Is $50 too much for TLOU Remastered?

yeah I saw that earlier yesterday I laughed my ass off charging 50 dollars for a year old game ""remastered""

@mems_1224 said:

@Krelian-co said:

@mems_1224 said:

Still not worth $50

nice evasive from someone who just showed he didn't play it.

Yea, ok.

Haha. Sonned.

Gett'n that bihhh Day One.

Same mentality applies to shopping smart for TLOU remaster (as well as WW, Tomb Raider, etc). If you know how to shop smart, the TLOU remastered you won't have to buy at what it retails at. At some point TLOU remastered (as well as GTA5, etc) is going to be $20-$30 on sale somewhere, it's just a matter of waiting. That observation on purchasing wisely doesn't change anything. I never argued about what I would pay as I said multiple times I won't be buying this at top dollar since I own the original game, same for WW, Diablo III, Tomb Raider, GTA5, etc. Same last gen when I paid $20 or less for Halo HD, Ratchets HD , Sly Cooper HDs, Jak HDs, Metal Gear Solid HDs, GOW HD collections, etc. None of those were worth top dollar to me since I owned the original Xbox, Gamecube, and PS2 versions. I don't own the DLC for TLOU, so I am interested in checking that out, once I find a great price on either the DLC on PS3 or the remaster at PS4, whichever comes first (Prob PS3 DLC).

I believe you are referencing my post in this thread on page 2:

Gotta agree with SolidTy on this one. TLOU being a newer game can justify its price better than Wind Waker or any other 5-10yr old HD port.

It doesnt matter if the game is available cheaper on the PS3...........if that is the version you want then get it.

Obviously those players want the cleaner, crisper version with the better framerate and graphics. Couple that with not having to wait for the DLC (or pay for it seperately) then it makes sense.

In my case, i waited a full year for the PS4 version. Even if it DIDNT come with DLC i wouldve paid $50 for it. Its a newer game.

@navyguy21

Stay here too long and everything will make sense.... Even nonsense

Didn't they said that people who bought PS3 digital version will get some % off of the PS4 Remastered TLOU?

LOL mems post.

anyways, $50 ain't bad considering it comes remastered with all available dlc included. i will double dip once i get a ps4.

I wasn't mentioned but I want to give some backstory to my TLOU experience first. I got a Platinum in TLOU and I played it three times. Quite the involved Platinum for this game. I beat it on Hard, Survivor, and Survivor+ to collect everything in the game. The average game time, depending on difficulty is usually 20 hours-ish*. Some people clock in at 25 hours, others at 15 hours. I would estimate after talking to many fans in RL, in normal difficulty setting in the first run the game is about 16-18 hours long. With some extra exploration you can easily reach 20-21 hours. It's not an 8 hour game unless you skip cinemas and know where to go and are racing through TLOU on a speedrun, avoiding collecting and unlocking areas. Even then, I would think 10 hours if you really tried to just run through it skipping cinemas and items, and playing on Easy, deliberately not enjoying the story. In all honesty, it depends on how you play. Enjoy the story and you can probably get a decent amount of gameplay. Personally, I try to enjoy the story on each play-through to get my money's worth

You have to remember though that for years mems has established that he likes to troll PS things and play the role of a hardcore lemming in SW but also at various other sites where he trolls in the same Xbot fashion like Kotaku for instance. However, he did play TLOU back in June 20th, 2013 he beat it two days after he got his first trophy. So, there is at least a 48 hour window right there. In fact, he collected 5 of the 24 trophies in the TLOU before giving up on a Platinum due to glitched trophies. He did play through it at least once on hard though according to his trophies he displayed earlier. I also ran into what I thought was glitched trophies, but I pressed on. I run across glitched achievements and trophies in select games across PC/360/PS3, but I find my way around the glitches by starting over...if I like the game enough. Long story short, he threw that "8 hour nonsense" comment to troll or annoy fans, but he did play although it took him over 48 hours to complete it based on the trophies. Of course, the exact time it took him to complete and collect things as he did would be on the save file, if he wanted to post that time and I can guarantee it took him more than 8 hours because I did all the same trophies to get The Last of Us Platinum. I currently have all of Naughty Dogs games Platinumed, but that was a personal goal of mine.

yeah, i later saw the post where he proved to have played the game. funny how he rips the last of us yet puts in the dedication to finish the game on hard, which would be impossible to do in 8 hours on a first run. now i know nothing of his online posting habits nor do i care to, i just find it really hard to comprehend enjoying, let alone finding the time to troll gaming message boards like that. lol he must have a pretty open schedule.

It's a Playstation game so it earned his fury. Too bad it wasn't an Xbox game, it would have been toast of the town, lol.

Of course, it was good enough that he found himself playing through it so there's that.

The game's not even out yet. They say they're actually targeting better. I see no reason as to why it wouldn't be.

$40 would seem reasonable to me.

Same.

They won't know but that doesn't stop people from saying Sony is making a remake of a game released 1 year ago so people that haven't played it can.

So that's all they had to do huh? Just make it higher resolution and change some textures? What world are YOU living in where you think that's ALL they had to do to make that remake?

So 80+ million total PS3s sold compared to 7 or 8 million PS4 and you'd wager quite a few didn't own a PS4? Umm ok

Yep, would buy for $20 or lower as i have a lot of games that i must get this year ( pretty much just Destiny and Advanced Warfare lol ) not including the PS4 which i havent bought yet... i played the TLOU and i dont need to play it again unless the remaster goes down to $20 or $15

Exactly. There are a lot of people still playing MP. The MP, itself, has been critically acclaimed and has a lot of longevity.

referring to this

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/06/sony-nearly-a-third-of-ps4-owners-only-had-a-wii-or-xbox-360-last-gen/

@seanmcloughlin: when you look at what is offered for $10 more in the master chief collection, absolutely. But I'm not buying either of them anyway.

you say 8 hours, reviewers said close to 12 hours, I played it and it was a bit over 12 hours

hmm.......

then you got the 3 hour DLC with it...

hmmm............

Oh wait... this is Mems, the biggest Sony/Playstation hater in all of SW

@gamersjustgame: I have a hard time believing that. Market analysts look at how games like madden, NBA, Nhl, the show, cod, bf sell every year without many differences, and you're suggesting these suits said "lets make it for the ones who haven't played". They know gamers buy the same stuff with a fresh coat of paint, and knew there would be great deal with this.

The more I think about it, no, it's not worth $50. I rented and beat the PS3 version and decided to wait for a sale. I don't care that it has all the DLC because that wasn't a factor when I initially considered a purchase.

I don't care how much better the frame rate and resolution are, it's still the same game I already played. I'll grab it at $30 or less.

Its too much for game in general let along remaster. TLOU is just glorified hollywood movie like game and now they are remaster it and selling it on full price

This is a hot topic(in general, about HD remakes in the industry) and my 2 cents are as follows: for someone who already bought this game on PS3, imo he/she is getting ripped off by buying it a 2nd time at 50$. There is not enough extra stuff compared to last year's version to justify paying 50$.

For someone like me who never played the game, I have no issues paying 50$ to get it.....still debating whether I should cave in a get a PS4 for this, but that is for another discussion.

Basically, Sony should offer some kind of large rebate for people who already bought it on PS3...that' is the best solution I can think of. I don't know if that is something possible (how could they know if you purchased it unless you went digital) but that would be more reasonable imo....and I would like all remakes to do this.....for example I really want to buy GTA5 when it comes out on Xbox One....but paying full price again for essentially the same game is a hard pill to swallow.

with all the $60 2014 games i see in retail that suck ass, i wouldn't mind paying $50 for an amazingly-good 2013 game in 1080p

he is right. 8 hour say 12 hour game with 4 hour cutscene and on rail segment never worth it and now making remaster and selling it on full price is not going to help

$50 is too much to ask for a remake, but it's not too much to ask for a remake of TLOU.

If games were priced according to quality, TLOU would cost more than console.

there should be a trade option, like trade in the PS3 copy for the PS4 version for like $10 more

I've never played the game so $50 seems like a good deal to me since the DLC will be included. And some of you in this thread are acting like no work is going into this remaster; someone is putting in man hours to port this game over to PS4 and that has to cost money. I admit I am ignorant when it comes to game development but I have to imagine that even something as seemingly simple as a remaster really isn't (but like I said, I've no idea, really) all that simple.

you forgot to mention the best game last gen

Nah, best they can do is throw in a free weapon voucher if you buy both.

Hardly.

$50 is perfect IMHO. If you already have it for PS3, don't buy it. For those that haven't played it $50 is great for a year old game with DLC included. Now if it was like Tomb Raider were you could get it for $20 on the old systems then they charge you $60, id say blow me.

Sony did good here.

If you bought TLOU on PS3 that's $30, plus the 2 dlc at $15 a piece... your saving money with the remastered version.

LOL at people comparing this to that man-child game Halo.

TLOU is the pinnacle of gaming. It is a masterpiece that true adult gamers can enjoy. I'm sick of playing the same old "super soldier destined to save the universe" childish plot games with no thought. Halo is for little 12-year-old boys who want to grow up to become superman because they think superheroes are "cool".

$50 for the greatest game of all time with all DLCs is a steal. You ingrates should be thankful SONY isn't charging $1000.

Hmm.. I guess that's pretty fair considering what you get with the package (DLC, Map packs, ect..)

I honestly thought they were going to charge $60. At least they're not insulting gamers too much..

Nobody is being forced to buy it. Just wait for a price drop if you played it already on PS3.

Oh the beauty of physical media.

Yes.

It was too much for Windwaker HD too.

But since you all pretty much bought in it the demastered version of Tomb Raider AND Windwaker HD I don't see a reason to change The Last of Us's price point because you will buy it anyway.

is a $400 console not enough to have Backwards compatibility ?

lol. beat me to it.

8 hours? I have played through it twice and it took me about 15 hours each time.

This GS flop will be "free" on PS+ sooner than you think.

rent it.

I was hoping for the game to be priced at around $40 !!