Fan-Favorite PS2 Games Launching on PS4 Tomorrow

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Fan-Favorite PS2 Games Launching on PS4 Tomorrow
Shuhei Yoshida Head of PlayStation Indies, SIE

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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  • Destructionx1000
    December 4, 2015 at 5:08 pm PST

    Infinite World And Tenkaich 3 plz

  • Lucasv66925
    December 4, 2015 at 5:08 pm PST

    BRUH, the DBZ community would love to be able to play DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Infinite World again!!

  • agent30odin
    December 4, 2015 at 5:08 pm PST

    Honestly, this is making me reconsider buying legacy games digitally on the PS3, PS4, and any future Sony system. Congratulations, I’ll be expressing my displeasure with my wallet.

  • EternalBijuu-
    December 4, 2015 at 5:09 pm PST

    Dragon ball z budokai tenkaichi 3 and infinite world!!!!!!!

  • RockNRuler
    December 4, 2015 at 5:09 pm PST

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO DRAGONBALL Z INFINITE WORLD WITH THE BEST GRAPHICS POSSIBLE AND ADD AN ONLINE FEATURE!!!!!

  • powerclaw1
    December 4, 2015 at 5:10 pm PST

    MGS3 and Persona 3 are all I need.

  • Warstampeed89
    December 4, 2015 at 5:10 pm PST

    Please give us Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi 3 and Dragon Ball Z Infinite World. I love you PlayStation.

  • ultimateadam221
    December 4, 2015 at 5:10 pm PST

    Dragon ball z budokai Tenkaichi 3

  • onslaughtree
    December 4, 2015 at 5:10 pm PST

    Hello Sony staff. As a huge fan of the Playstation brand I would like to first say Thank You. Not only is this a great idea that many and I mean MANY gamer’s have been begging for, but this is also a great way to usher in all of those new gamer’s that never had a chance to play the hundreds of Playstation classics from the now Legendary Playstation 2 catalog.

    My only gripe with this is the pricing. $15 seems a little steep for Playstation 2 games. A $10 price point would have been a more enticing offer to us gamer’s.

    None the less, I’m looking forward to seeing if some of the Playstation 2 classics will make their way into the monthly PS+ selections. And oh while I’m at it, Here are my Top 3 requested games.

    #1 SSX 3
    #2 NBA Street 2
    #3 Zone Of The Enders 2: Second Running

    Keep up the good work & Happy Holidays to you all.

  • RushHour0123
    December 4, 2015 at 5:10 pm PST

    DRAGON BALL Z TENKAICHI 3 AND DRAGON BALL Z INFINITE WORLD PLZ

  • RushHour0123
    December 4, 2015 at 5:11 pm PST

    DRAGON BALL Z TENKAICHI 3 AND DRAGON BALL Z INFINITE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • MattMillions1014
    December 4, 2015 at 5:11 pm PST

    SONY PLEASE, DBZ TENKAICHI 3 & INFINTE WORLD

  • lewis19932774
    December 4, 2015 at 5:11 pm PST

    Spyro

  • LiLtyflexing10
    December 4, 2015 at 5:12 pm PST

    PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASSSSSSSE BRING BUDOKAI TENKAICHI 3 TO PS4 YOU WON FORGET IT

  • BakenPancakes
    December 4, 2015 at 5:12 pm PST

    I WANT KINGDOM HEARTS RE:CHAIN AND 1 & 2, DBZ BODUKAI TENKAICHI 3, BODUKAI 3 AND INFINITE WORLD

  • AbsoluteZero600
    December 4, 2015 at 5:12 pm PST

    This is a great start, I much rather have the option to just put my old discs into the system but I’m sure everyone does. Also they should do this for Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3.

  • huzaifa-mhs
    December 4, 2015 at 5:13 pm PST

    Let’s get Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 on the ps4! Would buy that in an instant :D

  • FaZed_6hoZt
    December 4, 2015 at 5:13 pm PST

    Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Jak X Combat racing

  • nsoccer43x
    December 4, 2015 at 5:15 pm PST

    When are the Star Wars PS2 games are being released on PSN?

  • migueria48
    December 4, 2015 at 5:16 pm PST

    Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World. PLEASE!!!!!!!!

  • Rilian
    December 4, 2015 at 5:16 pm PST

    Socom 2 with online, enough said. It was pretty much the origin of the PSN community, so you can’t have ‘fan favorites’ without it.

    Timesplitters: Future Perfect would also be great, to have some great local FPS splitscreen.

  • THE_ENDGAME_BOSS
    December 4, 2015 at 5:17 pm PST

    I’ll admit this is kinda disappointing. This whole PS2 BC/Emu to PS4 thing could have been amazing. But instead it’s a “FUN” new way to buy old games they we probably already own….AGAIN. PS2 is the greatest line up of games ever so this may still wind up being a success.

    You do know that the Xbox One is offering this same kinda thing for free right?

  • gameman15
    December 4, 2015 at 5:17 pm PST

    I have a couple question about the ability to play PS2 games on the PS4:

    1) Will I be able to play physical (on disc) PS2 games on the PS4?
    2) Can I download the digital PS2 games (that I already bought/own on PS3) on the PS4 for free?

    • honkayjeezus
      December 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm PST

      Neither. That is what the stink besides Sony employees posting here is about.

    • gameman15
      December 4, 2015 at 5:35 pm PST

      OMG! Really? That means that I can’t play on-disc PS2 games like Budokai 3 and Hulk Ultimate Destruction? That means I have to buy the digital version of Twisted Metal Black on PS4 even though I already got it on PS3 from the Twisted Metal Limited Edition on PS3? That sucks! Sony has disappointed me for the third time (first the lack of support of the PlayStation Move, then the lack of first-party and third-party support of the PlayStation Vita (which is why I replaced it with my 3DS XL as my primary handheld game system), and now putting PS2 backwards compatibility on PS4, but not allowing us to download the PS2 game we already bought on PS3 for free, and not allowing us to play on-disc PS2 games on PS4)! Disappoint me again Sony, and I’ll switch my support to either Nintendo (once the Nintendo NX comes out and since I just bought a Wii U on black friday this year) or Microsoft (so I can possibly play on Xbox Live with my brother)!

    • Michaux-0
      December 4, 2015 at 6:12 pm PST

      If you bought the digital only PS3 versions of the PS2 classics, then you own the DRM rights to that version. I bought a couple of these titles, but frankly didn’t think they looked very good and the lack of trophy support was a nonstarter. Also, you can’t really expect your original PS2 discs to work on the PS4, right? Completely different architecture. Mr. Softy is allowing you to play certain 360 titles on the Xbone without any enhanced features. Mr. Mario Maker is allowing you to upgrade certain digital titles you owned for a newer version with a modest upgrade fee (which is a smart, consumer friendly idea). Granted, I haven’t seen the new PS4 versions, but I imagine they are going to look and play much better than the PS3 classics or, obviously, the PS2 originals. We’ll know for sure tomorrow. In any event, the upscaled graphics, trophies, remote play support, screenshot capture ability, livestreaming, is worth something, right? If you love these games, double dip, dude.

  • materhead1
    December 4, 2015 at 5:19 pm PST

    The 20 Years Of Play Champion- SOCOM 2 !!! Online Multiplayer.

  • Snow5050
    December 4, 2015 at 5:19 pm PST

    Huge fan of shadow of Rome and scarface the world isn’t enough to great games of ps2 era

  • bigd8787
    December 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm PST

    Please add dragon ball z budokai tenkaichi 3 and infinite world every dragon ball z fan will love it

  • nickdabrick1
    December 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm PST

    Tenkaichi 3 and infinite world

  • honkayjeezus
    December 4, 2015 at 5:21 pm PST

    Yoshida-

    Are you too busy working on Playstation VR to actually reply to anyone in your actual message to the “community”? You give up on the Vita and do nothing but move on to the next moneymaker as the market leader in the console space?

    Is there going to be game ownership in that your are going to flip that switch you already worked on to have PS2 discs trigger a download of games you are bringing to this list, which Microsoft already did, and are you going to honor PSN digital purchases which are basic rentals dependent upon things for PS2 classics over PSN on the PS3?

    Sickening. You take away game ownership and act like you are doing a favor to PS fans.

    -PS4, PS3, PS2, PSX and Vita owner

    • gameman15
      December 4, 2015 at 6:06 pm PST

      I agree with honkayjeezus, it’s stupid is doing this to those (like myself) who have been loyal to Sony for years. And I highly doubt that the PlayStation VR is going to be a success, honestly, I’m going to believe it’s gonna be another failure, just like both the PlayStation Move and the PlayStation Vita (which is why the Nintendo 3DS XL is now my primary handheld system). I swear if Sony keeps up with this kind of stupidity, I will either switch to their biggest gaming rival (Microsoft) or I will go back to the gaming company I started with (Nintendo).

    • Michaux-0
      December 4, 2015 at 6:45 pm PST

      Yeah, because it’s reasonable to expect Shu himself to be on here replying to angry trolls the night before a joyous celebration of all things Playstation.

  • squeakmore1
    December 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm PST

    I would like to see one of my favorites. Here is my list that i would like to see on the PlayStation 4.

    1. The Polar Express

    2. Finding Nemo

    3. Disney Pixar Cars

    4. Scooby Doo Night of 100 Frights

    5. Scooby Doo Mysterey Mayhem

    6. Barbie Wild Horse Rescue

    7. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom

    8. SpongeBob SquarePants The Movie Game

    9. SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!

    10.SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman

    11.SpongeBob’s Atlantis SquarePantis

    12.Disney Pixar Cars 2

    13 gran turismo 4

    14.Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

  • freestyler2407
    December 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm PST

    GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas completely uncensored in german store ?

  • CaruthK
    December 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm PST

    Question: What if you already have some of the games on the list? Can I download them at no charge or do I have to pay for it again?

  • BlazingPotato22
    December 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm PST

    Dragon Ball Z Infinite World

  • Riggs275
    December 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm PST

    We need Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 & Budokai Tenkaichi 2

  • MegaMegalodon
    December 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm PST

    I would want Tenkaichi 3 to come back in HD please.

  • HazeTheHedgehog2
    December 4, 2015 at 5:23 pm PST

    Please add DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3, DBZ Infinite World, Super Dragon Ball Z, and Oogie’s Revenge to the emulation list.

  • globbyastro
    December 4, 2015 at 5:23 pm PST

    Inb4 these start becoming the PSN+ monthly games… I mean it’s bad enough they gave us a single part of a episodic release this month

  • squeakmore1
    December 4, 2015 at 5:24 pm PST

    I also would like to see disney’s tarzan untamed on Playstation 4. I also would like to see Disney Pixar Toy Story 3. as well.

  • chrisgomez3030
    December 4, 2015 at 5:24 pm PST

    please please bring FFXII to the list! can’t believe that the only way on playing it is still on the original ps2, would even pay 30 for it but please bring it out!!

  • ScopeCityBro
    December 4, 2015 at 5:24 pm PST

    DBZ infinite world and DBZ bodukai tenkaichi 3

    Repost to give energy for the spirit bomb

  • kevongames11
    December 4, 2015 at 5:24 pm PST

    I would like def jam fight fir ny and dragon ball z budokai tenkaichi 3 please :)

  • NotTheFace-
    December 4, 2015 at 5:24 pm PST

    Well you already just hit my number one choice, Dark Cloud. Dark Cloud 2 would be nice as well.
    The Wild ARMs games released on PS2 would be a good choice. Less possible but also wanted would be the Armored Core, Kings Field, .hack and Xenosaga series.

  • Cpt0neEyeWilly-
    December 4, 2015 at 5:25 pm PST

    We want SOCOM 2!!!!!! Online multi-player!!!!!! Quit ignoring us.

  • kevongames11
    December 4, 2015 at 5:25 pm PST

    I mean def jam fight for ny

  • DXGoldie
    December 4, 2015 at 5:25 pm PST

    I’d honestly love Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi 3 and Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, as those are some of my favorites from my childhood.

  • navcomm81
    December 4, 2015 at 5:26 pm PST

    Bring SOCOM II with online support, JAK & Daxter, and SSX Tricky.

    And lower the damn prices… cause at this point I’m likely to maybe purchase one or two down the road, but at a $2.99-$5.99 I’d likely own a whole library of titles.

  • DollowRlance
    December 4, 2015 at 5:26 pm PST

    I would like to see all the Wild Arms PS2 games on PS4 please, thank you.

  • squeakmore1
    December 4, 2015 at 5:27 pm PST

    1. The Polar Express
    2. Finding Nemo
    3. Disney Pixar Cars
    4. Scooby Doo Night of 100 Frights
    5. Scooby Doo Mysterey Mayhem
    6. Barbie Wild Horse Rescue
    7. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom
    8. SpongeBob SquarePants The Movie Game
    9. SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
    10.SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
    11.SpongeBob’s Atlantis SquarePantis
    12.Disney Pixar Cars 2
    13 gran turismo 4
    14.Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

    This list i also want to see on the PlayStation Vita as well so please add all of these games to the vita as well thanks.

  • DinoManny4
    December 4, 2015 at 5:27 pm PST

    Pleaseeeeeee Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Dtagon Ball Z infinite world
    please please please please please for xmas to all sony lovers

  • SaiyanWarrior_96
    December 4, 2015 at 5:27 pm PST

    I would like to see Dragon Ball Z Titles, such as Infinite World and Tenkaichi 2 and Need for Speed Most Wanted or Carbon

    • SPACEGHOST199X
      December 4, 2015 at 5:50 pm PST

      Why Tenkaichi 2???? Why not 3

    • SaiyanWarrior_96
      December 4, 2015 at 6:04 pm PST

      I like tenkaichi 3, don’t get wrong. I enjoyed the more flushed out story in 2 more than I did 3. Tbh I would love for all the Budokai and Tenkaichi Titles to be added. I just named the ones I favored overall

  • moondoggy42
    December 4, 2015 at 5:28 pm PST

    Hulk Ultimate Destruction…please?

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