Not at all. That notion is based on the implication that people have all these old games on disc still but not the console to play it on, I don't think most people do. Unlike last gen, many ps1 and ps2 games are relatively rare to see for sale in physical form, and almost impossible to find outside of ebay.
I have zero interest in backward compatibility, I can play all of my 360 and ps3 games on their original consoles since they're really not that old, but PS1 and 2? I haven't had those in years. I don't want BC, I just want to be able to buy the games in digital form.

Who said no? It's better to have BC than not. But some games are easy to achieve while others are very rare. MS did a good job, even if late, with "BC" of XBO. I wish sony had the same interest. It's good to know that your shopping will not be lost on the next generation of consoles.

Just because you have no interest doesn't mean nobody else does. Plenty of people enjoy playing classic games on any console or handheld

Some PS1 and PS2 classics (read that they sold well) are either available in digital form (usually less than 4GB) or will be made available in digital format sometime in the future. It would be nice if I was able to put in my PS2 (DVD only) disk and get a free download (would always require the original disk for authentication) or a discount on the download (playable without putting the DVD in for authentication).

Actually many remastered "classics" can be purchased quite cheaply from PSN especially if you are a PS+ member. Sometimes you even get the odd freebie or at least 40% to 70% off the RRP.

What I just described could equally be applied to PS3 games although I do think that a remaster would probably be the better way to go. Lets put it this way if you have a PS1 game disk (all PS3's will play this) would you actually want to play this on your large screen TV since it will look very grainy?

Many PS2 games are graphically acceptable when played by a BC PS3 (or on a PS3 emulator) but most PS1 games are not that graphically pleasing. Yes, I know gameplay is more important than graphics but graphics do set the mood when playing a game.

You also have to remember that many PS1 and PS2 games were made for standard definition displays so you will most likely have letterboxing (left and right) on a modern displays, although some games did have the ability to switch to other aspect ratios such as the industry standard (ie. compromise) of 16:9.

They need to find a developer who can do it justice and bring it back to its glory days. Zipper is no more :(

It needs to be marketed toward the esports scene. I'd be on board day 0.

The problem you will find with multiplayer games is the fact there are far too many and if you bring back the "old classics" you will find that there will be fewer people who will play them regularly and this effectively spells doom (pun intended) for the game.

I won't deny that there are some games (ie. Team Fortress - 2007) that even though old are still very popular but most multiplayer FPS games enjoy a surge in players when introduced which slowly dies off when player interest wanes and they move to the next "shiny". How quick this happens depends on player interest and as an example take a look at Overwatch verses Battleborne.

You will most like disagree with what I will say next but even of SOCOM was remastered how many people would still play it (initially quite a few) and for how long given the number of modern FPS's available now?

FIFA 2005, the game that changed football gaming for the better (well, nowadays FIFA has sunk faster than the Titanic in quality since 2014, EA not bothering to sort out the gameplay (they're like 'why bother fixing the pitch gameplay when we can provide sliders, and if anyone does too good slap on coding to activate scripting!') and going for gimmicks and fads like Ultimate Team and now the Journey mode)

You do know why they did that right? Guess not but all PS3's that were compatible with PS2 games included the PS2's emotion engine. Sony removed the Emotion engine from later consoles to save money in manufacturing the consoles and in turn drove the prices of the consoles down. Even then, they were selling the consoles at a loss, meaning they were selling the consoles for less then they cost to manufacture.

Money grubbing Sony, who sold their console at a loss of over $100 per unit to provide backwards compatibility while people screamed that the console was too expensive? C'mon really? I get being upset. But, there's a bit of lack of perspective in this statement. You can fault them for many things. However, after continuous losses, they had to make a move to lower prices. PS2 chip was the sacrifice...and that was years later in the cycle.

Still, have "Champions of Norath" and there are no people online to play coop (I think the servers are down now) but the game can easily be played in single player mode.

Actually, you may want to look at Neverwinter since it is free (about 15GB). There are plenty of microtransactions but they are not really necessary for the games progression and they are not "in your face". The microtransactions in Neverwinter are not "pay to win" and are predominately cosmetic.

Unfortunately, my broadband connection to the Neverwinter servers suffers from lag on occasion so PvP for me is out of the question although the main campaign is definitely doable. Even queuing for a dungeon quest is fairly short (the most I have waited is about two minutes) and I have always found the players to be quite helpful although sometimes it can be a race.

Nine Souls does now.

Why did you have to remind me of that ending!? I thought I bleached it from my memory.

Or maybe a game of cat and mouse if they're so fixated on his death. This guy single-handedly killed half of the Fireflies. He's a wanted man. They find out where he is and start hunting him down. Ellie hates him now, but he doesn't want to get her into this mess so he leaves Tommy and the little happy town to not cause them trouble. Trouble comes knocking anyway. You play as both Joel trying to lay low and evade his hunters and Ellie setting out trying to find him. He either dies mid-way fighting for his life or meets up with Ellie, they make up, get in a tight situation where he defends her and still die.

Too much cheese, not enough shock, though.