Not every single game has to be breaking ground and be the most innovative game since the last one
Sure. But being fed the same crap over and over again gets old (See: AssCreed, Battlefield (don't get the hype), or COD).
Doom was a reboot/remake and it did amazingly well.
Haven't really had the chance to sit down with it and go through Doom, but from what I understand is it really captivates what made Doom great to begin with.
Look at Ratchet and Clank, let's make a game to bank on the nostalgia of the previous games, but let's try to erase those from history... "Hey, remeber how much better we did this the first time around? Good. Now forget it..." (Quote from Zero Punctuation review, which, yes, it's satire, but he makes some good points.) I mean, if this isn't a money grab to bank on all the new kids seeing the movie, I don't know what is.
Remasters aren't inherently bad
Sony proved that backwards compatibility was possible, and now Microsoft has done the same thing. So yea, if we get "remasters" instead of just backwards compatibility (because we can't sell the games again if you can already play the games you bought on the last generation on the new generation), yes, I would say remasters ARE a blight on gaming.
I started playing Persona, Metal Gear Solid, Uncharted, Kingdom Hearts, Halo, and Banjo Kazooie through remasters.
Yea, but you could play those same games for cheaper if they were backwards compatible... Little secret there. That the gaming industry doesn't want you to know. (Again, as evidenced by MS trying to eliminate the used game market...)
Games like Rare Replay are a godsend.
And all I wanted was Goldeneye!!! But seriously, I think these game collections are a completely different story than the single game with "better graphics". Rare Replay was a great value for the money.
Take for instance Saint's Row. Big fan of the series. I spent the better part of 2008 laid up, and SR2 was my outlet. I spent hundreds of hours playing that game. So when III and IV came out, sign me up!
But then I had a friend buy the "Reelected" version for XBone. Well... I have the 360 version, that's backwards compatible, but now I'm forced into buying the game again if I want to play with my Friend.
By and large, HD Remakes seem like cheap money grabs to squeeze out just a bit more cash from a game that isn't selling anymore.
Anyway, in all honesty, I think this is really far fetched, but that's what the thread is about, what "far fetched but not impossible predictions" do you have.