Sony Pushes PSN Exclusives - PS2 Games on PSN...

[Guild McCommunist]

It's exciting that Sony completed their PS2 emulator. Hope we eventually get a MFW with access to it.

It seems to be a combination of emulation and recompiling. So it's not a full fledged PS2 emulator.

 

[Fear Zoa]

Dark Cloud1&2 please?

 

[dgwillia]

Give us Dark Cloud's, Radiata Stories, and Star Ocean 3, and i will be a Sony Fanboy for life.

 

[Ryupower]

Give us Dark Cloud's, Radiata Stories, and Star Ocean 3, and i will be a Sony Fanboy for life.

i have all 3 of them
for my ps2 (REAL copys)


but will buy them if they come to the PSN as i have a ps3 slim
and they are good games

 

[Velotix]

Hmmm.. I have all of them all ready. And I really don't feel the need to the buy them again. Nice that they are out again. Maybe this time they'll sell well..... Probably not....

Maybe a God Hand 2 will finally come out....

 

[Oveneise]

By rare they mean early games, but it would be nice if they added some games from late in the PS2's life as well.

What?

God Hand (2007)
GrimGrimoire (2007)
Odin Sphere (2007 (2008 for Europe))
Ring of Red (2001)
Maximo (2002)

God Hand, Grim and Odin Sphere are the games I'm most looking forward to since I've never played them and people seem to go on about them so much.

...Wait a second. Maximo is rare?! My local Half Price Books has a copy for $3 (in the case and everything). Should I get it?

 

[DarkStriker]

Do you want to pay more for PS2 compatibility.

I would.

 

[Nujui]

Eh, I have a good working FMCBed PS2 sitting right here. Not really interested.

 

[Zaiga]

I definitely want God Hand. Any word on prices for the games?

 

[TheDestroyer]

This whole idea of classic PS2 games on PSN still confuses me. What do they really mean by 'classic'?

To be honest, I never heard of those games in my life. Are these like the old old ones? How bout FFX or the likes? Are they considered classic or not? =/

 

[MEGAMANTROTSKY]

Does anyone know how much would it cost to to add PS2 backwards compatibility now? I can't imagine it would cost that much, given that the technology in question is over eleven years old.

 

[ojsinnerz.]

It's 2011, and some people STILL haven't experienced God Hand? It should be like, a game everybody must play, no matter what genre you like.

It's my favourite game of all time. ALL TIME. That game is why I buy everything touched by Shinji Mikami. Well, skipping ports and whatnot though, obviously. I would gladly rebuy it though, even if it means Capcom gets a bit of money.

 

[nl255]

So how long before Sony removes PS2 support (or at least blocks those games from running on a hardware BC PS3) from PS3s that have full hardware support for it to encourage people to buy the PSN version?

 

[Fear Zoa]

Give us Dark Cloud's, Radiata Stories, and Star Ocean 3, and i will be a Sony Fanboy for life.

i have all 3 of them
for my ps2 (REAL copys)


but will buy them if they come to the PSN as i have a ps3 slim
and they are good games

I went through 3 copys of dark cloud two, they died due to the wear from being played too much...Id love a non breakable copy

 

[Lily]

So how long before Sony removes PS2 support (or at least blocks those games from running on a hardware BC PS3) from PS3s that have full hardware support for it to encourage people to buy the PSN version?

If that's really what you think is happening, I have no words.

 

[ojsinnerz.]

So how long before Sony removes PS2 support (or at least blocks those games from running on a hardware BC PS3) from PS3s that have full hardware support for it to encourage people to buy the PSN version?

If that's really what you think is happening, I have no words.

Only on GBAtemp!

 

[Stephapanda]

Yes they didn't have ps2 compatibility because everyone was just buying the cheap ps2 games instead of the expensive ps3 games.
Plus everyone would not buy games cause they already have heaps of ps2 games.
But on PSN you need to buy them again.

Spoiler

I heard a FFX HD remake is coming up. :> I can't wait for that, as FFX is my favorite game in the Final Fantasy series. I'm also hoping for a ton of other PS2 games, like the Fatal Frame series, Star Ocean 3.. maybe .hack... *__*

Personally, I'm excited for this. Anyone bitching about their "need" to play their PS2 games on a PS3 (or their willingness to pay more for BC) can:
• Shut up and play them on their PS2
• Buy an older model with BC off Amazon or eBay or something

 

[Qtis]

If they're not emulated, they're ports (or partial ports). Making a port =/= copy the original game and just release it digitally. Some work is required and sometimes it's not very easy work. Reason why old games may not work on newer computers for example.. Also there are lots of games people should play and some of those are now becoming available via PSN. What really interests me is what happens to load times. Are they around the same as on the PS2 (with larger games or such)? Also more rarer games for a cheap price! In the end, unlike a lot of people here, a lot of people just buy the latest games. They may just sell their Black Ops when MW3 get released. The same people may not give a dung about PS2 compatibility and still make the majority of PS3 owners. You never know..


@people bitching: At least there are still PS2s being sold, unlike a lot of old consoles. The PS2 can also play PS1 games (like the PS3), which is something that can be valued. Basically with 2 consoles, you can play the whole library of games made by Sony (excluding PSP titles). Can you say the same with Nintendo? Microsoft has only 2 consoles so that's close to this. Nintendo on the other hand.. NES = Buy via VC, SNES = Buy via VC, etc. You get my point. Being a same type of media to load games (CD/DVD/BluRay) doesn't mean they can be loaded with a simple disc insertion..


-Qtis

ps. Inb4 "MY (insert console here) GAMES DON'T WORK ON THE (insert another console)?! THEY MAKE ME BUY THEM AGAIN?!". Instead this: "THEY GIVE ME THE OPTION OF PLAYING OLD GAMES ON A NEW (insert console here) YAY! ALSO NEW PEOPLE GET TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY!"

 

[shakirmoledina]

god hand is really awesome with its action combo and everything BUT too hard. i couldnt play around 20% in the game without codes.

awesome game but too difficult

enough about that, this is really cool. even cooler is the fact that the rare games are coming. its like, u wanna add something special inside an already special thing.

 

[ojsinnerz.]

god hand is really awesome with its action combo and everything BUT too hard. i couldnt play around 20% in the game without codes.

awesome game but too difficult

enough about that, this is really cool. even cooler is the fact that the rare games are coming. its like, u wanna add something special inside an already special thing.

Are you serious? God Hand wasn't too hard. It WAS pretty tough on Hard mode, but normal mode just challenges you.