Those are sequels too. Astro Bot is part of the Astro Bot IP. Astro’s Playroom was a pack-in game with early PS5s in fact. Sony saw it as their biggest IP (among the ones they could have a game ready for). Elden Ring is arguable if you think it’s new IP or if the popularity is due to being linked to the Souls IP. I didn’t count it when I thumbed through, but if you feel differently then that would be the answer.
The House in Fata Morgana - Dreams of the Revenants Edition - is a remake of The House in Fata Morgana.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I’m not too familiar with the playstation library, so that one’s my bad. Elden ring is similar to dark souls, but not a sequel and The House in Fata Morgana is a remaster/rerelease, not a sequel. Before those, it’s pretty sparse till around 2000, unless you also count The Last of Us Remastered as not a sequel, which it’s not.
Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2 weeks ago
The main point I was making was that these ‘sure bets’ resonate with people. It’s not just the money people throwing money at the wrong projects. Audiences (or at least the critics listed by metacritic) like the same things the publishers like: What they’ve seen before, but now with a larger budget.