EA not remaking the classic NFS games is baffling

[Lego]

I don't know if racing games really need remakes. Just make better ones now. Need for Speed Underground 3 for example.

Like the only reason Burnout Paradise got remastered is because they're refusing to make a new one. They think it won't sell?

Go back to the early-mid 00s and the Underground games were always one of the top selling games of the year.

 

[infinityBCRT]

I would love a modern day remake of Porsche Unleashed.

 

[sublio]

I'd love a remake of the first NFS Underground, that game was awesome.

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Agree with you. That is a good old racing game.

 

[Soundscream]

I'm getting old.

Entered the thread expecting this when classic NFS was mentioned

 

[Afrikan]

OP When you said classic, I thought you meant Road & Track Presents Need For Speed... and part 2 and part 3 (original Hot Pursuit).

I'm not to found of the open world ones.

 

[Sems4arsenal]

Its a bandwidth issue, EA has a lot of money but they dont have infinite teams, so the NFS team is busy working on new stuff and if they were to outsource a 3rd party to start doing HD remakes of stuff ... well, knowing how EA operates it would be come "a thing" and then you would get a bunch of red tape thrown at it and who knows when it would get done.

EA generally means well and a lot of talented people work very hard, but sometimes they cant stop EA'ing all over themselves. The recent Command and Conquer is an outlier since Laura Miele was part of the original game and this was a point of pride for her

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Don't make a new NFS then.

A Hot Pursuit 2 or a Underground remake will sell as well if not better.

 

[Segaswirl]

I keep my PS3 Slim hooked up just so I can still play the older PS1 NFS games (Yes I prefer them over the PC versions, apart from Porsche 2000).

I think Burnout 3 and/or Revenge should be remastered and brought back online before anything else though. When it comes to online racing Paradise just doesn't do it for me. I get better online racing out of Dangerous Driving than I ever did with Paradise.

Hot Pursuit 2010 being remastered is really nice though. Online racing on this was great too, I hope it has crossplay.

 

[XaviConcept]

Don't make a new NFS then.

A Hot Pursuit 2 or a Underground remake will sell as well if not better.

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Thats something that needs to be proven and not, you know, because of your feelings. Conventional numbers dicate new games do better than remasters and if youre gonna do a full remake, you might as well make a new game.

 

[Dr.Phibes]

Good to see someone else confused by 'classics' referring to the later games and not the first five. I don't think NFS2 needs a remake as it's pretty much perfect already, but I'd love to see the real classic (pre-Underground) games made available for digital distribution. I still have my old discs kept safely stored, but I'd rebuy them all in a moment digitally.

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Yeah, that'd be a good start. Though I'd kill for an arcade racer full of 90s cars in a current gen engine.

 

[Sems4arsenal]

Thats something that needs to be proven and not, you know, because of your feelings. Conventional numbers dicate new games do better than remasters and if youre gonna do a full remake, you might as well make a new game.

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Nostalgia sells a lot more, surely?

 

[XaviConcept]

Nostalgia sells a lot more, surely?

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Exceptions apply but traditionally it does not sell more. Remakes sell to a fraction of the fanbase of the original game, so that can put a hard cap on your sales estimates but a new game potentially attracts a much bigger, more current fanbase. For instance, if they made a -new- Hot Pursuit that catered to old fans and new as a brand new entry, that has a lot more potential sales than a HF2 remake

(worked for EA for over 6 years, I know how they roll)

 

[ShinobiOfTheWind]

Someone asked the NFS Twitter if it was a tease for an Underground remake or Underground-themed DLC for Heat. Their response:

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lol no

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Huh?

So, if isn't a remake/remaster of the UG games and not an in-game track or DLC to Heat, what did they imply by tweeting it then?

 

[chrominance]

Huh?

So, if isn't a remake/remaster of the UG games and not an in-game track or DLC to Heat, what did they imply by tweeting it then?

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lol no(thing)

 

[GlitchyDegree]

Edit: SSX 3 as well, can't believe that game isn't on modern consoles.

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The OG Xbox version is playable on Xbox One (& on Series X most likely) & even got a digital release.

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[Mass Effect]

I honestly don't know how this isn't a thing. Everyone and their mother is remaking games right now. Yet, EA are sitting on a gold mine of classic NFS titles like Most Wanted, Underground, and probably the best one -- Hot Pursuit 2.

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They did "remake" Hot Pursuit 2. It was the 2010 Hot Pursuit game.

Same goes with Most Wanted.

 

[SheriffMcDuck]

The OG Xbox version is playable on Xbox One (& on Series X most likely) & even got a digital release.

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Thank you.