Capcom PS4 PlayStation 4

We hope that you're not fed up of re-releases, as put upon publisher Capcom has revealed that PlayStation 4 remasters are set to represent a significant part of its business moving forwards. The iconic Japanese company recently found significant success by porting Resident Evil – itself based upon the GameCube overhaul of Shinji Mikami's survival horror classic – to various modern machines.

"HD remasters of our catalogue hit titles will be one of our key business activities," the company explained as part of an investor Q&A. "Overseas, it is becoming difficult to sell these lower-priced and remastered titles at stores because of the declining number of stores and sales area limitations. Therefore, we started aggressive digital download sales activities."

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The organisation added: "For example, overseas download sales of Resident Evil in the past fiscal year were far higher than we expected. It is not a risk but rather the growth of the download sales channel gives users more options. We regard this as growth in opportunities to allow access for more people to enjoy our games."

So, while it may seem like a disappointing statement on the surface, there's nothing really too negative here – it's going to continue making new games, of course, it just sees additional commercial opportunities in remasters. And if this leads to the likes of Dino Crisis and Resident Evil 2 making overdue comebacks, it certainly won't be all bad. To be honest, with the publisher's revenue at the lowest that it's been in a decade, it looks like it could do with the money, too.

[source capcom.co.jp]