Why do people ask for remakes?

I don't get it. This is mostly pertaining to Square Enix. It seems like every time they remake a game, I see people go, "Ooh, do ___________ next!", as if all they want is remakes. With all the talk of a remake of Final Fantasy 7, you have to ask....do you really want one? Wouldn't you prefer NEW games?

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I really want one."

Oh, a remake. No, I don't want a remake. A remake would ruin the game.
A port though, a port I don't mind. At all.

Because people want to pay extra money for a game they already played to death so they don't have to go back and see how horribly bad their game has aged.

Those who haven't played it probably don't want to pay extra for an rare old copy with dated graphics.

If a remake happened I'd get it and be excited, if not I wouldn't be disappointed.

I like remakes of classic games. Especially if their good. The old Final Fantasy's are childhood classics for me (granted that i was only a little kid when i started playing the first one).

Seeing them updated with better graphics and somewhat enhanced gameplay just makes me want to re-live the classics.

Same with Chrono Trigger.

Someone read my blog today... yay.

I'll take a port over a remake anytime.

It's a combination of reasons. First and foremost, Nostalgia is very powerful.

Emilio said:

"Because people want to pay extra money for a game they already played to death so they don't have to go back and see how horribly bad their game has aged."

"It's a combination of reasons. First and foremost, Nostalgia is very powerful.

Emilio said:

"Because people want to pay extra money for a game they already played to death so they don't have to go back and see how horribly bad their game has aged."

There's certainly some truth to that. Graphics aside, older games won't benefit from improvements to the genre.
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because I haven't played most of these games.

Look at the cost and rarity of some of those titles. Upgraded versions of classics....who in their right mind complains about that? It introduces games we grew up with to new generations of players. And support for those remakes brings in new gamers for new and future releases. Port, remake, the only person it won't benefit is the person that can't be satisfied with anything.

In the end it benefits us all....

Nostalgia?

I don't understand remakes. Why not just play the old game?

I want FF7 remake......just throwing it out there.

"I don't understand remakes. Why not just play the old game?"

There isn't anything wrong with remakes but i would say it becomes tiresome and negative to the gaming industry if developers just start focusing on revitalizing older game franchises instead of coming up with fresh and new ideas.

Generally people want remakes of older games because of nostalgic reasons and possibly because they want to see how those older games will look and play with todays more advanced technology. And as for a FF7 remake i couldn't care to be honest, i loved the original and my avatar pays homage to that fact but i have moved onto new things and become a PC gamer so really a FF7 remake wouldn't be played by me.

I dont really care if FFVII gets remade or not, i sure loved the original though. "IF" it does get remade i would pick it up, but im not eagerly waiting for it.

I wonder the same thing a lot of the time. I would much rather see the developers make an new game than bring back an old one I can just get on eBay.

Yeah, I think it's completely retarded. You hear it most with people wanting remakes of FFVII and Ocarina of Time. Remaking the games would be a bad idea.

I dont mind asking for it, its not like im asking them to not make new games its just to add the remake to there to-do list

In some cases the remakes are actualy "new" games, example: FF3 never got relesed in the UK so when it was remade and shipped to the UK it was a new FF game, Chrono trigger is another example, never relesed in some countres so the remake/port/whatever you want to call it is actually a new game.
as for games that have been out like FF7, well its a rare game (now anyway) so not a lot of people play it, but the one rare game I want to see ported to any console would be the Panzer Dragoon games because not a lot of people played them.

I think people like to ask for remakes because many of them haven't played the games on their original systems and it is much easier to find a game to a current gen or last gen system than getting a gem for a system that was released more than a decade ago.

"I think people like to ask for remakes because many of them haven't played the games on their original systems and it is much easier to find a game to a current gen or last gen system than getting a gem for a system that was released more than a decade ago."

Some games with really good stories are unplayable due to graphics and gameplay. That's why we like remakes.

To improve on the original by using technology. Although I think they should wait at least 3 generations before remaking a game. There isn't significant technological differences between 1 or 2 generations to require a remake.