I really don't understand how you can compare that at all to a straight port of Chrono Trigger with ONE NEW DUNGEON.  That's completely absurd, man.  What point are you trying to make, again?

Oh!!!  See I was under the impression that people only ever bought Chrono Trigger multiple times, but now that you've helped me become aware that people also buy other games over and over again, I guess it's no longer a problem.  Because if it was only Chrono Trigger, that would be hurting the industry, but if it's every game ever then I guess it's not doing any damage at all huh.

Also more than half of the games you listed were SEQUELS, which is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from a direct port with a new dungeon, what part of this do you not get.

hahaha i just bothered reading your posts and wow your argument really is that sequels are the same as remakes with zero new features.  do you understand the concept that halo 3 had ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONTENT than halo 2?  like dude it does not matter if it's the same core gameplay mechanics at all; that's not what we're talking about.  we're talking about content, and sequels have radically different content whereas ports/remakes... don't.  if you're saying "but you still hold a gun its all the same shit!!!!" then you really do not get what we're saying at all.

holy shit your profile says you are twenty, how have you survived this long.

I get what your saying with content ETC. But the majority of people buy games for the gameplay.

But if the content and gameplay are exactly the same then what's the point of dropping $40?  Especially when a sequel is what you really want?

Ok, here's a scenario.

Square-Enix puts a poll on their website.  The poll is very simple.  It says:

"We aren't sure which game we should make next, but we've narrowed it down to two possibilities. 


1- The first is a true sequel to Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross that ties up all of the loose ends. 

2- The second choice is a direct port of Chrono Trigger for the DS complete with an added dungeon and touch screen capabilities. 


You can only choose one game and we will only be making one of these two choices, effectively scrapping the choice that loses the poll."


Think really hard about this because it's basically the choice you have before yourself right now.  I would almost stake my life on a bet that everyone that is going nuts over CT DS would much, MUCH rather have option 1.  That being the case, why is it so hard to realize that the events in this poll are essentially what's happening?

The logic is that by not buying a game like this you can send a message to SE that you want original games, not direct ports.  But, I suppose you could buy this port if you want more ports because that seems to be what's happening.