this trend? Of course, in AreaXbox we look forward to this remastered version of GTA V, which promises to be spectacular, given the market strategy it involves. the visible head of Take-Two Interactive.
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