What are your thoughts on Remasters and Remakes ?

Of course this will be a very personal response from every individual. I just think it's an interesting discussion is all!

In my humble opinion, I don't think most games need remasters. Maybe it's because I grew up on PC and Emulators, and never had a guilty conscience going out of my way to acquire old games or putting in extra work to run a game riddled with issues. I see people having issues with old games all the time, so I imagine it must be the affinity I developed with time.

Of course, I don't think remasters aren't needed at all. I've played a few remasters that were definitely warranted! The most recent for me was the Warcraft 1 Remaster, as the first game was very rough in comparison to later RTS games.

But I can't take something like The Last of Us: Part 2 Remaster seriously. The game is brand new! A couple of years old and getting a remaster just is not needed. I'm glad it'll be on PC, but slapping the Remaster on the title feels like a cheap way to resell a game they recently released.

Again, maybe it's just that I've gotten too used to PC and emulation. I end up preferring just a simple port is all. I know on consoles it is way harder. Back when I had a PS4 and an outdated PC, I kept praying one day InFamous would come out on the PS4 or that backwards compability would be a thing (There was PSNow but it's not available in my country) and once I got my current PC I didn't even bother hoping anymore.

I'd like to hear people's thoughts here about Remasters and Remakes, especially since everyone I know is a PC user since wee kids so everyone has gotten used to just getting the game running one way or another. I image there are more console players in here and I'm curious to hear the general thoughts on this!