Gamecube/PS2/Xbox remasters make much more sense than all these remasters of already HD games, IMO.
Agreed. I don't have a problem with remasters in general. The older games of the pre-HD era benefit greatly from the 1080p facelift, especially if you have ever tried playing an old console game on a newer HDTV....they look awful.
Everyone has their own viewpoint on the matter. In many instances, is it the developer cashing in on a cheap port? Yeah, sure is. But there are many games that I passed on in the past that I have picked up with their remastered version like the Metro Redux Collection. Similarly, there are games such as the Uncharted trilogy or The Last of Us that gamers who never owned a PS3 heard about but never got to experience.
Nobody is forcing you to buy a "remaster" of a game you already own. Sorry for the tangent, I'm done.