Microsoft Strays Away From HD Re-Releases
by Mike Bendel on October 26, 2010 @ 12:14 pm
While Sony is quite enthralled over the idea of pumping out more HD re-releases of PS2 hits in the vein of Sly Cooper Collection and God of War Collection, Microsoft remains unconvinced over the value such a move brings to consumers, labeling it a “difficult” proposition.
That’s not to say Microsoft Games Studio corporate VP Phil Spencer is completely adverse to the idea, but at the same time, he’s hardly enthusiastic about it.
I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad idea. I’m going to think about it from the customer’s perspective, and are we really delivering something of value to the customer at a price that they want?”
We obviously have a lot of new things going on, so the thought of re-doing a bunch of things is probably difficult to just weave into the overall portfolio. If you can provide real value to the customer, there could be possibilities for that, but I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it.
Seems like an HD remaster of the original Halo remains a distant prospect, if it ever happens at all. You’d think the million plus sales of God of War Collection would convince Microsoft otherwise. Evidently not.
On the other side of the spectrum, Sony is expanding on its HD classics line later next year with a ICO and Shadow of the Colossus collection.
Microsoft: HD Remakes Not a Focus [IGN]
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