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The Last of Us
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Fixed thatFrom what I've seen it still goes for about £20/€30 new so an upgrade of £15/€20 seems reasonable to me.
Even thinking about it.. you couldn't imagine it's been in development for a very long time.. it just seems wrong to charge pay full price after already buying it.
Remember, there'll be a decent number of gamers who have gone with the PS4 this generation after having a 360 last gen so this will be their first time playing it. They'll be the sales that Sony won't want to affect by having a new PS3 copy plus upgrade cost be lower than a new PS4 retail copy.
As for the amount of work that's gone into it, well between some tidbits of info that came up in the recent talk by Jason Gregory at GDC on life at Naughty Dog, the fact that the game looked the way it did on the PS3 (read: optimised to holy hell for the platform architecture) and the fact that it's going to be outputting 1080p and even considering 60fps, I'd imagine there's been a lot.
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Remember, there'll be a decent number of gamers who have gone with the PS4 this generation after having a 360 last gen so this will be their first time playing it. They'll be the sales that Sony won't want to affect by having a new PS3 copy plus upgrade cost be lower than a new PS4 retail copy.
As for the amount of work that's gone into it, well between some tidbits of info that came up in the recent talk by Jason Gregory at GDC on life at Naughty Dog, the fact that the game looked the way it did on the PS3 (read: optimised to holy hell for the platform architecture) and the fact that it's going to be outputting 1080p and even considering 60fps, I'd imagine there's been a lot.
I still think even with that it's an extra sale they wouldn't have got.
If someone does do that, it's still making another 40 - 45 euro for ND
I think they will have some system.. really.0 -
You're wildly overestimating the amount of money Sony get from each sale there.I still think even with that it's an extra sale they wouldn't have got.
If someone does do that, it's still making another 40 - 45 euro for ND
I think they will have some system.. really.
But that's besides the point, either way it'd certainly be nice if they offered some kind of discount for those willing to double dip but we're talking about a year and a half old game which would make exchanges via retailers far more difficult when compared to something like CoD:Ghosts which had a cut off point of a month or so. Looking at US prices at least, you'd be talking a $10 rebate or something being the most likely offering.0 -
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As I said above, in these cases the cut off date for the upgrade program was approximately three months after the release of the respective titles. They also came with a code in the box which enabled the upgrade. As an aside, the timing of the program also meant that on the retailer side it allowed the traded in copies to be resold while the game was still fresh in peoples minds and selling well in the second hand market.If the likes of ACIV, BF4 etc were able to have an upgrade I don't see why it'd be any different for this.
On the digital side, it also relieved the sting of paying full RRP on PSN et al. The upgrade discount in the case of Sony was also $10 which covered the difference between a new copy of the last gen version and the next gen version, prices which were still relevant during the period the promotion was active.
The Last of Us Remastered isn't due out until the end of this year which will be close to a year and a half after release. In this case none of the above will really apply.
That's where my doubts over such a scheme being run lie. If they do it, fantastic, I'll be taking advantage of such a scheme myself. But if they won't I'll be happy to hold off a bit, enjoy the other games on the platform and revisit the game when I don't mind double dipping. Either way, I won't be shaking my fists at rage over the perceived lack of respect it's showing me as a fan.
Just because a lot of people complain about it doesn't make it any more relevant. The costs involved in creating a game like The Last of Us are phenomenal, I mean look at the credits section to see just how many people worked on it, not only within Naughty Dog but externally too, from the gazillion art contractors to the reams of motion capture folk and the voice actors involved. The pricing in this instance is only an issue if you've already bought the game at full whack, there'll be plenty of folk who will be experiencing it for the first time and for them, I can't see it being anything less than worth every penny when they get around to it.A lot of people complain about the prices of games and no one seems to have an issue with this being full priced for what could essentially be a better looking game with the season pass and has taken roughly a 3rd or 4th of the amount of time to make as the original game.0 -
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Was it on promotion at the time because it's still coming up as $59.99 on the SEN store now?I bought AC4 for 30 euro on PSN and another 10 after which saved me 20 euro off it. The exact same deal was in place for BF4 during the promotion window. So in that case these launch upgrade games were not covering the cost.
Indeed it is, Amazon are still listing December which is why I said a year and a half, odd. Regardless the points raised still remain whether it's twelve or eighteen months.It's out this summer so more than likely it'll be exactly a year.0 -
Was it on promotion at the time because it's still coming up as $59.99 on the SEN store now?
Indeed it is, Amazon are still listing December which is why I said a year and a half, odd. Regardless the points raised still remain whether it's twelve or eighteen months.
Ya it was a promotion for the ps3 version.0 -
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Naughty Dog have two internal teams for development as well as the separate core technology team for Sony Worldwide studios called the ICE Team. I'm sure work is progressing just fine on UC4.TheGoldenAges wrote: »You wonder how much work is being done on the new Uncharted game if they've been concentrating on the DLC and the remake of TLOU, somehow doubt we'll see a 2015 release now. 0 -
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As I said above, in these cases the cut off date for the upgrade program was approximately three months after the release of the respective titles. They also came with a code in the box which enabled the upgrade. As an aside, the timing of the program also meant that on the retailer side it allowed the traded in copies to be resold while the game was still fresh in peoples minds and selling well in the second hand market.
On the digital side, it also relieved the sting of paying full RRP on PSN et al. The upgrade discount in the case of Sony was also $10 which covered the difference between a new copy of the last gen version and the next gen version, prices which were still relevant during the period the promotion was active.
The Last of Us Remastered isn't due out until the end of this year which will be close to a year and a half after release. In this case none of the above will really apply.
That's where my doubts over such a scheme being run lie. If they do it, fantastic, I'll be taking advantage of such a scheme myself. But if they won't I'll be happy to hold off a bit, enjoy the other games on the platform and revisit the game when I don't mind double dipping. Either way, I won't be shaking my fists at rage over the perceived lack of respect it's showing me as a fan.
Just because a lot of people complain about it doesn't make it any more relevant. The costs involved in creating a game like The Last of Us are phenomenal, I mean look at the credits section to see just how many people worked on it, not only within Naughty Dog but externally too, from the gazillion art contractors to the reams of motion capture folk and the voice actors involved. The pricing in this instance is only an issue if you've already bought the game at full whack, there'll be plenty of folk who will be experiencing it for the first time and for them, I can't see it being anything less than worth every penny when they get around to it.
Yep, as I said earlier, I have no problem giving them my money again. I'll enjoy replaying it with improved graphics and it means they get more money to make great titles like it, all the better.0 -
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