Depends what people are salty for. If another company made this and ND kept their resources to releasing a game they're working on this generation instead of a PS3 game with upgraded paint, it'd be different. Their output has been trash from PS4 onwards relative to PS1-PS3. Also feels like Factions not being in this makes this an embarrassing cash grab because Factions as a standalone game is likely coming relatively soon, and it would kill some sales. Same reason they didn't release it for Part II.
If it had Factions as it should have, I'd have tripple dipped.
TLOU2 didn't have a MP mode shipped with it because the planned MP mode grew far beyond its original scope and they decided to spin it off into its on standalone project which we'll learn more about next year.
As for TLOU Part 1 not having a remake of the original Factions included, I'd have thought that would be obvious. They don't want to have yet another legacy MP mode that they'll have to dedicate support to for years when they've got a massive MP title for the exact same franchise coming that they're gonna be pumping a massive amount of resources into. If they sell a title with a MP mode then they are obligated to support to it for who knows how long and they're just competing against themselves with a dedicated TLOU MP game coming out.
Also what in the blue fuck are you talking about with, "Their output has been trash from PS4 onwards relative to PS1-PS3"??? On the PS3 they had released Uncharted 1, 2 and 3 along with TLOU. On the PS4 they had TLOU Remastered with the Left Behind DLC, Uncharted 4, Uncharted Lost Legacy and TLOU 2. Keep in mind that Uncharted 4 and TLOU 2 are FAR FAR larger than anything they ever put out on PS3. Right now on the PS5 we've got Uncharted Legacy of Thieves (ND did the PS5 version), TLOU Part 1, TLOU MP, Neil's new title and it's rumored that a TLOU2 Director's Cut is also in the works - and we're not even 2 years into this gen yet.
Thinking that if, "ND kept their resources to releasing a game they're working on this generation instead of a PS3 game with upgraded paint" just tells us you have no clue how this project came to be, no clue how Naughty Dogs development cycles were run at the time when TLOU2 wrapped and the situation they found themselves in, and no clue how beneficial this game is to them as a studio AND for their other projects. Not to mention this is the version going to the PC crowd, not the 8 year old PS4 remaster of a PS3 title. This is the definitive version for the new audience who will find this franchise with the TLOU HBO series and want to play the game.
We know from Jason's original leak that the cost for this project was in excess of a typical Sony remake... yet folks think it's a cash grab. 🤦♂️
