Virtuos

The Golden Age of Video Game Remakes and Remasters

• Remakes and remasters serve as a strategic financial hedge against the rising costs of developing original intellectual property in a risk-averse industry.
• Full remakes require a gestation period of nine to twenty-five years to ensure technological advancements are significant enough to justify a full-price purchase.
• Remasters are most commercially effective when released within five years of the original title to capitalize on hardware transitions.