I wouldn't worry. When they added Vita support any supported game tied to your account could be downloaded free of charge. They'll do the same with the PS4.
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Eurogamer: PS1/PS2 games heading to PlayStation 4
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I wouldn't worry. When they added Vita support any supported game tied to your account could be downloaded free of charge. They'll do the same with the PS4.
Poetic.Injustice
Member
Don't see them adding higher res options, that would break a lot of games.
badcrumble
Member
Here comes the best version of Silent Hill 2!
TheKastorian
Member
Fantastic news.
dapperbandit
Banned
I really hope this works out.
SMT: Nocturne or bust
It'd also be nice to get Crash Team Racing and Tekken 3 so that I actually have a use for my second controller.
SMT: Nocturne or bust
It'd also be nice to get Crash Team Racing and Tekken 3 so that I actually have a use for my second controller.
Andrefpvs
Member
Also, this news coupled with this patent make for very interesting predictions.
I think I'd even pay a very small upgrade fee to have my purchased PSone classics support HD rendering of assets and PSN stuff like that patent I linked.
I think I'd even pay a very small upgrade fee to have my purchased PSone classics support HD rendering of assets and PSN stuff like that patent I linked.
DrROBschiz
Member
Well no shit
I would be puzzled i f they didn't do this.
PlayStation noe is a nice service but given consumers choice and reliability. .. especially when you have a unified account system and emulators handy
It Just Makes Sense
I would be puzzled i f they didn't do this.
PlayStation noe is a nice service but given consumers choice and reliability. .. especially when you have a unified account system and emulators handy
It Just Makes Sense
Bill Rizer
Member
OK. Now release that Shinobi + Nightshade pack I've been waiting for the last 5 or so years, do it in 1080p60 and PS4's existence is justified with this alone.
SolidSnakex
Member
GT4 still looks so good
shinobi won't beat me to the punch again!!
Laptop screwed around with me, sorry.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Oh man. Getting to play all the classics I missed having only owned an N64 and an OG Xbox would be incredible. Do it Sony. In Cerny we trust.
ramuh
Member
Lol. Maybe thats all they should do for 2014. Getting Suikoden 2 (with all the translation, region stuff) sorted out and released. And I'd like Vandal Hearts 2. As soon as they said PS1 Emulation, my wishlist has exploded. I wouldn't mind playing something like RE 2 upscaled or something.
I have a feeling that if they streamed the catalog, we'd be getting a lot more titles than through emulation.
They could potentially make an awesome PS2-like hardware server that streamed PS2 games with no need to custom code an emulator for each title.
Now they're going to have to tinker with the emulator for each game.
They could potentially make an awesome PS2-like hardware server that streamed PS2 games with no need to custom code an emulator for each title.
Now they're going to have to tinker with the emulator for each game.
Liamario
Banned
It's not news, it's a rumour. Has no more credibility at this point than Tim Dog's opinions.
DrROBschiz
Member
They arent going to turn away easy emulator sales you kidding me?
What do you think has been putting up these big digital numbers for them lately?
ramuh
Member
This is great. the money i sunk into the ps1 classics won't go to waste, I'd be very very surprised if they allow the use of ps1 and 2 disk's mind you...
I doubt it will just let you pop in your PS1 Spyro and play away. Probably strictly through the PSN.
nrvalleytime
Member
That's true - however, because the PS2 is more recent than the PS1, it might follow that pricing pattern. There are few games at that price point, but surely the demand for PS2 games on a new system - after nearly a generation of unavailability - would rationalize their decision to price the games higher.
Not saying I like it, but it's a genuine concern.
makingmusic476
Member
Thank the gods.
Not a big deal on a home console compared to Vita though as you can just setup a US account to buy the games and then play them on your EU account.
Probably. They didn't let you when they added PS2 software emulation for the classics.
In the unlikely event they did work, I would expect a 360 BC situation where some games work and some don't.
FullMetaltech
Member
Good Stuff. Id like to play alot of the older games like parasite eve and dark cloud. Only issue i see is that people wont need to get NOW unless theyd like to play past PS3 games instead.
Rimon-hanit
Member
Retroactive crossbuy for Odin Sphere and god hand will be fantastic( don't think I own any ps2 discs anymore only started collecting last gen).
I really really doubt that it will support discs.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
If there's a steady stream of downloadable content for this, or it works with discs, this might be the PS4 killer app for me personally.
I just can't see how this makes financial sense for any publisher or Sony. It's something I would love to have, it would be amazing, but I can't see how publishers would want me to be able to just pop FFX in and play it upscaled instead of spending $40 on the remastered stuff. Obviously I know that specific version has more enhancements than just rendering at a higher resolution, but I think for most games the higher resolution would be good enough for me to not double dip on a re-released game.
somesayyea
Member
fantastic news...if true
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Physical PS1 games were playable on PS3 as were physical PS2 games on older PS3s. I think the latter models don't play PS2 games (even the ones that have a digital release) from DVD simply because there's probably some trickery going on with the emulation of those digital PS2 classics, since PS3 isn't good enough to emulate most PS2 games that well. PS4 has a physical disc player, so they should be able to add support for physical PS1 & 2 games.
Linearskillz
Member
I would love this so much.
PSOne is obvious since it's already on PS3/Vita, but PS2 seems trickier. Obviously there's already some PS2 games on PSN (Persona 3 FES for example), but the selection is still extremely limited. I wonder what kind of licensing issues they would face and how many games would actually end up on PSN. I worry publishers would opt to keep their PS2 games off PSN so they can HD-remaster and sell them again later. It took a long time for the current PSOne collection to be where it is and even still there are some obvious omissions (Suikoden II where are you?).
PSOne is obvious since it's already on PS3/Vita, but PS2 seems trickier. Obviously there's already some PS2 games on PSN (Persona 3 FES for example), but the selection is still extremely limited. I wonder what kind of licensing issues they would face and how many games would actually end up on PSN. I worry publishers would opt to keep their PS2 games off PSN so they can HD-remaster and sell them again later. It took a long time for the current PSOne collection to be where it is and even still there are some obvious omissions (Suikoden II where are you?).
