Adaptation in Game: Consumer Rating Result for Remade and Remastered Games (1997-2022)

Old school games which gained their fame in the era of Sony PlayStation (PS) and PlayStation 2 (PS2) have made a comeback in different style. This adaptation work is known as remaking and remastering. The research objects are remade and remastered games in the latter consoles such as PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and alikes; without taking Personal Computer (PC) and mobile games into account. Qualitative method is used in the discussion of user rating and its effects on the research objects. The research aims to seek pros and cons of remade and remastered games by looking at ratings given by consumers from those adapted works. The result of this research showed how remade and remastered games rated low in comparison to original games. It is found from questionnaires and literature review that pricing and technical factors played role in the decrement of remade and remastered games rating as they cost more expensive while having little updates or bug fixes.