{"id":125780,"date":"2022-07-11T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T07:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=125780"},"modified":"2022-07-11T09:52:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T07:52:01","slug":"the-last-of-us-part-1-ps5-remake-isnt-a-cash-grab-according-to-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/125780-the-last-of-us-part-1-ps5-remake-isnt-a-cash-grab-according-to-developer","title":{"rendered":"The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 remake isn&#8217;t a &#8220;cash grab&#8221; according to developer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Morrison, who worked on The Last of Us Part 1, has responded to fans calling the upcoming PS5 remake for The Last of Us Part 1 a cash grab due to it being listed at full price.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that it isn&#8217;t a cash grab as it&#8217;s a project that has received the utmost care and attention to every detail possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cIt\u2019s just a cash grab\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actually, it\u2019s the most meticulously built and crafted project that I have ever seen or been a part of in my entire career. The highest level of care and attention to detail possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/csjZ3kZMyG\">pic.twitter.com\/csjZ3kZMyG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Morrison (@RobertAnim8er) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertAnim8er\/status\/1545947888043302924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Morrison&#8217;s Tweet has garnered a fair amount of support from fans of the series on Twitter, with many indicating they&#8217;ll be picking up the remake.<\/p>\n<p>However, others pointed out that it was never a question of quality or attention to detail but the game being listed as a full-price title with no discounts to those who own the original versions.<\/p>\n<p>While remakes of games are known to be sold for full price given the work required to produce them, it is understandable why some fans are discontent.<\/p>\n<p>The PS5 version of the game isn&#8217;t its first remake but its second, as the game was also released for PS4 &#8211; both within a relatively short period of time when compared to other remakes.<\/p>\n<p>As such, fans who bought the game full price on both consoles may feel somewhat cheated at being charged full price for a game they&#8217;ve already purchased or have bought twice.<\/p>\n<p>The PS5 remake of The Last of Us Part 1 will likely, however, draw in new fans of the series, and as such, a full price is an understandable choice.<\/p>\n<p>How this discontent over the price will influence sales is uncertain, but given the vast support for the first of the series&#8217; two games, it&#8217;s likely to due well.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/125765-playstation-is-removing-movies-for-customers-libraries\"><strong>PlayStation is removing movies for customers libraries<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former developer on The Last of Us Part 1 has refuted fan claims that the PS5 remake of The Last of US Part 1 is a cash grab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":125408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[26360,26359],"class_list":["post-125780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-ps5-remake","tag-the-last-of-us-part-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125783,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125780\/revisions\/125783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}