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[Draugoth]

According to research, video game remakes and remasters released across 2024 and 2025 attracted 72.4 million players across Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam, with these consumers spending some $1.4bn on premium full games and microtransactions.

Notably, Ampere found that across 42 titles examined (15 remakes and 27 remasters released between January 2024 and September 2025), global spending on an average remake was more than twice that of the average remaster at 2.2x.

Article:

Consumers spend twice as much on video game remakes than remasters, according to research

Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/consumers-spend-twice-as-much-on-video-game-remakes-than-remasters-according-to-research/

 

[roosnam1980]

bloodborne remake on ps6 ..............hell yeah

 

[Fbh]

Makes sense IMO.
I don't mind remasters but they are basically always a "wait for deep sale" type of product for me.

 

[Perrott]

Development budgets for game remakes are probably 20x those of a remaster though.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Development budgets for game remakes are probably 20x those of a remaster though.

 

[mayham2199]

Makes sense IMO.
I don't mind remasters but they are basically always a "wait for deep sale" type of product for me.

Same. When they announced a Trails in the Sky remake I didn't even entertain getting it. Then I saw the trailer and I realized it was an actual real remake and I bought it soon after release and got the plat.

 

[Braag]

No surprises, remaster is just the same game with minor tweaks. Remakes are a lot more fresh as they overhaul the game.

 

[winjer]

No wonder. Remasters are just lazy, cheap releases, to try to make a quick buck.
Remakes actually takes talent, time and effort put pull off.

 

[Punished Miku]

Remakes are often twice the price.

 

[RoboFu]

ill do one better I've spent twice as much this year on old hardware and old games. not even remakes/remasters

 

[Miles708]

Remakes can be (and usually really are) bad but they're also much more interesting than straight remasters.
The research makes sense, and probably that's what makes it surprising.

 

[adamsapple]

Because remakes are generally full priced releases and remasters aren't .........

Did they hire the expertise of a six year old to perform this explosive market research?

 

[Idleyes]

I think it's more likely because one offers a modern twist on a classic while the other puts lipstick on a pig.

 

[TintoConCasera]

How much do they spend towards new videogames? I think seeing that data compared to this one could be interesting.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Remasters are best for when I missed the game the first time through.
I have been disappointed in many of the remasters I've bought for games I've already played.
Did anyone think the Beyond Good and Evil 20th anniversary was worth it?

I'm buying the Broken Sword Reforged because I've never played them before.

 

[LectureMaster]

No shit, gotta make the extra money worth it right.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Excellent, very nice.
Now let's see the data for The Last of Us 1 and 2.

Remasters imply that a not insignificant chunk of the audience has already played the same game, and won't get the remaster at full price, if at all.

 

[Sooner]

And remakes probably cost 10x as much to make.

 

[Beechos]

Development budgets for game remakes are probably 20x those of a remaster though.

For sure. Im pretty confident we're not too far off where Ai can just remaster a game by itself.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Well, yeah, a solid full fledged remake makes a much larger impression than a remaster.

Silent Hill Remake should be a great example. Especially because of the age of the first game. It'll be like RE1 -> RE1 Remake / RE2 -> RE2 Remake all over again, but on a much grander scale.