Topic: Are old video games never re-produced?

Anonymous cf8a5e4182f5274461f5db93c22f105b started this discussion 3 months (2008-09-04 18:59:57 UTC) ago:

I am not talking about stupid "Platinum Edition", "Gamer's Choice" or "Xbox Classics" crap with ugly covers. I want the exact original or I might as well pirate the game or buy it second hand (which often means I have to pay a high price or else I get the item in bad condition, often missing parts).

Do they never fire up the factories to produce a new batch many years later? "Jumping Flash! 2" for PlayStation seems to be almost impossible to find these days, even second hand.

Wouldn't it make sense to get money from people who like old games? I think that fresh copies of many old games, unmodified from what they looked like back then, would sell.

Anonymous d5960e955e2bcb66988cf2487ac51aa5 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 19:12:56 UTC) ago, 13 minutes later (#57,458):

Many of the companies are now defunct and have dropped or sold many older IP's. Also, it's cheaper to digitally distribute old games than to start up the factory again and start pumping out old games.

Anonymous 24afefee6f0351bf61dba265ad1aa2f0 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 20:05:55 UTC) ago, 53 minutes later (#57,476):

Okay, enlighten me. Who cares what kind of box the game comes in anyway? And why?

Anonymous cf8a5e4182f5274461f5db93c22f105b (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 20:14:38 UTC) ago, 9 minutes later (#57,478):

@57,476

> Who cares what kind of box the game comes in anyway?

Collectors? Anyone with some minimal amount of taste?

> And why?

Because the revised versions always look like shit?

Anonymous b901c639812ac4612fd98c78ce049988 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 20:58:37 UTC) ago, 44 minutes later (#57,493):

yes, they are being reproduced, but only the famous games like counter strike, warcraft III, StarCraft-i personally play StarCraft online and this game is like 10 years old and you can still order it online.I bought it last year and doesn't look 10 years old

Anonymous ea1cd5b2c10864a9de9ced00728a5d00 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 23:25:59 UTC) ago, 2 hours later (#57,530):

While the old producers and developers may not "refurbish" the games as much as they need to, you can find many games re-made by independent creators or clones of the games. The XBLA has many(too many, if you ask me) remakes of old games, including a just released vamped-up version of Galaga.

You just have to look reeeally hard.

Anonymous cf8a5e4182f5274461f5db93c22f105b (OP) replied with this 3 months (2008-09-04 23:32:36 UTC) ago, 7 minutes later (#57,533):

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Topic: Are old video games never re-produced?