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E3 2015: A Lot of Nostalgia For Old Games

Posted by samzenpus on from the what's-old-is-new dept.

_xeno_ writes: E3 2015 saw a lot of game companies banking on nostalgia, but much less hype for new games. While the biggest thing coming out of Microsoft's press conference was undoubtedly the Hololens, the biggest buzz from E3 was probably Sony's announcement of Square Enix's announcement of a remake of a two decade old game (Final Fantasy VII), seconded by the announcement of a sequel to a fifteen year old game (Shenmue). Nintendo announced mostly new sequels as well. Ultimately, though, it isn't surprising that the biggest buzz is around old games. Old games are a known quantity, while truly new games are — well, new. Who knows if they're going to be the next classic or not?

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  1. Fuck share by Snotnose · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Put a share icon in the upper right, like everyone else does. Don't replace "read comments" with "share".

    Jeez Dice, why are you trying so hard to drive your users away?

  2. 2015 by TheCreeep · · Score: 5, Insightful

    2015. Also the year for nostalgia for the old slashdot without the dumb Share button after every story.