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!
MGS2
MGS3
DYNASTY WARRIORS 3
I KNOW MGS COLLECTION IS OUT BUT NOT FOR PS4 MAKE IT HAPPEN SONY
Socom 2 online still the best game ever made.. Remaster and G^ make our dreams come true! Bring back the Socrack!
Gran Turismo 3 and 4 pretty please! They are one of my favorite race games!!
I would have given Sony $200.00 if SOCOM II would be made Available Exactly the way it was. But to be real honest you there is no other ps2 game I can’t live without. so frankly I could care less about this. Sony call me when you’re willing to listen to your long time customers
I really want to play Digimon World 4, perfect multiplayer co-op
I would be floored to see Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter and God Hand on PS4. DQ is the most underappreciated JRPG on the system. So inventive and unique and awesome and dystopian and OH MY GOD I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT ON THERE! :D
Also:
Dragon Quest VIII
Dark Cloud 2
Final Fantasy XII
Contra: Shattered Soldier
Neo Contra
Fatal Frame I – III
Gitaroo Man
Guilty Gear X2
Katamari Damacy & We Love Katamari
Klonoa 2
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
RAD: Robot Alchemic Drive
Shinobi
Silent Hill 2 – 4
FreQuency
Mega Man X8
Clock Tower 3
I am beyond excited for the gta san andreas favorite game of all time
ACE COMBAT 4 PLEASE!!!!!!
KLONOA 2 AS WELL!!
Hi Playstation! Thank you very much for stepping into the realm of emulation. This is gonna be sweet! I know it’s pretty early know, but if you guys could please do an emulation for Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaiechi 3 that would be fantastic! Perhaps you could also do ports for metal gear solid 2 or three or what about kingdom hearts? Granted the PS3 remasters are great but sadly I didn’t get a chance to relive the glory keyblade days on ps4. Thanks again for all that you do and best of luck tomorrow at Playstation Experience!!!
Sincerely
Jean-Luc
Triangle,circle,X, square forever
I’m very excited for Rogue Galaxy and Dark Cloud. And trophy support! If these have platinums I think I’ll swoon.
But $15 seems a bit steep for games I already own physically.
I’m hoping as you add more classics you will give discounts and free options to those of us who’ve bought these games in the past digitally…and please add trophies to some PSone games too! I’d love trophies in Legend of Dragoon!
Please add Zeno saga 1 2 and 3
People are happy? This is high way robbery and anti-consumer…Why is I bought these games on Ps2 do I need to rebuy them? $15 dollars for ps2 games? Wow, just wow. Sony when leading is terrible, i liked it better then ps3 was in last place. We had free online and BC. This is pathetic. Meanwhile on Xbox any 360 game on BC you can play for free. Trophies are not wort h$15 bucks.
Sony’s digital policies continue to be horrid….Why not let us play our old games we already paid for for free? This is awful, and anyone defending this needs to give their head a shake.
Socom didn’t make the list? that’s crazy! I guess being a large Multi-player based game that requires server access is probably why we will never see it.. So all those great games that we played on-line using our PS2’s more than likely won’t make the list..
Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Socom 2 would be hot sellers..
Yes they would. Even more so since star wars just failed with the current BF