At the end of last year, Sony kickstarted its: "Only on PSN" marketing campaign. One of the best parts of this campaign, other than the great games that were released exclusively on the PSN, was the long-awaited introduction of Playstation 2 Classics on the network. With Sony removing backwards compatibility from most of the Playstation 3 models starting in late 2007, many gamers, including myself, were clamoring for Sony to release PS2 games in a format that we could enjoy. Starting in 2009 with the release of the God of War collection, Sony started to re-make/port many of it's best PS2 games to PS3 blu-rays, usually with trophy support. Though these collections have been a hit, there are hundreds of games from the PS2 backlog that would benefit from a second life on the network. Here are our top 5, in no particular order.
These classics need to make a return.
Pre-ordered mine a few days ago. Love this concept and hope there are more games announced. I can’t justify paying the prices for games that collectors are asking for. It’s the primary reason I own almost every console except the Neo Geo.
I've pre ordered one here in the UK, no games though, as I'll move it on for a higher price. The white model looks awesome, but as expected, the price is too high. We'll probably see more of those all in one cartridges from China containing every AES game. In the UK, AES+ game at £70 ($95) is better than eye watering prices for the originals, but these games are so old and I can honestly say SNK didn't release many classics. The Metal Slug series is the only series I rate, there were just too many Street Fighter clones and not enough scrolling fighting games. Overall, the Neo Geo was poor for all genres apart from one on one fighters. Videos on YouTube asking for games from that console generation to be ported to the AES+, but who'd want to pay £70 for Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2? There's a lot of SNK collections out there, the best being Metal Slug Anthology on the PlayStation 2. The Street Fighter Anniversary Collection on the Switch contains 12 games for around £30, instead of £840 if released on the AES+. For collectors, the AES+ is the best news since sliced bread. Are there enough SNK fans out there? Nowhere near. Those £70 cartridges will soon start creeping up in price and it'll be a re-run of the original console.
I always wanted one in the 90's but couldn't afford it. Now i can but i think if i get one it will be collecting dust fast. It's a nostalgia thing i guess.
LucasArts gave Jango Fett his own game in 2002, and it pulled Star Wars into a much dirtier, rougher, and more interesting corner of the galaxy.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
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.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
100% agree with article.
There was an article just submitted about Killzone being sold on PSN......
Black and Burnout 3 would be a good PSN buy. I wouldn't even think twice about buying them
1. Get a PS2
2. Get games you like for the PS2
3. ????
4. Profit
If you really cared about these games you wouldn't care what you play them on.
Killzone is confirmed for PS2 Classics. I'd rather have Okami HD. We need RPGs on PS2 Classics, such as Rogue Galaxy, Dark Cloud 1 & 2, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, etc.
Rogue Galaxy
Extermination
Kingdom Hearts
Dark Cloud
Primal