It is no secret that both gamers and companies like remakes. While gamers like them because of the nostalgia, companies like remakes because of one thing: THEY PRINT MONEY! Cheap to develop, easy to sell, makes gamers happy, and it seems like a perfect plan, right? Wrong.

Pick a game that you want a remake, got it? Now think, you’ve already completed the game at least twice, you defeated the bosses, saved the world, the princess, etc., so why would you want to do it again? There are new games out there waiting for you, new tales, new battles, you see? A remake is never going to be as good as the original, mostly because that it’s not a full remake.

Chrono Trigger DS is an example of this, it’s the same gameplay with the same visuals, with one extra dungeon and the portability; that’s what Square called a remake. Now, consider this: how much effort was put into the making of this remake? I bet that it was less than a month, yet it is going to sell more than a new, great game like Valkyria Chronicles.

On the other hand there are some good remakes, such as Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, which rebalances the game and has an option that disables said rebalances. Capcom hired fans to remix the music, which you can replace with the originals as well.

Even good remakes can harm other games,  mostly because of the price. Think with me, there are two games: a remake of a famous game and a new game from an indie developer. The remake costs half (due to the cheap production) of the indie’s price, so a lot of people will complain that the indie game is expensive because you can get a remake of a famous series for half of the price and huge quality. So why would you buy the indie game?

We gamers should stop encouraging developers to remake a game, it takes time and creativity off of more interesting games. We should control our fan boy feelings and forget a little about the past, for the good of the future of the gaming industry. The nostalgia glasses always make games look better, so why cry and fight for a remake?