A developer who worked on the PS5 remake of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us has finally responded to fans who accused the game of being a cash machine for the studio. According to him, the high price of the title is justified.
Naughty Dog officially announced The Last of Us remake at the end of Summer Game Fest last month, although it wasn’t a surprise as the news had already leaked the day before the event aired. . The studio had in passing unveiled the prices for the PS5 remake, which had outraged most fans.
Indeed, we had seen that it would be necessary to pay 79.99 euros for the reworked version of the cult game, the price of the latest PS5 exclusives such as Returnal Where Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart. Usually, remakes are sold slightly cheaper than traditional games, since players had already had the opportunity tobuy the title for the first time on PS3, then a second time on PS4 with the remastered released in 2014.
A developer explains the high price of the remake
Animator Robert Morrison, who worked on The Last of Us Part 1 as part of his job at PlayStation’s Visual Arts Studio before recently joining Bend Studios, explained his choice on Twitter. ” In fact, it is the most meticulously constructed and elaborate project I have ever seen or participated in in my entire career. The highest level of care and attention to detail possible “, can we read in his message.
For now, it remains to be seen how much of that will justify the steep price tag of a remake of an already easily accessible game, although we’ve already gotten to see the PS5 version’s stunning graphical improvements. The remake will probably arrive at the right time for meet the needs of those who have not played itespecially people who might want to dive into it after watching the adaptation of The Last of Us on HBO in 2023. We imagine that by then, the game may well be slightly more affordable in several stores.