old games getting new prints today

[Anonymous No.7717398]

why don't more companies reprint their old games?

the obvious answer is so that they can push people to buy new sequels or full priced remakes over clearanced original copies.

but square enix has no problem selling new final fantasies, and selling full priced ports and remakes, while those old games are still available for purchase on the original discs, on their website.

even then, nintendo specifically could absolutely sell reprints for the original MSRP. I really can't think of a huge reason for studios to not take advantage of this.
at least the studios who could print the specialized media

[Anonymous No.7717403]

Nintendo will never do this.

[Anonymous No.7717413]

>>7717403
Nintendo will always think they slick.

[Anonymous No.7717440]

Sega should start re-manufacturing their old consoles (except for the Shiturn, since that thing has nothing redeeming about it whatsoever and deserves to be erased from existence).

[Anonymous No.7717510]

>>7717398
Pretty sure they've just been selling the same old stock for years.

[Anonymous No.7717532]

>>7717440
Honestly, I'm surprised Sega hasn't been churning out seg CD through dreamcast games over the past few years.

Even limited run is getting in on it. You'd think Sega would have rereleased their first party stuff by now. It's not like they have a new console that they'd rather push fans to upgrade to.

[Anonymous No.7717548]

>>7717510
Nope, they're newly minted copies.
Evident by the fact that they're pressed onto generic silver backed discs now instead of the classic black.

[Anonymous No.7717553]

>>7717510
It wouldn't surprise me if they just had warehouses of old unsold vidya sitting around.

[Anonymous No.7717558]

>>7717548
>Evident by the fact that they're pressed onto generic silver backed discs now instead of the classic black.
Is there any reason these couldn't be new copies from like 2001? Serious question.

[Anonymous No.7717564]

>>7717548
Wow that blows. Black discs are half the appeal

[Anonymous No.7717568]

>>7717440
...using obsolete components not made for decades.

[Anonymous No.7717587]

Most companies would much rather skip the costs and hassle of manufacturing and just release the rom as a digital purchase.

Why they don't just do THAT more often, I don't know.

[Anonymous No.7717623]

>>7717558
these games were still being made as black discs back then. at some point they added them to their website for order, and they're all silver. the ps2 games also lack the ps2 logo on the back of the disk iirc.


considering you could still get black discs through sony up until at least 2005, idk why they would opt out for silver anytime before then.

they also go out of stock, and go back in stock, and have been doing that for years. so to me it sounds like they're just making more as demand calls for it. it also wouldnt make sense that they would have overstock of all of these games: https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/games/all-games

idk what kind of deal they have with sony that lets them continue to print copies of these games, but it also applies to their psp, ps3, some DS titles. because those are still being restocked long after sony and nintendo shut down orders for more media. i guess you can get those kinds of deals when you're as big as SE.
my guess is that either SE themselves are making these, or they have some plant doing it. otherwise i see no reason the PS discs wouldn't be labled or colored.

idk it's weird, but it's cool they're still available. keeps the prices low

[Anonymous No.7717654]

>>7717564
Yeah i feel like collectors will pay more for the original print black discs

[Anonymous No.7717657]

Why would anyone willingly buy FFXII?

[Anonymous No.7717664]

>>7717623
this is how i got my copies of most square enix games i have
thanks SE, please put ffviii on there though

[Anonymous No.7718015]

>>7717654
there will always be the people who these don't appeal to, but it still lowers the demand of the originals, and means that there is more supply on the market

[Anonymous No.7718040]

anyone got a full list of these releases so I can know what to look for when potentially being scammed?

[Anonymous No.7718046]

I wish I had got the ds dragon quest games from their website when they had them.

[Anonymous No.7718120]

>>7717553
Yeah that's my theory and I'm sticking to it. There were silver-backed discs made during the PS1/PS2 lifespan.

[Anonymous No.7718128]

>>7717623
Fascinating stuff. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.7718207]

>>7718015
Exactly, short sighted fools cannot see the bigger picture.

[Anonymous No.7718273]

they reprinted raidou kuzunoha a few years ago, scooped them up before they got expensive again

[Anonymous No.7718287]

>>7717558
This is new stock. Some companies like Sega and Square Enix in particular will reprint anything for you if you meet their minimum order quantity. This is how the Square RPGs and Yakuza are widely available new.

[Anonymous No.7720623]

>>7717398
>dawn of mana

Wtf why? It's the worst Mana game

[Anonymous No.7720632]

>>7720623
In a world where children of mana and that rts one exists, kind of hard to think dawn is the worst one.

[Anonymous No.7720681]

>>7720632
children is actually fun and really fun with a bro to play with. The RTS one is weird but playable. Dawn......is full on unplayable after the second chapter and is an absolute slogfest with empty worlds and shitty bosses. I really wanted to like it.

[Anonymous No.7720698]

>>7717398
Maybe this is cheaper to do for disc-based games, but Nintendo's first disc-based game was gamecube, which has a very small install base.

But this would explain literally any other company for PS1/2 games so i dunno, just spitballing

[Anonymous No.7721139]

>>7717398
physical media is dead

[Anonymous No.7721249]

>>7718207
If they made 5.000 more carts and sold them for 30% more they would still sell all stock FAST.

Nintendo is top retard. If they made more SNES Classics and sold them for $400 they would be sold out day 1. It's bloody retarded.

[Anonymous No.7721967]

>>7721139
tell that to my kickass DVDs

[Anonymous No.7722145]

>>7717623
>i guess you can get those kinds of deals when you're as big as SE.
Sega has done it too, they reprinted a bunch of PS2 copies of Yakuza and Yakuza 2 back when Yakuza 0 came out in the west and made the series actually popular over here.

[Anonymous No.7722241]

>>7717398
I didn't know any company was doing this. Wouldn't it be better to just get the remasters though for some of these? Like FFXII for example?

[Anonymous No.7722250]

Why don't they sell a translated version of FF-XII IZJS?
I mean, I have that game already, patched myself, but it's as an iso file.
I'd buy an official patched version if I could get one. The original game is trash.

[Anonymous No.7722265]

>>7722250
What the hell are you talking about? It's on last gen systems.
Unless you mean release an official ps2 version that wouldn't make profit at all these days.

[Anonymous No.7722320]

>>7717510
Yeah I'm sure Chrono Cross was originally made by Square ENIX >>7717548

[Anonymous No.7722329]

>>7717398
Why can’t they reprint the black label versions? No one wants the ugly Greatest Hits versions.

[Anonymous No.7722356]

>>7720632
Children of mana isn't bad, it's just a different type of game. It's a quaint little hack and slash with great music.
If you aren't sold on the gameplay, try it in multiplayer. It's better that way

[Anonymous No.7722359]

>>7722320
Oh shit yeah good point, I didn't even notice that part

[Anonymous No.7722375]

>>7722329
Black discs probably need Sony's manufacturing but I could be pulling shit out of my ass

[Anonymous No.7722383]

>>7721249
>If they made more SNES Classics and sold them for $400 they would be sold out day 1.
Why would they do that? They sell for less than $100.

[Anonymous No.7722387]

>>7722265
I don't own systems last-gen.
I want the PS2 version. Isn't that what's in OP's pic? They have the original physical version for sale.

[Anonymous No.7723598]

>>7722375
Wasn't there a rap artist years ago that wanted a black disc for their album, so they went through sony to get it? If memory serves they also went the extra mile and made it color change to white when it heated up

[Anonymous No.7723608]

>>7717398
Too bad this is only the case for america

Wouldve loved if they offered this for europe

[Anonymous No.7723674]

>>7723608
The world is definitely eager to dig up 50hz PAL bullshit again

[Anonymous No.7723697]

1. So that they can sell them digitally back to you on every new system they release.

2. Nintendo will never do this because they still see themselves as a "toy" company and thus everything has to come in an overpriced plastic package so 38-yr old coomllectors will buy it.

3. Some companies don't want you to revisit their old games because current management considers them "dead IPs" or "incompatible with their current brand."

4. Arcane Japanese licensing contracts and IP laws.

5. In some cases the source code has been lost.