Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-114.4.23.59-20150222102319/@comment-25467429-20150223145923

Remakes tend to fall into one of two categories most of the time; eithier a last hurrah, or a big "thank you/anniversary" type deal. There is merit, I think, in a "pure" remake or remaster of the series for an HD collection, in that the games are old enough now that many may not have them or a system to play them on at the moment, and with all the homages to those titles through the stuff from Infinity, now might not be a bad time to cash in on that bit of interest/nostalgia by letting people play those old games. The thing is, hwoever, that the PS3 is in a sort of lame-duck cycle. PS3 titles aren't playable on the PS4, so if they make an HD collection, where do they release it? Not saying that's a reason for it not to happen, just raising the question and noting the possibility a further delay on an HD remake could be waiking for more maturation of the PS4 so they can jump development over to there all at once.

The AC03 situation... if I recall the comments about not remaking AC03 were from many, many years ago and were more geared towards the idea of releasing the Japanese version overseas subbed/dubbed, rather than the chopped up version non-Japanese markets got. Given the Delphinius will be making an appearance in Infnity in the not too distant future, it would seem they've at the very least softened their position, if not warmed to the idea of a remake of some sort.

Will there be a straight HD collection or a series of remakes? I'd say it's not particulalry likely only becuase they don't seem to be too keen on that route. I think they're more interested in the sort of mixing the old games with the real-world path they've been on. I know many people I've talked to would prefer a brand new game set in Strangereal, but wanted the remakes because they saw it as a gateway; do the remakes, save on the cost of production of an entirely new game while raking in some cash reserves, to fund the new project later.