Fan-Favorite PS2 Games Launching on PS4 Tomorrow

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Fan-Favorite PS2 Games Launching on PS4 Tomorrow

Hello everyone. As we continue our celebration of the PlayStation 20th anniversary, we want to take a look back at the heritage that helped propel us to the brand that we are today. PlayStation 2 holds a special place in the hearts of many gamers who have fond memories of playing some of the biggest franchises in gaming.

PS2 remains the best-selling console of all time, thanks in part to the revolutionary tech built into the box, such as support for the DVD format for games and movies, a powerful graphics processor, and specialized chips for particle effects and physics. Above and beyond the technical innovations that made PS2 stand apart is the huge catalog of amazing and much loved games, such as Dark Cloud, Twisted Metal: Black, and the PS2-era classic Grand Theft Auto games, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, just to name a few.

Fan-Favorite PS2 Games Launching on PS4 Tomorrow

To celebrate our PS2 heritage, I’m excited to announce that starting tomorrow, you will be able to purchase and play PS2 games on your PS4 via PlayStation Store in the Americas and Europe.

We are getting things started with a bang by launching with eight fan favorites tomorrow:

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

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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! 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.

And if you’re attending PlayStation Experience in San Francisco this weekend, you’ll be able to play these PS2 games on PS4 at the show floor:

  • Dark Cloud
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • PaRappa the Rapper 2 (coming soon)
  • Rogue Galaxy
  • The King of Fighters 2000 (coming soon)
  • The Mark of Kri
  • War of the Monsters

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We will be working tirelessly to bring you your favorite PS2 games with new releases on a regular basis, and we hope you love playing PS2 games on PS4 as much as we did making them! So tell us, what PS2 games do you want to play on your PS4?

Long live PlayStation!

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  • Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi 3

  • Getaway black Monday was one of my favourite games on the PS2. Would be nice to have it on the ps4!

  • I would like to see:
    -Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3
    -Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3
    -True Crime NY

  • damn at those prices, but GTA3 and trophies… im in.

  • Dragon Ball Z Budikai Tenkaichi 3

  • Def Jam: Fight For New York!!!!
    …please

  • Sony please can you bring back dragon ball z tenkaichi 3 and infinite world because I love drag-n ball z games and tenkaichi 3 was the best ever on ps2 so please bring tenkaichi 3 back

  • DBZ BUDOKAI TENKAIECHI 3 and INFINITE WORLD on PS3/PS4 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

  • 1. Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Budokai 3
    2. Shadow of the Collossus
    3. Lords of the Rings: Return of the King

  • !!~ Castevania Lament of Innocence ~!!
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    !!~ Castlevania Curse of Darkness ~!!
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    !!~ Castlevania Curse of Darkness ~!!
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    !!~ Castevania Lament of Innocence ~!!
    !!~ Castlevania Curse of Darkness ~!!
    !!~ Castevania Lament of Innocence ~!!
    !!~ Castlevania Curse of Darkness ~!!
    !!~ Castevania Lament of Innocence ~!!
    !!~ Castlevania Curse of Darkness ~!!
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  • PLz do Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Infinite world

  • WE WANT DRAGONBALL Z BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 3 AND INFINITE WORLD ON PS4!!!

  • Dragon ball z Tenkaichi 3 or Dragon Ball Z infinite world so i would love to play them in 1080p
    Shout out to Rymestyle

  • Please tell me I’m not the only one who really wants star ocean till the end of time to come. I believe it would be a perfect candidate for this feature.

  • Great idea with one huge problem you shouldn’t charge people who brought the classics on ps3 already. That just seems and sounds wrond. Even if you have to eat the cost. Your stiffing your faithful gamer otherwise and it makes your competition look better.

  • Amazing! I remember playing Dark Cloud every time I went to visit my older sister when I was a kid, and it truly was a magical and amazing experience, but I never knew the name of the game, and I didn’t understand English in the slightest, so it was hard to make any real progress. Now, however, it’s going to be amazing go back as a seasoned gamer and experience the full game! =D

    I also wanted to add that I think this is a huge step in the right direction for Playstation as a brand! What makes Playstation good and loved by so many people is the vast library of amazing games that we have played as we have grown up, and I know at least for me, many of these games and experiences have been magical and will never be forgotten! :)

    Making it possible for your consumers to access EVERYTHING that has made Playstation to the great brand it is today is truly a huge and important long-term plan that will make the future for your consoles and services much better! I hope to see PSN become a timeless service where people can access everything Playstation has to offer, on whichever platform or device is new at the time :)

  • DRAGON BALL Z BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 3 PLEASE !!!!!!

  • We WANT DBZ TENKAICHI 3!!!!

  • Sony please can you bring dragon ball z budaki tenkichi 2 it’s a game that a lot of people want to play so please add it

  • Please, Champions Return to Arms. I Love this game!!

  • Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi 3 & Infinite World!

  • Please do this for Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2, and the Conflict Desert Storm series!

  • BRING BACK DRAGON BALL Z BUDOKIA TENKAICHI 3 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Give us Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi Budokai 3 and Dragon ball Z Infinite World and Digimon Rumble Arena 2 If you could!!

  • Playstation could you add DRAGON BALL Z BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 3 pretty please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Dragon ball budokai tenkaichi 3 and infinite world
    Please!!!!!

  • Metal gear solid 2&3 please Sony

  • Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi 3
    and Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi 2

    The best Games In My Life

    why?? well:
    2 has the best OST’s.
    3 Has the best game play.

  • Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi 3

  • No one has even said “Champions of Norrath: Realms of Everquest, and Return to Arms.”

    Or “Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, and Dark Alliance 2”.

    How about these four games?

  • So no disc recognition to avoid having to repurchase games I already own. Sigh. Nickel and dime.

    • So much for “as long as the Playstation brand exists backwardsbcompatibilty will exist”. Really starting to hate Sony’s attitude these days…

    • I totally agree. It is even worse not allowing that glorious “unified account system” we have to recognise those games already purchased on PS3. And I don’t access excuses of Sony adding trophies and features… PS2 games on ps3 are 9.99 and now on PS4 they charge 14.99, some would think that that difference in price is the cost of the upgrades made to the titles. Why don’t they charge only 5 for those games I already have then.

      If PlayStation keeps doing these sort of things only those sheep-minded would stay as customers -the same that are asking for this or that game, instead of pushing for a true business model that could allow Sony to earn money from those who didn’t purchase the game before while allowing the ones that did to feel respected and valued.

      This just feels wrong. And it is a huge missed opportunity.

  • Gran Turismo 2 is a MUST!!!!!

    • I know it was on PS1 but it needs to make a comeback.
      All of the Gran Turismo games need to become playable on PS4!

  • Could you please put Star Ocean till the end of time JRPG PS2 on Via playstation store for ps4. I want to play the game. =(

  • BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 3 and INFINITE WORLD PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • What time will they be in store?

  • The warriors, crash bandicoot, sponge bob squarepants games!!!!!!!!! Don’t forget those.

  • Metal Arms: Glitch in the System

    Warcraft 2

    Age of empires

    Metal arms is an amazing ps2 game that people have just forgotten about but i bet loads of people would love to see it come back if they knew it still existed

    the other 2 are for fun :)

  • #KOF00 ON LINE MULTIPLAYERS!!!
    ADD KOF94 ~ KOFXI (KOF98UM/KOF02UM) and Street Fighter Alpha series all on line multiplayer,for all players have their own arcade indoors!

  • I know most of my games are in need of licensing issues but here goes

    Been wanting to play this game for ages!!!
    MARVEL VS CAPCOM 2: NEW AGE OF HEROES

    OUTRUN 2006 COAST TO COAST
    HYPER STREET FIGHTER 2 with online play! ;)
    MEGAMAN X COLLECTION
    CAPCOM CLASSICS COLLECTION
    SONIC MEGA COLLECTION
    BURNOUT 3: TAKEDOWN

  • Dragonball z tenkaichi 3 please. For the DBZ Community

  • Please add the James Bond games from the PS2!

    * EVERYTHING OR NOTHING
    * NIGHTFIRE
    * AGENT UNDER FIRE
    * FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

    If you have to choose, please either EVERYTHING OR NOTHING or NIGHTFIRE!

    I’m sure any of these games probably won’t get much attention in the voting category, but I hope this request is atleast seen.

  • Please also add crash bandicoot ps2 racing games

  • How’d about offering us true backwards compatibility and not charging us to play games we already own? If we have the disc or bought these games digitally on a previous system we should be able to play them on the PS4 at no additional charge like the competition is offering. I thought Sony claimed that they were “for the gamers”.

    • i remember buying my ps2 games for over $40, but i suppose re-buying them is completely fine…. NOT

    • I think the main difference in each console’s backwards compatibility is that the PS4 is playing games that are two generations old. The Xbox One isn’t playing OG Xbox games, just last generation’s (and similarly the Wii U doesn’t play Gamecube games–without mods). And even then it’s a list of 100ish games, not an entire catalog. Though I do agree if you bought the PS2 Classics version on PS3 the PS4 version should be free or severely discounted. It’s not free for Sony to upscale a game and slap a trophy list on it, after all.

    • Its free for them to change the ps4 software in an update to allow the ps2 game discs to run :)

    • It’s not free. They have to pay people to figure out the tech and implement it correctly. Don’t get me wrong, I have 150+ PS2 discs on my shelf that I’d love to just pop in and play for free. But if that’s not an option, I’m not above paying $5-$10 to play graphically superior versions with Trophy support.

    • dam, sucks..

    • I don’t see why PS4 playing games from a console that is older than the Xbox itself means that it is just fine for Sony to rip you off. What Microsoft should do is emulate the original Xbox on Xbox One for free to make Sony look even worse.

      Bottom line is they could easily reduce the price for those that already own digital copies on PS3. They could also easily make the PS4 read PS2 discs. There is no technical reason this could not happen. The only reason this has not happened is greed. If for some reason the programming involved to emulate a PS2 on PS4 is so expensive Sony should be upfront about it. I really doubt it was cheap to emulate Xbox 360 on Xbox one either, yet Microsoft did their player base a solid.

      I can see this being better for new comers to PS2, those that have never owned one but some people who grew up with a PS2 this is a kick in the teeth.

  • Love the idea of upscaled graphics and Trophy support, but $15 is a little much.

    Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2, Persona 3 FES, Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, the Shadow Hearts trilogy, the Xenosaga trilogy, Silent Hill 2, 3, and 4 (since the HD Collection was a botched mess). The Legacy of Kain games would be great too.

  • DRAGON BALL Z TENKAICHI 3 AND DRAGON BALL Z INFINITE WORLD PLZ!!!!! SONY YOU HAVE TO GET THESE GAMES

  • I’d like to play Silent Hill series PS2 games on my PS4.

    • Same here. Especially considering the HD Collection on PS3 didn’t include 4: The Room and it was a technical mess overall.

  • We want Classic silent hill on the ps4!!!!!
    Silent Hill 2
    Silent Hill 3
    Silent Hill 4
    Silent Hill Origins
    Silent Hill shattered memories
    Resident Evill Series
    Dragon Ball Z Budokai series
    Max Payne series
    Metal Gear Solid series
    Timesplitter Future Perfect
    Half life 3?

  • We want Classic silent hill on the ps4!!!!!
    Silent Hill Series
    Resident Evill Series
    Dragon Ball Z Budokai series
    Max Payne series
    Metal Gear Solid series
    Timesplitter Future Perfect
    Half life 3?

  • I thought Dark Cloud 2 would be getting added too, should definitely have that too

  • DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and DBZ Infinite World plz!

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