Sony Computer Entertainment President Andrew House told Eurogamer that his company is ready to use the PS4 to showcase titles that Wii owners may have missed on PS3.
“Our big opportunity is to welcome back an audience much earlier in the lifecycle that possibly bought into the Wii previously,” House said. “Our consumer data suggests some of those people are already coming in now and that’s what’s contributing to the really great sales we’ve had.
“I hesitate to say this because I know committed gamers may roll their eyes about it,” House continued, “but there’s an opportunity with some of the remastering or re-imagining from PS3 franchises that will potentially find an audience that hasn’t played them in the previous generation because they skipped that generation.
“That bodes well for us as a platform, but it bodes well for developers and publishers as well. I’ve always looked with envy at the movie industry about what a great job they’re able to do with taking content and making it work. Disney is the best example of this, right, of taking classic content and reintroducing it to audiences over time.”
The Last of Us Remastered appears to be the first title with this strategy in mind, available at the end of the month on PS4.
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