Reposting this because nobody saw it earlier

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We don’t need another Banjo-Kazooie
We don’t need another Mirror’s Edge
We don’t need another Splinter Cell

In an ideal world, I’d like nothing more than new entries in my favorite franchises. Having another masterpiece to add to the shelf? Awesome. Some people would be willing to pay hundreds of dollars just to play a new game in a series that has been dead for years or even decades. But this is not an ideal world. And the more I’ve lived that experience of seeing dead franchises coming back with new games, I’ve come to realize that we’re better off without them, and I’ll explain why.

1. YOU STILL HAVE THE OLDER GAMES
It’s not like they’re gone forever. Whether through emulation, backwards compatibility, or PC ports, we have more access to dead franchises than ever before. Why would you even need a new entry to look at if you can play the originals that you already know you love?

2. CURRENT GAMING LANDSCAPE
Video games are a product of their time. A racing game from 20 years ago is almost nothing like how they are today. So naturally, a new entry in a series will be almost nothing like how it was in the early days. Now every game needs to be open world, live service, and full of microtransactions… no matter the genre. Absolutely the last thing I want is for my favorite franchise to fall into that.

3. THEY DIVIDE FANBASES
Halo 4. Paper Mario. Do I need to say anything else?
You can’t control what the developers will put into the newest game. What if they change key aspects that made the originals great in the first place? They did it with Monkey Ball, and the original fans hated how they changed the physics and movement, and defenders claimed they were simply blinded by nostalgia. All of a sudden, the entire fanbase who loved the games are split. If the new game didn’t exist, we wouldn’t be having that discourse.

4. IT WILL NEVER OUT-DO THE ORIGINAL
When is the last time a dead franchise came back decades later with a new game that was considered the best one? Go on, I will wait. And remakes don’t count, that’s cheating.

Slap happy rhythm busters and planet dob who's fandoms literally vaporized: (the games were never released outside Japan and the games would be an absolute hit if they were)