MMGN.com writes: Am I the only one who is sick of buying the same game time and time again? While it's always nice to get some of your favourite titles with a new coat of paint, it seems over the past few years we have been inundated with the infamous HD remake - a blatant scam to cash in on the nostalgia factor from fans of the franchise.
Konami will temporarily remove Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 from digital storefronts starting November 8 as it works to renew the licenses for select historical archive footage used in each game, the company announced.
To be honest, I’m surprised Konami are even considering re-listing this given how they’ve abandoned their franchises and fans.
Maybe temporarily will become permanently.
They definitely won't relist the games on the pretty much dead platforms they were on. If they go through hassle of changing all the cutscenes it will be to release a PS/Xbox/Switch collection on current systems.
Out of curioisity, why isn't historical footage a part of the public domain?
According to Google anything before 1924 and anything that wasn't copyrighted 5 years after being publised is fair game.
Maybe the historical footage used in the MGS games might have new copyright owners and they are knocking on the doors of whoever is using that footage for a paycheck.
Maybe that's what happened because of what happened with writers suing Movie studios for rights to old IP like terminator, Beetlejuice and Friday the 13th due to an old copyright law that grants authors rights to their work after 35 years. Maybe that's what happened to the copyright of the old footage as well?
Or they are just negotiating with the original copyright owners? Maybe this is a ploy to get it for cheaper? Bluff that they will just take the games down for a cheaper licence price?
Who knows...
If they didn’t have plans to rerelease them they would just say they aren’t coming back . They may not release them again if whoever owns the copyrights are greedy but it would seem they are putting some effort into it otherwise they would say buy it now or else that would make them more $ now . I could be wrong but that makes sense to me .
Well, in this case, describing it as a digital vs physical problem may not be too accurate.
If you already purchased it digitally, you'll still be able to download it and play any time - and if I want to go buy it digitally, I still can today, whereas I probably can't find a physical copy of it in Walmart or wherever.
True as long as you bought something before it get delisted you'll still be able to play them. All the physical vs digital is nonesense now and getting old. You get screwed from both at the end of the day if everything goes down. Physical will have all the bugs because they need the 1st day patches and then some. About most dlc needs downloading so you screwed outta complete edition. I still dont see Sony or MS going anywhere in the next 100 years.
People on here find literally every excuse they can to state just how much better and future proof physical games are over digital.
Funny, being I can play every single one of my almost 1000 steam games with no issue. And, even when the store eventually shutters, they have systems in place I can still back up all my games.
What am I supposed to do when my console, and even the discs it runs, break down? I mean, I can rebuy them, but that just means I had to pay twice for a game, and probably now at collector prices. Doesn't sound very future proof to me.
@TheRealTedCruz
That already happened to me on ps2. My stuff got stolen, I had to rebuy some of the games with allowances. Some games were nich I couldnt find them again.
@blackblades
We don't even need to loose the games in anyway for physical media reliability to be put to test, disc rot is a thing.
Just started MGS 3 over the weekend.
Wouldn't have affected me since I bought the collection a long time ago.
I'm more interested in the fact that they have to re-license historical footage constantly. At what point is it not worth it anymore? I can't imagine a lot of people are buying MGS Collection.
What? You got it you can still play it just like if you got a physical copy of the game ...
How to get engaged with 2s story ? , can't get through the ship without quiting the game literally since forever.
Alex S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "Looking at it from a modern perspective, I can honestly say, it’s been outdone by the games that it would inspire.”
Halo: Combat Evolved has finally released on PC. Let's see how it runs and what PC gamers will need to run the game at 4K 60FPS.
Never!
Remakes have been around for a long, long time. When Sony brought out GoW Collection they really helped usher in this new way to make money. Some call it milking, I see it as effective and profitable for the publishers and convenient and honourable for fans. Win-win.
And let's face it, in today's generation most of us online nerds complain about shooters and games being the same. Nothing wrong with playing games of yesterday that are better than what we have coming out these days. Don't like it, don't buy it.
I've missed out on a lot of older games, I'm really glad to see them coming now. And it helps that they are in an HD collection with trophy/achievement support for a budgetary price. That's better value than a lot of the stuff that comes out today.
The writer praises two HD remakes that he appreciated -- but asks us to share his negative opinion of a Halo game that hasn't been released yet.
On that basis he denounces remakes.
No one forces us to buy any games, remakes or otherwise. Don't see any point to this argument, as presented.
Games like Perfect Dark that receive the HD treatment are viable - you get them at a discount price via XBL or instances such as the GoW collection when the disc content is cheaper than a new release that is totally fine.
I bet your pretty pennies that when Halo CE: Anniversary launches it will retail for a full $110 AUD (New Release US games are around $60 yeah?).
Same will happen for MGS Snake Eater 3D - it will retail for a full price title. That is something I am not okay with.
i appreciate when i get a chance to play games that i didnt buy the first time around.
there are lots of games that i would like to play through again also.
if you dont want to buy hd remakes than dont buy them, theres nothing wrong with them.
i'll keep buying video game re-masters for the same reason i am going to buy the 40th anniversary clockwork orange blu-ray, because it's awesome and i can.