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Havok
03-10-11, 11:20
Today Sony announced its PSN program ‘Only on Playstation Network’, where you get to buy exclusive content from the network. They mentioned that some PS2 games will be available on PSN like Godhand, GrimGrimoire and Odin Sphere.

We have come to know that these games will not support Trophies and are not Remastered. The information comes from a poster in Neogaf who revealed that, Sony just finished their Q&A testing in Liverpool few weeks ago, and this is what he posted.


No remastering, just smoothing/screen size options like PS1 emulation.

Not all games are supported, shadow of memories & Hitman 2 are examples of games that just didn’t work and they don’t plan to try and get them to work. They also seem to be covering a huge list of games even fairly unknown games like The Seed: warzone.

No button remapping options, like PS1 emulation, for now.

No trophies or anything along those lines.

Apart from that everything should be what people are expecting.

There doesn’t seem to be any bells and whistles on it, it’s straight up PS2 emulation.

It is certainly interesting since the PS3 is not capable of PS2 emulation and does not feature any PS2 hardware within it like the 60GB PS3 did. We will update you once we get more information from Sony, but for now, we request you to take this information with a pinch of salt.

Source - http://gamingbolt.com/ps2-games-on-psn-will-not-support-trophies-and-are-not-remastered

Havok
03-10-11, 11:26
UPDATE: The Only On PlayStation Network programme is US only but Sony have said a majority of the content will be coming to Europe.

Read more - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-03-sony-only-on-psn-us-only

VinceVega GB
03-10-11, 11:38
And here lies one of the massive reasons I hate Sony. Having different regions is just plain daft.

MVG skyshadow5
03-10-11, 15:04
So how does this affect people like me with the original fat 60Gb (well now it's got a 650Gb in it but you know what I mean)? I have PS2 emulation hardware already (don't I?) so what diffeence if any will I see?

~sky~

VinceVega GB
03-10-11, 16:02
No, this is buying PS2 classics from the store that haven't had any remastering done, or trophy support added.

It would be cheaper for you to find the PS2 disc than purchase off the store - another hate of mine with the store (MS too). Prices for digital content is a joke. I know they say they have no control over the prices, but surely they do? I mean it's THEIR store. IF they said no to £55 for a game, then they would have to rethink?