The Art of remakes

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Jeremy Ford - 11 March 2009 - 11:05am

A sad fact of gaming is that the average release has a lifespan that’d make even a may fly sympathetic. The average game hits the shelves on Monday, the bargain bin on Wednesday, and by Friday, it likely lives on as nothing more than a fond memory and a few references on the geekier online forums. Publishers rarely do more with their back catalogues than try to prevent anyone distributing them, stores don’t have the space to stock games that aren’t selling great guns, and gamers, well, gamers are fickle.

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