PlayStation VP Says "PS1 And PS2 Classics" A Terrific Opportunity


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The long-rumored, recently leaked existence of PlayStation 2 games joining the "PS One Classics" line comes a bit closer to reality, at least in the mind of PlayStation senior VP Peter Dille who calls the digital re-issues a "terrific opportunity." In an interview with IGN, Dille says that the PlayStation folks are "working really hard on" bringing more PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games to the PlayStation Store, not quite an official announcement, but another glimmer of hope.

"From our side, we're going through our own studio organization and trying to make sure all these old games are out there so that we can lead by example, but we're also communicating with all the third-parties about the success of the Final Fantasy games, and other PS1 and PS2 classics," Dille tells IGN. "By all means, I think people can look for more of that because once the third-parties see how this works, it's just found money. There's not a whole lot of work that has to go into it and once we can get it up on the network, it finds an audience pretty quickly."

With PS2 backward compatibility all but dead on the PlayStation 3 going forward, it would seem like some of that "found money" would be an attractive option for Sony. About as attractive as the rumored addition of Dreamcast games to the PS3 would be for me.

Maybe we'll hear something official closer to GDC or E3 this year.

Source: http://kotaku.com/5462621/playstation-vp-says-ps1-and-ps2-classics-a-terrific-opportunity

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I can definitely see myself buying some PS1 and PS2 classics that I missed out on the first time around (i.e. Shadow of the Colossus). Hell, I wouldn't even mind re-buying some games that I absolutely loved back in the PS1 days (c'mon Square, give me some Chrono Cross already).

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This could be great... depending on the price. I have no problems booting up my PS2 to play games (awww no BC boo-hoo). So if they are say, $30 to download a game, I could just go to the local used game shop and get it for half that.

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I need some Parappa the Rapper on the PS3 :)

Me too. :) This is obviously never going to happen, but I would love to see a bundle on there containing PaRappa the Rapper 1 and 2, and UmJammer Lammy!

But for now, I'd happily settle for Gitaroo Man, if that screenshot is real. :rolleyes:

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I would love to see a PS2 store come on-line. I for one would be happy to pay ?15 for some of the games I missed the first time round. One example would be SotC which sells for around ?25 used and is getting harder to find.

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