Sony likes to publish Remaster of her prestige titles for the current console. You have already done that with some titles. First of all, it seems irrelevant how old a game really is. Another remaster announced in the last State of Play, but the players criticize it.
Which game is it about? On February 12, 2025, Sony presented some games in a State of Play that will be released for the PS5 this year. In addition to new brands such as the Tide of Annihilation action game, there was also a new remaster. This time the zombie game Days Gone, which was originally published in 2019.
Even in the past, something like this caused criticism, because some players find: games that are only a few years old do not need a remaster. This criticism also seems to flare up again at Days Gone, especially because some comments complain that you would not see any difference.
The Last of Us Part 1 was also published by Sony as a remaster:
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Players criticize that you hardly recognize differences
What is criticized? The User Cycu1 has released a YouTube video in which he compares the first pictures of the Remaster of Days Gone with the PC version of 2021. For this he shows different scenes and pictures.
The differences are criticized among the comments, because many users say that you would hardly see any:
To the video, however, you have to say that he compares it to the version already prepared for the PC and not with the PS4 version published in 2019. In addition to graphic changes such as a native 4K edition and a 60 FPS mode, new content also includes:
In addition, players who own the original on the PS4 only have to pay € 10 for the new version, which will be released on April 25th. If you have a physical disc and only the digital PS5, you can’t do the upgrade.
Former Sony President believes that Remaster makes sense
Sony-Remaster regularly gets under criticism. The Remaster for The Last of Us 2, Until Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West were also criticized by some players. The players often prefer to demand new games than remaster. Former Sony President Shūhei Yoshida has already commented on this.
In January 2025 (via the Gamer) he said that he was sure that Remaster would not be developed instead of new games. He believes that nothing will be sacrificed because, in his opinion, other teams are involved in these versions.
According to him, Remaster ensure that you also make money, which compensates for the large and expensive single player games. Days Gone is one of the brands that have also been referenced in Astro Bot. But the Creative Director of Days Gone was not enthusiastic about it: character from one of the best games for PS and Steam makes advertising for sweet robots, but the developer hates that