On 4 October 2011, Playstation launched a “Only on PSN” campaign in the US, where some classic PS2 titles like God Hand and Odin Sphere became available for download on PSN.
While Eurogamer has already reported that the campaign will be US-Only, Sony’s Andy Stewart has confirmed on Playstation’s EU blog (read the comments) that at least the content from the campaign is “on route (sic).”
There is currently no ETA.
So what does this mean?
Well aside from gaining some pretty decent classic PS2 titles; this announcement has spurred speculation about seeing more PS2 titles making their way onto PSN.
While it’s logical to assume that Sony might be testing the waters – seeing how willing PS3 owners are to fork over cash for PS2 games they’ve likely bought already in the previous generation – I wouldn’t wager much on that for two reasons:
Firstly, the titles on offer aren’t exactly the most graphically intense games out on PS2; and could arguably be run easier via emulation software than, say, Shadow of the Colossus.
Which is why the latter got an HD remake.
Which is actually my second point – Sony are currently enjoying quite a large success with their HD collections, with fans of “classics” practically gagging on their own drool, begging for more.
I can hear it now: fans who get a PSN-PS2 release, complaining about how those “evil Sony [expletives] ” gave them the short end of the stick by not making their favourite, obscure PS2 title HD.
How this new potential PSN category plays out, remains to be seen.
For now, be happy that some cool PS2 classics will be downloadable on PSN soon – with possibly more to come.
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