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.
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
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
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!
SOCOM 2
Me and many others have amazing memories of the old school DBZ games but the one that millions of people love is the Tenkiaichi series plz put DBZ budokai tenkaichi 3 in as a emulation game.
War of the Monsters and GTA Vice City? Yes please! Also, will these PS2 classics be remote play compatible?
So, here’s what we want:
– .hack IMOQ series
– .hack//G.U. 1-3
– Final Fantasy XII
Hell, even the G.U. series on the PS Store as a PS2 Classic would make me and my PS3 happy!
I would love to have the .hack games, both the original quadilogy and the G.U. trilogy.
This time also un Europe the G.U trilogy, pretty please ? ^_^
Please release shin megami tesei games like devil summer and ill be happy sony
Oh Shuhei, you and Sony have learned so well to become masters of Thomas Tusser famous quote “A fool and his money are soon parted.” Many of us should be familiar with another of these masters of this quote, George Lucas. Who has now retired from ( and sold) his creation to the doctors of suckering people into their IPs, Disney.
It is true as purportedly said by PT Barnum, that “A sucker is born every minute.”
Before anyone says that I don’t support PlayStation, I have been a supporter since the original PlayStation until the Vita. PS4 has just been a utter disappointment for me that it made me go the PC route until a notable exclusive content would make me purchase a PS4. I thought “No Man’s Sky” was going to be one of them but until I read that a PC version is in the works. I guess it will be until Gran Turismo 7 comes out which is likely to be at near the end of the life cycle of the PS4. Till then I will continue to support the PS3 and the Vita until their cycles end.
I’m happy ps2 emulation is a thing now, but sad to see not all games get platinums. Why did Twisted Metal Black and War of the Monsters not get platinums? I was really looking forward to achieving platinum in those games one day. I’m happy to get the chance to platinum Rogue Galaxy and Dark Cloud.
Dragon ball z tenkaichi 3 !!!!
Would Love to see We Love Katamari make a return. And the silent hill line up, and shadow of the collossus.
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits!! this is a dream! this game is a masterpiece.
So happy for Dark Cloud and Rogue Galaxy too.
Please bring more amazing RPGs like:
– Suikoden ( I so wish this series would continue )
– Shadow Hearts.
– Radiata Stories.
– Wild Arms 5.
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“So tell us, what PS2 games do you want to play on your PS4?”
How about the ones I already own on disc/PS3 and don’t want to pay for again?
Exactly!