Mostly because they are being dubbed remastered or enhanced versions, and plenty of people are not overly impressed with that.
Right. Because a game being orignally launched for PS4 with superior graphics and later getting ported to Switch with *HIGHLY* compressed graphics and no new features is "Remastering it" or "Enhancing" it...
Right. XD Outlast 1 and 2 are good examples.
DOOM is the biggest culprit. I thought the graphics were great until I saw the PS4 one... And Snapmap is GONE in the later version? XD Enhanced, right....
Resident Evil Remaster is a good remaster. Resident Evil Remaster didn't even NEED new outfits, play control style, etc. but they added it anyway making the remaster EVEN BETTER.
LOL Personally, I look at it as when a game is ported to our favorite console, that's great.
But when a game is ported as a remaster/Deluxe/anything that is not just an average port, it really looks bad.
I'd rather they ported New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe as New Super Mario Bros. U.
Not Deluxe because they act like it's a new game so now this "NOT-new-game" needs to be treated as a separate game in the New Super Mario Bros. series. So all of the accomplishments and greatness the next new New super Mario Bros. game is, this "New Super Mario Bros. game called Deluxe" is just as accomplishing, apparently. It's like staining the series, honestly. Don't even call it something new. Even if you add new great things. Don't even call it a remaster either.
I feel games shouldn't really be ported unless it's necessary. This was NOT necessary.
And I feel that games should not deserve a whole reserved spot for just being a relaunch and given all of the candy and royal treatment that an ACTUAL NEW GAME IN THE SERIES gets. That's very unfair for the original games that are actually the next best thing to have to compete with something that is pretty lazy/money grabbing material when it was great the first time around and needs no port. ESPECIALLY no port that is treated as if it's just as great as the last thing.
Virtual Console is a good, balanced situation. The games are ported, but they aren't treated like a separate game in the series.
We don't say:
Super Smash Bros. 64
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee Virtual Console Enhanced Remastered Port version
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
... You get my point. Same with any port. We don't say "Blablabla XBOX 360 Ver." unless the version were ACTUALLY different games. Like 3DS and Wii U. Super Smash Bros. A good example is Soul Calibur 2 has different features through it's different version. And we do address the version when we need to know we want the one with our precious Link as a fighter, But we CERTAINLY don't say Soul Calibur 1, Soul Calibur 2 PS2, Soul Calibur 2 XBOX... Etc.
(CAPCOM doesn't get the idea or point with Street Fighter 2, though, -_-)
such lazy ports should not be considered a whole fresh new game. NOW we are forced to say:
New Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. 2
New Super Mario Bros. U
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
See what I mean? Because it's not the same name, or just "Remastered" it's literally now forced to have a fresh seat that it is certainly undeserving of. Ruining the flawless unique name differences in the lineup. AND game differences in the unique lineup of each game.
Here's one last good example.
We DO SAY Resident Evil, Resident Evil Remake (Or REmake), Resident Evil 2....
But we don't have Remaster in it's own seat because it's just the same as REmake. While REmake is certainly not the same as Resident Evil 1.
I know you guys are all like "Dude... Who cares."
BOII EYY KEERE! XDD
Back to the point... *Cough* Yeah... I can't wait for this. I love Dragon's Dogma and bought it on PS3 and PS4..... XDDD