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Sony explains why PSOne Classics have no set release dates

Examiner: 'Ever since Sony announced PSOne Classics for the PSP and Playstation 3, new releases have been inconsistent and often appear suddenly without any prior announcements. Grace Chen, Senior Manager of the PlayStation Store, explain why this is the case on the comment section of the Playstation.Blog:'

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sinncross6085d ago

Licensing is a massive reason for the shortage of PS1Classics for Europe, I assume.

Since for something to be Ok'd for the European PSN, it has to be Ok'd for each country and in some cases, PS1 games were published more then one publisher in Europe depending on the country.

Pity, but understandable. Hopefully this doesn't mean that PS2 games on the PSN, when they do eventfully arrive, will take this long to materialise

Knightrid8086085d ago

You nailed it.

Its annoying when you see people who don't understand this b!tching at Sony for not bringing the games on the Playstation store. If anything, they should be doing that to the publishers themselves.

Bathyj6085d ago

Whats even more annoying is that Australia gets lumped in with Europe and misses out because of your problems.

Bloody hell, its enough to turn a man to drink.

And spare a thought for NZ, Australias Canada, you just know they get it even worse.

ReservoirDog3166085d ago (Edited 6085d ago )

I just want FF VIII. Is that so much to ask?

I don't care if sony, the publisher, ms, nintendo or the ghost of hitler is the reason why I don't have it. I just really want it.

ReviewsArePolitics6085d ago

"Its annoying when you see people who don't understand this b!tching at Sony for not bringing the games on the Playstation store"

Uh, it's Sony's responsibility to make their PSN service more appealing to people, and to convince third parties. It may be Sony's fault that third parties are not as interested in supporting PS1 downloads right now. Either way, everyone has to pressure Sony AND the third party publishers, but Sony has to actively make their service better. If third parties don't want to sell on PSN yet, they may have a good reason and in the end it's Sony who has to allow it to happen because its their service.

Whitefox7896085d ago

It just got released to the Japanese PSN so we should be seeing it soon.

Unless they have it on the front page as advertisement instead of featured content.

SaiyanFury6084d ago

Yeah Sony recently released FFVIII on the Japanese PS Store. They also released FF Tactics on the PS store and it came out on the US Store about a month later. We can hope.

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table6085d ago

I stick with the hard copies anyway. That way they will be valuable in 10 - 15 years.

Sprudling6085d ago

Most likely not if that particular game can simply be downloaded from PSN instead :]

Whitefox7896085d ago

I actually just bought a copy of Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen; Case, Instruction Manual, Cover Art, and of course CD all for $25 instead of just downloading it off the PSN for $6

DaTruth6084d ago

I can't play hard copies on my PSP, where I do a majority of my PSone classics playing! That is why I'm looking for Tenchu 1 on PSN, even though I have the hard copy!

That game has the perfect format for portable gameplaying!

Carl14126085d ago

What i don't understand, is that...

If the rights have been all sorted out, and the game has been released on the US store, why can't it be released on the EU stores? Surely if all the rights are agreed upon in one market, they're agreed upon worldwide? It's not as if there are different voice actors etc between the US/EU

PELVIC THRUST ACTION6084d ago

Different rights. What may be just one company in the US is multiple in Europe. Plus it has to get rerated by Pegi just like the US has to get their games rerated by the ESRB.

Erich Rhoemer6085d ago

they need to put mgs 1 on the european psn store asap

XXXCouture6085d ago

im pretty sure theyre working on it

Cajun Chicken6085d ago

Also still don't have Crash 2 but do have Crash 1, Crash 3 and CTR. Any REASON for THIS Sony?!?

NecrumSlavery6085d ago

I haven't really seen the reason they haven't just dumped the entire PS One library into the store. Even japan gets classics 5-10 at a time.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot70d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle69d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7769d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer78d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde76d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy77d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12576d ago (Edited 76d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7778d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga78d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit77d ago (Edited 77d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199277d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga77d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac77d ago (Edited 77d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman77d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger77d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box78d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion77d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7278d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7577d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit77d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14978d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7778d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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