PlayStation 2 Games Coming To The PS Store?

Cwalat - 146 days 21 hours ago

If this is true, then i'm heeeaaaappiii!!!

@Kushan, down below...
You just pointed out something that i wondered, is it possible to port PS2 games on the PS-store ?

Then why aren't they doing that instead of trying to update the PS3 with emulators?

Does it cost more?

Is it because of the different coding systems?

Is it possible to port all PS2 games?

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iamtehpwn - 146 days 21 hours ago

to port the games over.

Epic games like God of War or Final Fantasy X would be a pain in the ass to recode.

Through emulation they're easier.
But depending on how the emulator is coded, we may see enhanced editions of our favorite Ps2 games, such an "HD edition".

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z-hayden - 146 days 19 hours ago

ico!!!!!!!!!!!!! i don't feel like paying 70 bucks for a decent copy on ebay. This would be nice for sure.

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DaTruth - 146 days 18 hours ago

Hope this is true; Finally could get my hands on Sotc! I had no idea that game was Ico 2 and so, it never entered my radar! Actually, I never really had a radar before N4G, I ended up with lots of crap games and missed a lot of gems!

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SolidAhmed - 146 days 17 hours ago

even though, i am a 60GB owner i would love to download some of the ps2 titles in my console. just imagine you been able to have the best ps2 titles in your beloved ps3.

SOTC
ICO
GOW series
Metal Gear series
GT series
GTA series
FF series
RE series
DMC series
and the list goes on

come on sony fans will die for that kind of improvement

my self i would buy a 250 GB or maybe more just to have enough space for me to build my own down loadable classics.

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Maddens Raiders - 146 days 16 hours ago

what number one said from every rooftop in the land............

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sniper-squeak - 146 days 15 hours ago

Phase out the PS1, and put all its games onto PSN for download onto the PSP. Then put all the classic PS2 games onto the PSN for download onto the PS3 and in the future, put all the PS3 games onto the future PSN store for download onto the PS4!

Oh and when the PSP2 comes out, put all the PS2 games onto the PSN for download onto the PSP2. :D

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EXCLUSIVEGAMER - 146 days 15 hours ago

wow.

im going to need to upgrade my storage.

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Delive - 146 days 15 hours ago

Very possible. But, as long as the PS2 is selling, They will hold off on bringing this functionality....... My take on it, but nothing solid.

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vhero - 146 days 6 hours ago

I been saying this for months when buzz! jungle party came out on the network. I mean its a shortened version but its still an exact rip of the game including graphics and menus etc.. It's definetly not a made for PS3 game it's a rip of PS2 version. It proves they are possible and Sony are holding off probably until they perfected an emulator.

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mfwahwah - 146 days 1 hour ago

Watch. SONY will drop the price of the PS3, release an update that has a PS2 emulator, and put a few PS2 games on PSN.

After that all of the PS2 owners out there waiting for a PS3 price drop will SWARM the shelves :)

That's my dream, and a reason for why SONY would want to do that.

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NJShadow - 146 days 21 hours ago

I'm not sure what creating a game save would have to do with the system asking you to turn it on or off. Unless you're referring to the fact that PSOne and PS2 games lack the in-game XMB feature, thus giving you the ability to turn off the system from that menu?

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lokiroo420 - 146 days 21 hours ago

Anyone have the game to try? Shadow I think you have missed a little of the speculation on emulation.

@below

sadly that is most likely the case, but with that patent being filed it does make you wonder.

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NJShadow - 146 days 21 hours ago

It's undoubtedly a port, but more importantly a first party port. The speculation wasn't necessarily regarding emulation, but the fact that PS2 games can be released on the PS Store with the possibility with more in the future despite the current lack of B/C and the possible return thereof.

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PirateThom - 146 days 20 hours ago

Those Buzz games have been on the EU store for some time. Best I can tell, they're cut down versions of the PS2 versionsof those games, essentially upscaled.

Remastered for PS3, but definitely not PS2 games running in emulation or otherwise.

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Kushan - 146 days 19 hours ago

NJShadow - Easy, if you look at ANY PS2 game, when you go to save it, a specific message appears, something like "Saving game, please do not turn off your PlayStation 2 System or remove the Memory Card (PS2)". So on the PS3, if it still mentions PS2 stuff, the original game is just being emulated. If it mentions, anywhere, the PS3, then it's running native on the PS3 since it'd have to be recoded for it. It's essentially an easy way to tell if its being emulated or not.

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mfwahwah - 146 days 1 hour ago

If they emulated it and put it up on PSN, I'm sure they could take the 5 seconds to change the text saying "DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR PS2" TO "DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR PS3."

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saf100792 - 146 days ago

It would take some time to actually recode it so if it does say ps2 stuff then most likely it is being emulated. Unless whoever they got to recode the game missed some stuff

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NJShadow - 146 days 21 hours ago

I would think that this would just be to supplement the Buzz! franchise on the PS3, but there's nothing wrong with wishful thinking. =)

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mfwahwah - 146 days 1 hour ago

I'm pretty sure that the BC PS3s can play PS2 games online so I'm sure it would happen.

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lokiroo420 - 146 days 21 hours ago

Thats fixed easily enough though.

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mastiffchild - 146 days 21 hours ago

Yeah, given you can download 5 times over you shouldn't really worry even if you don't like to upgrade your HDD.

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ThatArtGuy - 146 days 19 hours ago

You can download as many times as you need. You can only activate the content on 5 machines at a time.

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silvacrest - 146 days 20 hours ago

agreed

europe always gets the shaft even though sony makes most of its money here (i think)

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rayjelic - 146 days 15 hours ago

Your euro money is worth more!
so don't hold your breath to long you'll still get it because that would be a big deal right behind the FF7 remake even though it's not confirm. yet the sales could turn their ways ten times the amount

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mrv321 - 146 days 14 hours ago

I choose a name, so did most people.... there's no need to have the ability to change it because A) You use your email to sign in so you can't say 'I forgot my PSN anem' and B) There's simply no need to change it, it WOULD ADD NOTHING! I am playing Battlefield at the moment and I can invite people to my party, game and join there's and this is on PSN I think PSN includes this feature.

I hate people sending you email asking would you like to join me in Halo when I'm playing Gears of War, oh course I wouldn't like to join you I'm playing Gears leave me be. I have 70 friends usually like 9 or 10 online at a time, if I don't allways want these message.

Cross game chat I hear they are working on so quit your moaning, when I owned a PS3 we couldn't even access the xmb in-game.

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mfwahwah - 146 days 1 hour ago

Read up on your Eric Lempel interviews...

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Neo Nugget - 146 days 19 hours ago

Yes please.

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mfwahwah - 146 days 1 hour ago

PS1 games aren't ported over, I believe. That means they don't mess with the code. And I'm sure Square has better things to do than add trophies to FFVII on PSN. Like finish those handful of RPGs we've all been waiting for for so long now.

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mfwahwah - 146 days 1 hour ago

You're right, it isn't hard. People have made PS2 emulators for PC. What makes you think SONY of all people can't make a PS2 emulator. It's the fact that they want money for their PS2 sales for as long as they can.

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Obama - 146 days 13 hours ago

I got the 60gb version and all my ps2 games work. Which version do you have?

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