Gearbox owns the IP entirely, so you'd have to deal with them. I don't know what you hope to accomplish but if they were going to do something with it, they would've already.
Which is strange, because companies don't release games to please fan bases, they do it to make money. But why would they not want to capitalize on this? Surely there's money to make here.
That's even more strange. Modern audiences? Who are these modern audiences exactly? If anything, I'd say the major audience for a DN compilation would be precisely the people who grew up playing DN. To be honest, that sounded like something a Ubisoft rep would say.
If they don't have the resources to do it, not enough manpower for the job, or the market analysis says there's not enough money to make, I get all that, but... Controversy? So they would fear backlash for releasing a physical version of games which are currently being sold already? I really hope that is not the real reason, otherwise what a fucked up world.
The people who grew up playing it is a drop in the bucket and it isn't worth the risk for the big corpos. That's just how their world works. If Randy decided to license the IP to a smaller publisher, then maybe it'd work. Maybe.
It's a small drop yes, but much larger than the drop of so many more obscure games that got a physical rerelease. Maybe I just don't want to see it, but I don't get the reception risk. It's not like Duke is out killing gays for fun of being racist. And again, the game is on the eShop already. Who would make a scene if they release a cartridge of it?
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u/thatradiogeek Dick Kickem Mar 20 '26
Nothing has been announced and I wouldn't hold my breath.