Dead Island Definitive Edition Listed by Retailer

The more definitive edition the better right? A South African retailer has listed Dead Island Definitive Edition for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

[crazychris4124]

Oh god its getting to be too much. Most of these definitive editions are just the PC version and they are charging prices that are way too high.

[ABizzel1]

Just don't buy it, it's getting out of hand, so just skip over them.

Games should only be Remaster if it was a critically successful game that was amazing or might have been overlooked with a higher resolution, butter graphics, a better framerate, and all content (The Last of Us / GTAV / Darksiders). IMO these games should be $40 with a discount for those who already purchased the game (Dishonored is doing it right)

or

Games that have an at least 2 or more entires all remastered on one disc with higher resolution / framerate / and potentially better graphics (Halo: MCC / Uncharted Collection).

If you don't fit that criteria then you shouldn't be making a remaster, and we should let them fail to stop this from happening too much.

[spacedelete]

where did he say he was going to buy it ? he is still entitled to complain. my opinion is these remasters should either be cross buy or put free straight on PS Plus.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Space- You also have not clue about business either bud.

They spent money to port it, why give it away for free?

That is like saying "my opinion sequels should all be free, I mean...you bought the first 1, what more do they want?"

Sounds like pure entitlement to be bud.

Don't need to buy it, skip it and move on. Might as well complain about paying for games at all if you don't know any better....

[Team_Litt]

Oh come on! This is getting ridiculous! Thanx ALOT whoever started this remaster trend BS!

[StormLegend]

I think it started with Tomb Raider..

[_-EDMIX-_]

I think it started with life bro.

Not the first gen to have ports, not sure why anyone thought it would be the last.

Thats like saying one day a company will just not like making money lol.

$1 million, 5 months, many times even less and maybe 10 staff is all it actually takes to make a port bud.

If they can make the cost back of the porting, then why not?

A better question really is....why is this um... "ridiculous"?

[StormLegend]

Sigh.... it just won't stop!!!

I don't mind Sony and MS doing it, but these type of games don't deserve a definitive edition..

[yewles1]

"BUH BUH BUT YOUZ DON'T HAZ 2 BYE IT!!!"

Well THEY don't have to milk it... guess what--

[_-EDMIX-_]

??? So a company should not seek to make money on an item you don't need to buy?

Milking? Bud....its their job to make money, that is like getting mad a McDonalds for not making a Big Mac for another consumer and stating they are "milking it"

Their job is sorta to do that, they have to make money bud.

You don't need to buy it, but I'm pretty sure they still need to make money and a port will get them money to actually do new games...

A port cost like 1 million to make, a new AAA game can be around 60 million or more, not even counting marketing cost.

I don't get folks getting mad at a company doing just what its sorta suppose to do....make money.

[spacedelete]

so we aren't entitled to want new games ? your literally defending these companies to make less games. look at Rockstar they have done nothing but ports of GTAV since 2013 with no full priced release in 2015. so lets say they announce a game next year with a release of 2017. thats literally a whole gen of nothing released.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Who said it was either or? Their job is to make money, its not based on choosing to port or make a new game bud.

"A port cost like 1 million to make, a new AAA game can be around 60 million"

"thats literally a whole gen of nothing released"

And?

They did ports last gen too bud, GTA III, Vice City, GTA SA, Bully all got ported last gen.

But we also got GTAIV, GTAV, Red Dead, Max Payne 3 etc.

Rockstar clearly still has games they are working on, look how long it took for them to release GTAV, they work on perfection, let them.

Its not either or as those teams are not making a port as suppose to making a new game.

Again....a port can be done in 5 to 6 months from about 10 people (the average port size), a full ground up game takes YEARS to make, they've been likely working on their first next gen game for years now, likely since 2013 when GTAV was complete.

They would not need the whole team to port....ie GTAV didn't get a new engine, it didn't get a new story, it didn't get a new art direction etc.....thus those key staff have likely been working on a new game since they completed GTAV.

I think you need to really, really learn what ports are bud.

"Rockstar they have done nothing but ports"

Really, because you've been at Rockstar's studio and saw what they where working on?

Thats like saying Guerrilla games has done NOTHING but work on Killzone after Killzone for years....

(well...you also didn't go to their studio to see they where working on Horizon) soooooooo lol

Perception bud. Aspyr is one of the best port teams in gaming, they are made up of a team of 10 people...they can port a game in mere weeks.

It doesn't take as much as you think to port, it doesn't cost as much as a full game, the process isn't even near the same and what a company releases as a PUBLISHER isn't some how indicative of ALL that they are working on. That is just as ignorant and naive as they come.

[MysticStrummer]

Guess what…

It's really true, you don't have to buy them, but you do have to deal with the fact that those who hate them aren't significant enough to stop them from being made.

As for Dead Island Definitive Edition… no thank you. <--See how easy that was?

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Awesome. I'll buy it. Despite a few gripes and annoying sections I enjoyed the Dead Island games.

[Italiano1234567]

So being that dead island 2 got canned there doing this to cash in. Please dying light is all I need.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I didn't hear anything about Dead Island 2 being canned and ports are not the same as full on game development so its likely they've been planning a port along with Dead Island 2.

ie you would have gotten a port regardless of Dead Island 2 losing its devs or not as they are not the same, have nothing to do with each other and wouldn't even be done by the same teams..

[Akira2020]

Really? Please enlighten us by backing up your claim that DI2 was "canned."

[XeyedGamer]

Please kill me!

[Yui_Suzumiya]

With an electric frying pan? Lol

[Skate-AK]

They need to bundle Riptide for it to be worth it.

[CaptainObvious878]

With all these remasters you'd think Skyrim and RDR would have been ported by now.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I want Mass Effect and BioShock trilogies the most.

[Fro_xoxo]

This is good for Dead island fans I suppose.
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Do a Bioshock remaster whilst you at it.

"You promised me pretty Steinman, you promised me pretty.. now looks at me!" ehehe.

I'm not fussed if it doesn't happen. I can play the 360 version on XO this fall.

[MilkMan]

LMFAO!
Let me guess, I'm the only one that bought Dead Island when it released. The argument will be either Don't buy it, OR I never play it so this will be my chance to get in on all the fun I missed. LOL!

People, you CANT make this s**t up!
This is real!

[Chaosdreams]

Clearly they are in need of some renewed confidence / money.

I won't be purchasing it. I've got Dying Light, and Dead Island was nothing more than a really sweet concept that faltered to a lacking story and somewhat awkward mechanics.