Award-winning developer Naughty Dog has pencilled a five o’clock shadow on rumours regarding some form of Uncharted Collection for the PlayStation 4. Acting coy at a The Last of Us Remastered press tour in London today, community strategist Arne Meyer said that it would be “really cool” to see protagonist Nathan Drake’s adventures upgraded on Sony’s next-gen machine, and pointed to the popularity of the platform as evidence of why it should happen.
“When we look at the PS4 generation, especially in the US – I don’t know what the general feeling was in Europe – there were a lot of people who are new to PlayStation platforms, and may have not played Uncharted [on the PlayStation 3],” he said. “It would be a good time for us to leverage all of the attention behind it and make it look better. It would be really cool to have.”
He added: “Since it's the first time that we're releasing a franchise across different platforms, it would be a good way to provide a way for our familiar players to go back and play the entire series with visual parity. I don't know if we're able to do that, but it's a really clever idea. It would be nice to see if we can figure that out and pull that off.” Considering that it’s just converted its other PS3 title to the console, we can’t see what could possibly get in the way.
In fact, we wouldn’t be surprised if this was in production right now. Group president Andrew House said recently that the platform holder is looking to leverage its previous platform’s library in order to get PS4 adopters up to speed with its most popular properties, and with Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End right around the corner, it really doesn’t get much bigger than this. You probably won’t see this compilation until next summer, but we’re almost certain at this point that it’s happening.
[source digitalspy.co.uk]
Comments 35
Could you Drake a worse pun, @get2sammyb?
You couldn't Drake this up
Seriously, this time next year... Uncharted Collection...calling it.
Jesus, @get2sammyb that was bad. x_x
Thank you all, I'm here all week!
Another remaster, really?
@sinalefa I think you're going to get a lot more yet. It really does make sense, though — if they want to sell Uncharted 4 to people who previously only owned an Xbox 360, it's good to get them up to speed with the series.
Now this is a collection I could get behind! Good value, with amazing games!
As a happy XBOX convert I'd gladly pick this collection up.
@Scollurio Uncharted 2 is amazing dude!
@get2sammyb And yet Microsoft has only announced Halo and Nintendo only made Wind Waker HD, so I think Sony is going overboard with these.
@sinafela They haven't gone overboard yet. Even if they made a Uncharted collection, I wouldn't say that is overboard. Anything else after that would be though.
Classic games deserve remakes!!! I'm still waiting for the mass effect collection!! And if I gotta see a god of war they should just do the entire series as opposed to only re-releasing accension.
@sinalefa Yeah, they probably are.
But the Wii U is backwards compatible, and the Gamecube games are all iterations that have superior versions already on or coming to the system (Mario Kart: DD, Mario Party 4, Smash Bros Melee, Animal Crossing, etc.)
The same goes for original Xbox, whose biggest hits were the Halo installments. They're also still supporting the 360, whereas the PS3 only started matching its sales recently; having a winning console right now is a perfect opportunity. If there's any console with a number of unsung hits that the converted need to play, it's the PS3.
@WickedKnightAl
I agree, but then again, wasn't that the idea of Playstation Now?
@get2sammyb and if the ps4 makes it into china surely these remasters will be big sellers.
Well...Sony did say ps4 remasters would "welcome back" Wii owners that skipped ps3.
@get2sammyb
This is all fine and dandy but Sony needs to stop God damn focusing so much on people who previously owned a 360 or Wii and start trying to get some of these games to those of us who have supported them each gen. An Uncharted Collection is great but not if it comes at the expense of 4 coming out in 2015.
@sinalefa Good point. Maybe they want to have several avenues available?
I'd guess that some devs were itching to up-res their titles, after squeezing out every drop of the PS3's power.
They also might not be able to make PS Now available everywhere yet (like China or certain European territories).
@WickedKnightAl @sinalefa Internet speed is going to be a big barrier for PS Now globally. I moved out of the US a few months ago and dont have the recommended download speed for PS Now. Plus most ppl would prefer to have a disc or at least download the game rather than streaming. People outside NA and the UK that is.
I don't think they should remaster Uncharted at all. I'm pretty sure Everyone that's interested in A Thief's End are already familiar with the franchise.
@Dohv I have never played an Uncharted game before since I never owned a Playstation. Yet I am very interested in the game and the series. Considering the fact that 1/3 of all PS4 owners did not own a PS3, I know the collection would sell really well.
I m ok with it as long as uncharted 4 come on time
More milking......this is getting ridiculous. Put out some new, original games! Give me a reason to own a PS4! Stop wasting our time with constant remakes this early in a generation.
And yea, what the (bleep) is PlayStation Now for then?
As an Xbox 360 owner last gen this is great news.
I'd be up for an Uncharted Collection more then I am for TLOU Remastered, the the Uncharted series was ace.
@WickedKnightAl Melee is the pinnacle of the Smash series just had to say it.
Well that escalated quickly!
My 360 convert cousin's are gonna be happy they missed out
@Gamer83 Oh, I 100 per cent agree. These need to be 'extras' in the lineup, and shouldn't be taking away from the original content in any way at all.
@Dual-shock-spok
I agree. I was an xbox 360 guy and would love to play some of the best ps3 stuff. I understand the ps3 owners want new stuff though too. You Playstation guys really should try mass effect if you haven't , it was really good.
I'd buy it...
Only had a X360 last generation so missed out on the PS3 exclusives and I'm sure there's tons of other people in the same boat.
I would love to see this. I just started replaying the first uncharted today and it's still a good game. Imagine if they updated the mechenics too, that would be pretty sweet. I would like to see it sooner that later though.
I would love to see this happen. I skipped the PS3 entirely so I never got the chance to play this series. I'm getting The Last Of Us Remastered, and I'd love to see this release before the new one comes out.
I'd gladly buy Uncharted 1-3 Trilogy PS4, even though I've already beaten the original PS3 games.
Only question I have is what would they do about the multiplayer? It might not be advisable or worthwhile to rebuild both U2 and U3 MP on PS4 (enough abbreviations there for ya?), ESPECIALLY if they had the full Trophy sets from PS3 (way too time intensive for completionists). But if they cut it, would people complain? Perhaps that would depend on the cost of the collection...surely $60 for all three games (or four...Golden Abyss love?) without MP would be a good deal. Of course, all this assumes that U4 still has stellar MP coming...which I don't think has been announced yet, so who knows? Whole thing's kinda complicated.
And of course, considering the size of the games on PS3, you could be sure this collection would take at LEAST two discs...more likely one per game outright, possibly depending on MP or lack thereof. Downloading? You'd have to be crazy...which I'm sure wouldn't stop some people.
Oh, and to those complaining this invalidates PS Now: No, PS Now has done a fine job invalidating itself between the horrible service and outrageous pricing. Yes, both of those could THEORETICALLY improve with time, but I don't think it's likely to be enough to matter. Collections like these are really the superior route where feasible. You just need to get a small enough team cranking them out that the rest of the crew can work on new stuff unimpeded.
If they did remake all the uncharted games, I wouldn't want just a lazy Sony 'up port' like they always do. I want them to do it like Nintendo with wind walker and REMAKE all the games, otherwise there is no point buying a trilogy as I have all 3 and they still look great, not so much the first one but would look amazing with ps4 graphics
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