MoshTMA wrote on 02/19/18 at 20:03:04:
I still don't see how TM1 having online would split the community. TM1 fans are TM2 fans anyway, and World Tour's online wouldn't be hurt because it'd remain the more popular option among that group of fans. For every 80 players playing TM2 there would be 20 players playing TM1 at most.
Without online TM1's return would be pointless since it's multiplayer would go to waste. the only thing they could do to make an offline TM1 interesting would be to redo the text endings to match TM2's comic book style of endings. and to add a challenge mode.
TMBO and TM2's online modes existing at the same time on PS4, that'd split the community most likely. It is not easy deciding which is the better option because each have their own merits and it would be hard to give each equal time. An argument can also be made that TM4 & Head-On might steal away TM2/B players a situation where those games had online multiplayer too, although those games returning is not happening, as are the chances for Small Brawl, TMIII, & TMX. Sony already decided that TM1, 2, and Black are the only games they can make any money on, although I don't think they are necessarily right. They could also try and do like the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1&2 remasters -- release a bundle of a couple remasters that you could buy individually rather than as a bundle... for example, have a TM1+2 Remaster for about 30 dollars & a TMB+TMBO Remaster also for around that price, & you could buy them individually to save money or buy them as a slightly discounted bundle. That way people have the option of saving money and picking their chosen poison since not everyone who loved TM1/2 necessarily loved TMB/TMBO (just like how not everyone who loved Ultimate Alliance 1 loved Ultimate Alliance 2). And if one happened to be more successful than the other... then it could influence the direction that the series goes in the future.
I think having 2 online components to TM1 and TM2 would lead to some sort of divide among the player base. Plus that's 2 servers Sony has to run and possible monitor for balance, that's too much cost for a project that needs to be cost-efficient.
If you have just TM2 be online you have the userbase completely under one roof and you don't have some users going over to TM1 or flipping back and forth.
I am all for more Twisted Metal and I love the raw and unique nature of TM1 so I would love to see a combo of TM1 and TM2 HD for 30-40$ with both games having online components. But I just don't see Sony doing such a project for both cost and pragmatic reasons. I think at best you get TM1 levels (Rooftops and Suburbs) added into the TM2 maps like they did in the original.
Once again I would love to see TM1 online, but just looking at it pragmatically I don't see Sony doing it. I also think that the cost point has to be kept under 30$ sure more content like having 2 online games justifies the price for hardcore fans but you need to get a lower price point to attract the casual market which is less likely to spend 40$ on a pair of HD remaster with 2 online components. That extra online component is going to only appeal to hardcore fans.