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PlayStation 2 classics have debuted on PS4 – and it’s pissed people off

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This weekend, Sony released a number of its PlayStation 2 classics on the PlayStation 4. Just a handful of games are available right now:

  • Dark Cloud — $14.99/R218.00
  • Grand Theft Auto III — $14.99/R218.00
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — $14.99/R218.00
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — $14.99/R218.00
  • Rogue Galaxy — $14.99/R218.00
  • The Mark of Kri — $14.99/R218.00
  • Twisted Metal: Black — $9.99/R149.00
  • War of the Monsters — $9.99 /R149.00

This isn’t quite the PlayStation 2 backwards compatibility that PlayStation fans were expecting, or hoping for – and it’s gone right up some people’s noses. The biggest issue for many seems to be the fact that they have to buy their games again.

“Having these titles available on PS4 is already incredibly exciting for us, but we did not stop there. We have brought these titles forward to meet today’s gaming standards by adding Trophy support!” Sony says.

“Each title’s Trophy set has been carefully developed in conjunction with feedback from the original creators to be sure that they capture the spirit and feeling of each game.

Also, you will be able to experience all of these PS2 games like never before — in up-rendered 1080p with the features you expect from a PS4 game including Remote Play, Live Broadcast, Share Play, Activity Feeds, and Second Screen support for game manuals with PlayStation Vita or PlayStation App.”

They’re essentially the old games, up-scaled and given trophy support and very little else. If you happen to have bought those games before, whether physically or digitally, you’ll have to buy them anew on the PlayStation 4.

This is quite a bit different to how “backwards compatibility” on the Xbox One works. Pop your 360 disc in to the Xbox One, and you’ll download a digital copy of said game to your new console, using the disc as a key to play.

Of course, Sony’s PlayStation 2 compatibility isn’t quite “backwards compatibility,” something Sony worldwide president is keen to make quite clear.

Naturally, the whole thing’s got people’s feathers ruffled.

“This is an absolute slap in the slap to the people who purchased PS1/2 Classics on the PS3,” says one angry PlayStation fan. “I can’t and won’t support this. There’s nothing stopping those games from transferring over to the PS4 other than Sonys own greed. I’m glad Xbox is killing it right now with all of their updates and true backwards compatibility. Somebody needs to remind Sony why the PS4 had success in the first place. Good luck explaining to a casual player how the fragmented PlayStation Ecosystem works (doesn’t) across multiple machines.?”

“What a kick in the nads, Sony.” Says another. “Microsoft is starting to swing the vote in their direction and rather than making the smart move and emulating PS2 and PS1 classics, you’re taking the douchey corporate money grabbing route. PS4, for the players? More like “PS4, for the cash”?”

Last Updated: December 7, 2015

76 Comments

  1. James Anderton

    December 7, 2015 at 15:33

    Sony,

    You dun fucked it up!

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      December 7, 2015 at 15:51

      Agreed

      Reply

  2. Umar

    December 7, 2015 at 15:34

    • Hammersteyn

      December 7, 2015 at 15:51

      huehuehue

      Reply

    • WitWolfy

      December 7, 2015 at 17:06

      More like SALT in my dick!!

      Reply

  3. The Sten

    December 7, 2015 at 15:36

    These Playstationers are a rather sensitive bunch aren’t they?

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      December 7, 2015 at 16:04

      Yeah well, one moment it’s smooth sailing then wham! Iceberg

      Reply

      • Jan Prins

        December 7, 2015 at 16:05

        Oyceberg. Fixed it for you.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          December 7, 2015 at 16:07

          O_o

          Reply

    • WitWolfy

      December 7, 2015 at 17:06

      Why qould you something like that?!?!

      Reply

    • iusedtobe(a)regular

      December 8, 2015 at 09:11

      I doubt the guys ranting on in this article even own a PS. Sounds like MS trolling to me.

      Reply

  4. VampyreSquirrel

    December 7, 2015 at 15:37

    Mistakes were made!

    Reply

  5. Uberutang

    December 7, 2015 at 15:38

    Sony: Milking gamers since 2000

    Reply

  6. Greylingad[CNFRMD]

    December 7, 2015 at 15:40

    Imagine for a second, you trade your car in for a new one, let’s say a brand new BMW, they come back to you and say, hey, you remember those wheels you had on your old car, those aftermarket ones you put in, we’ll gladly support you in putting those back on, also, that spoiler and the turbo charger you built in? Yep, those too, Oh, and lets not forget the “mustard” stains on the backseat…

    Then when you get the car and you ask them to do that, sorry, there’s a premium attached to it…

    Reply

  7. Ottokie

    December 7, 2015 at 15:40

    Today has been a lot of work at the Salt mines xD

    Reply

    • VampyreSquirrel

      December 7, 2015 at 15:42

      Due to sweat or just people rubbing Salt into wounds?

      Reply

      • Ottokie

        December 7, 2015 at 15:44

        Due to all the games from the 90’s being attacked today xD

        I will stand my ground 😛

        Reply

    • Umar

      December 7, 2015 at 15:43

      Cholesterol running high

      Reply

  8. Mistake Not...

    December 7, 2015 at 15:42

    I understand what these people are saying, but…seriously, calm down.

    Reply

    • WitWolfy

      December 7, 2015 at 17:13

      No!! I like bitching too much!!! Dammit…

      Reply

  9. HairyEwok

    December 7, 2015 at 15:43

    We’ll give you backward compatibility….. at a price off course.

    Reply

  10. Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

    December 7, 2015 at 15:47

    LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

    Reply

  11. DragonSpirit009

    December 7, 2015 at 15:47

    I can understand why some people are upset but their reactions is just silly.
    In my eyes if you want to play an old game you already/still have it and still have to console, then hook it up and play it. Why buy it again? Just to play it on a PS4? That is just wasting your own money.

    Reply

  12. Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

    December 7, 2015 at 15:48

    PC gaming 4 LYF

    Reply

    • HairyEwok

      December 7, 2015 at 15:50

      at least Windows won’t ever say games aren’t backwards compatible.

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        December 7, 2015 at 15:50

        Yeah, because DOS Box is so awesome

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

          December 7, 2015 at 15:56

          AND FREE!

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 15:57

            There’s a reason it’s free.

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 15:57

            Aye, because it is awesome

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 15:58

            *facepalms

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 15:58

            …to take away the sonyburn?

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 15:58

            Were’s Pieter? He’ll love this

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 7, 2015 at 15:59

            Fainted from pure joy.

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 16:01

            Been a hard year for him 😛

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 7, 2015 at 16:03

            #StayStrongPieter

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 16:04

            Stahp! huehuehue

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 16:02

            Bwahahahahaha

        • Ottokie

          December 7, 2015 at 15:58

          I think Sim farm is the only game on my DOS Box

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 16:00

            Red Neck rampage, wing commander, space quest, gabriel knight. these are a few of the top of my head I have that uses it. It fee;s wrong, like it’s on life support

    • Hammersteyn

      December 7, 2015 at 15:50

      Except for the 10s of millions that picked consoles

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

        December 7, 2015 at 15:57

        So if 10s of millions put a cactus up their sphincter, you will too?

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          December 7, 2015 at 15:58

          There’s no way 10s of millions would do that…. then again Biebers selling quite well

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 15:58

            Point Admiral

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 15:59

            Point nothing. Maybe if more console exclusives were on PC like Destiny for instance.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 7, 2015 at 16:00

            Oh god no. We’ve already seen the whining FF7 has caused, I don’t want to see even more when console gamers hear about their exclusives being released on PC too.

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 16:01

            LOL

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 16:01

            Hahaha, this

          • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

            December 7, 2015 at 16:01

            I don’t give a tiny rat’s ass about exclusives, all games, on all platforms!

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 16:03

            But it’s not, so we have to choose. Same old argument will arise.

  13. D4RKL1NG

    December 7, 2015 at 15:48

    “We have a system for those who don’t wanna pay..It’s called a Playstation 2” -Don ‘the jacket Mattrick’ if he was working at Playstation

    Reply

    • Geoffrey Tim

      December 7, 2015 at 15:50

      He’s too busy rolling in Zynga money to be sad.

      Reply

      • Darren Peach

        December 7, 2015 at 16:36

        tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

        Reply

      • Eric Woodley

        December 8, 2015 at 01:53

        He’s not even doing that, Zynga canned him after less than 2 years there. I would say he was ruining them, but they were doing that before Matrick came along, he only helped

        Reply

  14. Original Heretic

    December 7, 2015 at 15:50

    Reply

  15. Hammersteyn

    December 7, 2015 at 15:51

    I’ll buy Battlefront 2 again

    Reply

  16. Hammersteyn

    December 7, 2015 at 15:52

    Hopefully we can now look forward to PS2 games a part of PS+ instead of just indies.

    Reply

  17. Lardus-For the Emperor!

    December 7, 2015 at 15:53

    It is more like giving a re-master than backwards compatibility…what is the big deal? Whiners…

    http://www.quickmeme.com/img/49/49a360b15c4a1e03684be8bbbbf8d62b3047524a11cafbde92ba39b410937e9c.jpg

    Reply

  18. Hammersteyn

    December 7, 2015 at 15:54

    Yoshida meant to say, We didn’t build in backwards compatibility, so we’re gonna charge you for that oversight.

    Reply

  19. Jan Prins

    December 7, 2015 at 15:58

    Guys come on. Every game today is a recycled/slightly tweaked game of yesteryear. So why cry over old games when you can play the same game, albeit differently skinned?
    Trolling.
    Seriously though, is the library of console games so limited that you have to go back to old games to find something worthwhile to play?

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      December 7, 2015 at 16:01

      Like I said, Battlefront 2

      Reply

      • Jan Prins

        December 7, 2015 at 16:07

        That game is so old, it will run on my grandmother’s Pentium 2. (DId I mention my Grandmother is a monster over-clocker? )

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          December 7, 2015 at 16:07

          Still better than the new Battlefront

          Reply

          • Jan Prins

            December 7, 2015 at 16:09

            Hey what would I know? I am the local Sims addict, remember?

          • Hammersteyn

            December 7, 2015 at 16:21

            XD

  20. Francois Knoetze

    December 7, 2015 at 16:29

    ok I am all for the ps2 games coming back but this is not the way to do it. But seriously the bitching HAS GOT TO STOP. New thing comes out MOAN MOAN bitch bitch…price hike MOAN MOAN Bitch BITCH…episodic MOAN MOAN BITCH BITCH…I am as annoyed as Darryn’s other article and you know what? All I see is this: https://media.giphy.com/media/13AXYJh2jDt2IE/giphy-facebook_s.jpg

    Reply

  21. Darren Peach

    December 7, 2015 at 16:32

    Does anyone still actually own PS2 games anymore ?

    Reply

    • Eric Woodley

      December 8, 2015 at 01:54

      …… I do. Also an OG Xbox…….. And GameCube.

      Reply

    • iusedtobe(a)regular

      December 8, 2015 at 09:18

      Right here, 150 of them in-fact and yes I own the console too.

      Reply

  22. WitWolfy

    December 7, 2015 at 17:05

    Bought all those PSX and PS2 games on PS3 for nothing… Excuse my French but this is bananas!!! All of a sudden Xbox One cant do no wrong.

    Reply

    • BringBackRucking

      December 8, 2015 at 09:22

      “Wrong” is a matter of perspective.

      Reply

      • WitWolfy

        December 8, 2015 at 09:39

        Explain.

        Reply

  23. forever_rachel

    December 7, 2015 at 22:01

    First time I see something as ridiculously unfair as Nintendo’s Virtual Console lol.
    I mean, they are forcing people to emulation/computer gaming. Wonder why.

    Reply

  24. MakeItLegal

    December 8, 2015 at 08:35

    lol…….isnt this the same as the ps2 to ps3 transfer , rebuy all the game you already bought ? lol lol lol lol , hello steam , hello gaming on desktop BF4 then going straight to my laptop and play skyrim , omg SONY FAIL

    Reply

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