why Betehsda didn't remaster morrowind instead of Oblivion

[DF^2]

Why remaster the IV and not the III Elder Scrolls??? non sense company

[Ghost]

Todd has said repeatedly that they don't want to, and frankly I wouldn't trust them doing it.

[Freeman]

Because it's the safer bet, and an Oblivion remaster would sell more copies than a Morrowind remaster, after all at the end of the day, more people have played Oblivion than Morrowind.

[Quarex]

Yeah for better or worse Morrowind came out at the tail end of the "ew, gross, look at those weirdos playing CRPGs" era and Oblivion at the start of the "omg on XBox u can even play CRPGs!" era so it is hardly a mystery as to which one seemed like the easier choice for a massive crowd-pleasing hit

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Quarex:

Yeah for better or worse Morrowind came out at the tail end of the "ew, gross, look at those weirdos playing CRPGs" era and Oblivion at the start of the "omg on XBox u can even play CRPGs!" era so it is hardly a mystery as to which one seemed like the easier choice for a massive crowd-pleasing hit

People disliked CRPGs back then? Strange.

[theo]

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Originally posted by Quarex:

Yeah for better or worse Morrowind came out at the tail end of the "ew, gross, look at those weirdos playing CRPGs" era and Oblivion at the start of the "omg on XBox u can even play CRPGs!" era so it is hardly a mystery as to which one seemed like the easier choice for a massive crowd-pleasing hit

People disliked CRPGs back then? Strange.

Back then people disliked video games in general, but at least you were less of a strange nerd if you played something with guns, cars, or sports

[Tay of the Lor]

Though I would love to see Morrowind remade with current gen graphics, I fear that they might try to modernize the game by adding quest markers and such and removing the need to consult with and read your journal to find out where to go. As well, I believe that you may not get called an N'wah by NPCs in a modernized version of Morrowind.

[Saurdaukar]

Morrowind also has dice roll system that was done away with in Oblivion. Dungeons didn't respawn either.

[Boshiken]

"It will be like a remastered version of the game!"

"The cumulative work of countless talented individuals"

https://modding-openmw.com/lists/total-overhaul/

only Graphics Overhaul

https://modding-openmw.com/lists/graphics-overhaul/

[Frid]

Originally posted by Freeman:

Because it's the safer bet, and an Oblivion remaster would sell more copies than a Morrowind remaster, after all at the end of the day, more people have played Oblivion than Morrowind.

google it:

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind sold over four million copies worldwide by 2005. By the end of 2002, it had sold almost 95,000 units in Europe, and by September of that year, that number had risen to 200,000. According to a Reddit post, Oblivion, the next main title in the series, sold around 3.5 million copies by the time Skyrim released.

[Freeman]

Originally posted by Frid:

Originally posted by Freeman:

Because it's the safer bet, and an Oblivion remaster would sell more copies than a Morrowind remaster, after all at the end of the day, more people have played Oblivion than Morrowind.

google it:

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind sold over four million copies worldwide by 2005. By the end of 2002, it had sold almost 95,000 units in Europe, and by September of that year, that number had risen to 200,000. According to a Reddit post, Oblivion, the next main title in the series, sold around 3.5 million copies by the time Skyrim released.

I never said anything about original sales numbers. As of 2015 though, Oblivion had sold 9.5 million copies. According to Playtracker, a total of 3.6 million Steam users own Morrowind, while a total of 5.6 million own Oblivion.

And given that Oblivion is available on more platforms, and is generally easier for newcomers to get into than Morrowind, I highly doubt Morrowind has sold more.

It's possible though, the latest sales number we have of Morrowind is from 2005.

[Captain Westwind]

Eventually the AI will advance so much we will just need to let it scan the game files and set some parameters here and there and boom the game is remade.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Captain Westwind:

Eventually the AI will advance so much we will just need to let it scan the game files and set some parameters here and there and boom the game is remade.

That would be kinda soulless...

[Captain Westwind]

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Originally posted by Captain Westwind:

Eventually the AI will advance so much we will just need to let it scan the game files and set some parameters here and there and boom the game is remade.

That would be kinda soulless...

It will be the standard just like McDonald's manufactured souless burgers. But if modders can access such a tool, oh boy, just wait. We are doing wonder voicing companions with AI for Skyrim, it's only the beginning!

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Captain Westwind:

Originally posted by Ikagura:

That would be kinda soulless...

It will be the standard just like McDonald's manufactured souless burgers. But if modders can access such a tool, oh boy, just wait. We are doing wonder voicing companions with AI for Skyrim, it's only the beginning!

Sadly I'm not big on eating fast food burgers...

[psychotron666]

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Originally posted by Captain Westwind:

Eventually the AI will advance so much we will just need to let it scan the game files and set some parameters here and there and boom the game is remade.

That would be kinda soulless...

Well that's how the oblivion remaster is.

AI basically did all of the work and some skeleton crew worked on the remaster in their spare time on the weekends. They didn't even bother correcting the AI spelling mistakes on signs when it upscaled them.

There's also a bunch of out of place AI voice acting added to the remaster.

So we're basically already there, they used AI to do all the work and some janitor in his spare time touched up the game a bit before releasing it. Give it a couple years and the AI will be able to do it all and that's all we're gonna see flooding the gaming market.