“We’ve recently seen a large number of game remakes since enough time has passed for people to feel nostalgic for these older properties. Rogers noted that it feels like the market has been getting a large number of remakes as of late because of the significant amount of time and technological advancements the industry has seen.
Even things we take for granted like simultaneous multiplatform releases weren’t always the norm.”
“Factors like digital distribution, bigger budgets for AAA games, and a larger addressable audience all make the games market significantly different now than in the late ‘90s. “Comparing the sales of video game remakes to the originals is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison,” Rogers answered. We asked if it was possible to judge a remake’s potential sales based on the performance of the original. To get a larger picture of the remake market, GameDaily reached out to Carter Rogers, principal analyst at Nielsen-owned SuperData. It’s very low-hanging fruit,” he said.įor its part, Capcom appears to be rolling along with the remake train it was announced this weekend that the company plans to launch a remake of Resident Evil 4 sometime in 2022. If I were in slate strat planning right now, I would be pushing to capitalize on every single ounce of millennial gaming nostalgia I possibly could. Going for more likely return, especially when compared to the very high-risk of new IP, let alone current market conditions? Remakes are a no brainer if one has the IP and the dev resources. “Good return on relatively quite low risk. Still, it’s irrefutable that remakes are doing very well in the current games market, which Piscatella noted on Twitter. notes that this is less than the 3 million that Resident Evil 2 shipped in its first five days last year. According to reports, the game shipped 2 million in its first five days, with nearly half of all sales coming digitally. The highly-anticipated remake also managed to double the UK launch sales of Resident Evil 3, another remake of a classic PlayStation that hit the market in recent weeks. “I’m expecting Final Fantasy VII Remake to be a huge hit,” Piscatella said. On Twitter, NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella commented on the remake’s potential. Reportedly, the remake has already sold units equalling half of 2016’s Final Fantasy XV.Īccording to a recent IGN post, the original Final Fantasy VII is the best-selling Final Fantasy game of all time.
Last week, the Final Fantasy VII Remake released to critical acclaim, and fans appear to be loving it the game has found itself atop the charts in the UK, spurring a surge in physical purchases.
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