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We can’t make anything new. Have the same old game in a new package.
Hilarious thing to say about a studio that literally released a new game in a new IP this month.
Honestly more commentary on the state of gaming in general with rereleases happening all the time. Bethesda did release Skyrim like five separate times.
But it’s not just Bethesda. Final Fantasy is getting remakes. Persona 3 is being remade. Blizzard is working on rereleases. The Resident Evil games are being remade. Like hasn’t resident evil 4 been released three times now?
Skyrim rerelease doesn't really change anything, I don't even think it cost Bethesda much to rerelease it. Your other listed games are remakes made from ground up. It's like comparing Indie games and AAA games in term of development
There's a good mixture. Some of the games I listed were literally just ports to he new hardware. Some were complete remakes. I'd say most of Skyrim lies somewhere in-between. It's the base game, plus the 3 DLC's, plus however many officially-sanctioned mods or platform-specific changes like for VR, Alexa (lol), or Switch. The re-release and different edition names are trying to set up boundaries and market the amorphous blob that most mod-heavy PC games are to console users.