God, I hope so. Sure, there's plenty of PSOne hits we've yet to see, but I've really been hoping for some PS2 downloads. You all know good and well that the system could pull it off. It was just a matter of waiting until Sony had it ready. So when?
While not official, the above picture gives me hope. This little gem comes from the N4G boards, where a board member claims this shot came from a Sony London employee. He says that a new PlayStation 2 Store will be announced at E3, and its launch is marked for late summer. And it's supposed to launch in Europe!
Of course, none of this is confirmed. But the screenshot looks real enough. If you squint (or use the larger one in the gallery below), you can see Metal Gear Solid 2, Fantavision, The Bouncer, Ridge Racer V, Smuggler's Run, Red Faction, and SSX. The highlighted selection, MGS2, lists for £12.99.
This line up, while pretty nice, reminds me of the current PSOne lineup: all early games. I'm not complaining, though.
Do you think this is legit? What other games would you like to see on PSN? What do you think about the pricing? Do you think these new selections are related to the recently cut backwards compatibility in the PS3?
[Thanks, Zulu]
Contest:
1:37 PM on 06.30.2008
| 
also quick bit of fun...its nice to point out that they would be cheaper than the Xbox Originals.
Don't you need it for cooking scrambled eggs?
I don't know man, some games are rare to find and expensive to boot. Ico is a prime example.
certain downloadable PS2 games with online components will also work over the PSN? or is that too awesome of an idea?
That's exactly what Microsoft seems to be doing to anyone who bought the Arcade bundle.
Also, what about storage space?
It may mean installing a new hard drive. At least you can get a laptop HD and come out fairly cheap.
This would be awesome, but I hope they do have the emulator for the 40gb soon as well.
As for being completely digital, it's way better. I cant loose a password in my head, but I can easily misplace a couple of cds. or maybe a volcano could erupt near my house. If I survived, I could still play the games in another ps3.
Or a flood. or a robbery, or.. leprechauns... you get the idea. The only way to lose digital copies is if sony somehow stops existing, if we are all out of ps3's in the world and the next generation stops accepting early downloads, or if we are dead. Unless I go to gaming heaven, where all games are always available, and I discover that I have super l33t skillz. In all of them. Even barbie adventures.
WHAT?!
*tears of joy*
i dont quite understand. its not an actual system built in like the 60 gig but it can play ps2 games.
anyways, being a 40g owner i like the idea of being able to download the rest of the mgs series. But, i would rather have a physical copy. so this emulator thing looks a whole lot better to me
Anyhow... this would really piss me off if this was some how NOT for the 40gig owners.
I'd spend $15 for a digital version (that's about what 12 quid is, right? I'm bad with the metric system)
But they need to get their priorities straight:
If the games can run from the hard drive (via download), then why the hell can't they address the issue on reading from the disc!?
I'd much rather they work on making PS2 games run on all PS3s than this. As it stands now, MGS3 on my 80GB PS3s is unplayable in certain areas because it's literally suffering from 50% slowdown (Groznyj Grad is painful to run through). That's not even mentioning the fact that 40GB models are completely shafted.
It's especially terrible because BC wasn't even cut to save money --- (like near-decade old PS2 hardware is expensive, lol!)
I believe since you posted we shall see him in 3....2.....1
But otherwise, this is cool.
I meant that in the bestest of ways Heretic as I can feel the love for dephect in every word you type as it flows through you like a fountain of purity.
It's nice to be able to keep something in the drive and be able to play other things off the hdd.
give me all the Silent Hill games modified to look good on an HD please and I'd totally buy them all again
I hope Zone of the Enders 2 and Ico end up on there. Also, could this mean 40 GB BC?
please make it so. i need the BC !
am i the only loser w/ a 40g model?
Yay backwards compatability!