글로벌 비디오 게임 산업은 초창기 이후 놀라울 정도로 발전했지만, 그렇다고 해서 현대 콘솔의 초기부터 존재했던 타이틀에 대한 게이머들의 관심이 사라지지는 않았습니다. 할리우드에서 볼 수 있듯이 리마스터, 리메이크, 리부트 라이브러리는 지속적으로 성장하고 있으며, 향수를 찾는 게이머뿐만 아니라 원작이 출시될 당시 태어나지도 않은 많은 게이머들의 관심을 끌고 있습니다.
But game remakes do more than engage adults who grew up with titles that are now household names. They’re big money makers. Digital revenue for the top remakes nearly doubled between 2018 and 2020, and remake earnings surged in 2020 as familiar brands soared in popularity as people spent much of the year at home. Well-known game franchises like Mario Kart, Call of Duty, Smash Bros., Madden NFL, Assassin’s Creed 그리고 Dragon Ball were all among the 20 top-selling games last year.
We know that video game engagement skyrocketed last year, but the engagement spread well beyond dedicated gamers. According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), there are nearly 227 million video game players across the U.S. And while people 18-34 account for the largest group of players (38%), the ESA reports that 14% of players are 35-44 and 12% are 45-54. Additionally, 74% of parents report playing games with their kids. Not only does this highlight the broad appeal of gaming, but it highlights the engagement among consumers who will be familiar with nostalgic game titles, given the likelihood that they were exposed to them or played them as kids.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is the latest offering in the remaster/remake/reboot group, and it hit the market on July 16 for Nintendo Switch. While the original Legend of Zelda dates back to 1986, this offering is a high-definition remaster of the Skyward Sword installment of the franchise that came out for the Wii back in 2011. While the remake is largely unchanged from the original in terms of story and game play, it still landed on the top 15 list of most-anticipated games in the remastered, remade and reboot titles of the past eight years, among those that were tracked in Nielsen Video Game Tracking (VGT) data. The top spot belongs to Final Fantasy VII Remake, which, unlike The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, includes a significant amount of new game content. The remake came out last year, 23 years after the original Final Fantasy VII debuted.
While The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD came in at the No. 12 spot on the chart of most anticipated remaster/remakes/reboot games above, it took the top spot among the 11 titles expected to come to market in July 2021. Coming in with a Game Rank of 90, the title was more anticipated than an array of new titles, including Sniper Elite VR, Monster Hunter 2: Wings of Ruin 그리고 Samurai Warriors 5.
방법론
닐슨 게임 순위 데이터는 동일한 플랫폼의 이전 출시작과 비교하여 소비자의 전반적인 출시 전 기대치 측면에서 게임의 순위를 나타냅니다.
