Batman: Arkham HD Collection Coming to PS4 and Xbox One This Year - Report

@69ingChimpmunks: Most people probably wouldn't buy for that reason, but these HD collections aren't made for people who keep their games and consoles from the previous generation. It's for people like myself. I don't keep consoles from the previous gen(in most cases) and I'm a fan of the series. I would exist perfectly in that market, but I primarily game on PC now, so it doesn't really matter in this case.

Anyways, the entire business of HD collections is just based on how many of us don't own the older consoles and/or games. It's not about the visuals at all. They simply couldn't re-release a game without there being a marketable reason, so they update the visuals and make it into a new product called an "HD Collection". They need a reason to tell people to buy these games again, and "All DLC + HD Visuals" is an extremely cost effective way to do that.

@DanteReal69: The PC version is already a remaster version, I played all those games at 1080p and 60fps years ago, and with my GTX 970 I can even play them at 4k if I wished it, its consoles that need these remasters because they are so far behind, I mean ffs 1080p is "new" to you guys lol.

@DanteReal69: Um... That's because the PC versions that released years ago are already the HD versions, in native 1080p, 60FPS, better effects, etc. My 5 year old laptop plays AC in native 1080p, unlike the PS3 version which I can't stand to even look at any more.

@hmoobpaladin: Rocksteady had no part in Origins.... It's perfectly understandable why it's not included. :/

@darksynced: Rocksteady's games, Asylum in particular, struck a certain Metroidvania-esque level of world design. It's part of what makes the games interesting (it's not the repetitive combat!). Origins did not.

@darksynced: While for the most part I agree it had plenty of weakness'.

The world for one thing was horrendously under-designed. One of the key aspects of Rocksteady's arkham games was the amount of detail put into the world whereas origin had the most generic world design. Nothing about it really said gotham or showed any real effort had been put into it.

Also the game in general was obnoxiously buggy at release and WB Montreal at one point openly stated they weren't going to fix any more of the bugs in favor of working on dlc.

@hcgamingdad: It'll be ~$20 on Black Friday.

@xenomorphalien: I don't know that it will come now. WB would rather that you buy the remaster, so they wouldn't green light the BC licensing.

@xenomorphalien: Pretty much the same, 1k'd Asylum and played City for a few hours before it fell down the backlog. Would love to see them on BC.

@xenomorphalien: Most likely won't given this release. Backwards compatibility requires license holder approval and if they are trying to sell a remaster then it would be counterproductive to let it be backwards compatible.

@Hvac0120: but what makes you think new consoles (ps5, XBNext) would result in more, new AAA titles? If anything we would have to wait even longer because developers would have to spend more time developing for and learning the new systems.

I think the reason we aren't seeing as many new AAA games often this generation has due to development time and cost of production. A lot of the games we have received thus far have been in development for 2 years or more. This results in less game releases in a year due to games being stuck in development. Plus with the improved graphics developers are making sure that the graphics look great but also perform well which has been a bit of an issue this gen.

I also think people are glossing over the number of titles we have received because there haven't been many games that have been truly "MUST BUY". Even the games that have been praised have had their issues and aren't for everyone. Games like Bloodborne, Witcher 3, MGS V, Dark Souls 3, etc have been critically acclaimed but aren't games for everyone. Last E3 promised some new IPs in the future, Quantum Break being a recent release, so hopefully these new titles will deliver.

@Hvac0120:

I wouldn't say that we have gotten plenty of new games this gen probably about the same amount of new games we got last-gen only difference iss we are also getting a lot of HD remasters along side the new games as well.

@Hvac0120: Because AAA video games take a lot of time and there are less development studios around to make them when compared to a decade ago. They cost a lot more resources as well so publishers/developers don't like to take risks anymore, therefore the careful selection of games we get. So they have to rehash older titles and infest the consumer with DLC's and mictrotransactions to be able to survive.

@Hvac0120: Because its really expensive to make games these days, so making a remake or remaster helps get in some money to fund other games.

@Hvac0120: I don't know what you're talking about I certainly can't afford every game that comes out these days. I think if even close to half the games I'm exited for this year deliver 2016 is going to be one of the best years for games period last year was certainly amazing.

@Legend002: Same. I have all the main games + blackgate for 3DS. This will really be the end.

@Legend002: Fan of all things Batman or just like throwing money at video games?