PlayStation’s constant re-releases and remakes are a slap in the face

Remakes and remasters are nothing new to the video game industry. They have existed in some form almost since the beginning, with plenty of NES games getting remakes on SNES. Those remakes were distinctly different than remasters, despite the two terms feeling almost interchangeable in online discourse. That isn’t the fault of players alone, but publishers who have muddied the definitions. Remakes are meant to be completely transformative and rebuilt versions of a game, while remasters keep the same core but justify themselves in other ways. PlayStation is at least honest about what is a remake and what is a remaster but it is completely abusing its brand to sell us remasters for games that have no business being remastered in the first place.