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 Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

    I don’t think it ever made it to PS2 Classics on PS3 so that would be huge.

  • What do we have to do Shu to get this through to you? WE WANT SOCOM 1 AND 2. Stop freaking ignoring the socom community.

  • SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2 SOCOM 2

  • Little pricey. Especially for those of us who have already bought some of these twice(PS2 PSN). Love the idea but not at this price point.

  • Ape Escape 2 and 3, please!!

  • $15 is too much. We got HD remakes on PS3 for $10.

  • I really hope you guys have figured out what you’re going to do about the media backlash you’ll get from this. Prices are fine, but not even an upgrade program from PS3 is something you will be asked to explain, multiple times even. None of those explanations will sound very good. I also don’t really think it’s a good idea, PR-wise, to not launch PS1 games at the same time.

    A good idea would be something like this: Discs works and PS1/2 classics work, but no extra features unless you pay for an upgrade. It would cause negligable financial hurt, but at the same time far outweigh that hurt in PR value. See, there are a few people with large disc collections who would be happy to use a PS4 to play them, but the vast majority of us can’t be bothered to searching on ebay every time we want to impulse buy a classic – I, for one, wouldn’t even bother going to the basement to unpack my discs. As for allowing classics to be upgraded, it’s a no-brainer, but full price for something you own feels like robbery

    180-ing on a bad decision leaves a bad taste with your most dedicated customers and in this case, I think it is something you will end up having to do.

    • You might also want to announce that the EU PSN navigation of classics will return to a sane state, rather than the pure luck that finding a title relies on now….

      Seriously; JPN PSN is fantastic, US PSN is tolerable, EU PSN is absolutely horrible.

  • SSX Tricky/3 and the Ace Combat games, please. <3

  • “So tell us, what PS2 games do you want to play on your PS4?”

    I’d like to start with the 40-50 PS2 games on the shelf above my TV. Only after I’ve replayed some of those would I possibly think about buying some of the ones I missed (e.g., Dark Cloud) but I have absolutely no interest in rebuying the ones that I already own! Also, please add support for the USB PS2 memory card reader that worked with the old backwards compatible PS3s.

  • Please add the entire Grand Theft Auto series including:

    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
    Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
    Grand Theft Auto 3

    Thanks Sony!

  • Socom Remasterd!

  • SOCOM 2 please!

  • Socom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    HOW OFTEN AND HOW LOUD DO WE HAVE TO BE TO GET OUR GAME BACK!

  • ►Top 17 of best selling PlayStation 2 video games◄

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (27.5 million)
    Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (14.89 million)
    Gran Turismo 4 (11.73 million)
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (9.61 million)
    Grand Theft Auto III (7.9 million)
    Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (7 million)
    Final Fantasy X (6.6 million)
    Tekken 5 (6 million)
    Resident Evil 4 (5.9 million)
    Final Fantasy XII (5.2 million)
    Kingdom Hearts (4.78 million)
    God of War (4.61 million)
    Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (4.44 million)
    Madden NFL 2005 (4.35 million)
    God of War II (4.24 million)
    Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (4.2 million)
    Final Fantasy X-2 (4.06 million)

    • I see 3 out of the list have made the cut and all of them are Grand Theft Auto.

      My Personal Picks to be remade for PS4 are:
      Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
      God of War
      God of War II
      Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
      Ratchet & Clank
      Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
      Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
      The Getaway
      Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
      Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
      Tony Hawk’s Underground
      Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
      Star Wars: Battlefront II
      SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs
      Ratchet: Deadlocked
      Star Wars: Battlefront
      Jak II
      Tony Hawk’s Underground 2
      Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4
      Jak 3

    • Yea socom 2 should be on that list

  • Remastered*

  • HOW ABOUT CRASH BANDICOOT ON VITA!!!! >:(

  • Awesome news! The PS2 classic I’d like to play the most in 1080p and with trophies is Dragon Quest VIII. It needs to happen please. Can’t wait to see what other PS2 will come over.

  • NO SOCOM WTF!!!!!!!!

  • I really hope you’ll consider letting me finally retire my PS2 by letting my PS4 recognize my discs and allowing me to play my PS2 catalog. I have most of these games on discs and see no reason to have to pay another $15 for them.

  • I’d love to have Star Ocean 3 and Persona 3!! And perhaps the Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha series (especially if the second game can finally be released in Europe as a result)!

    • Oh, FF12 and Dirge of Cerberus (FF7) would be super awesome too!!

    • Holy crap how could I forget the Xenosaga series (especially since Europe only got Xenosaga 2 wtf?) I’d kill to finally be able to play Xenosaga 1 and 3 along with 2.

  • What will it take to get Socom 2 with online multiplayer? It is only the most requested PS2 game and has won every poll you put it on. Not to mention it was voted higher than other games on this list.

  • Dragon Quest VIII puh-lease. I would kill to play it on PS4.

  • Thank you so much, Sony! I love this beyond words! I can’t wait to replay classics looking better than ever and with TROPHIES!!! As for games I’d want, it’s a long list…
    -Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
    -all .hack games
    -Ephemeral Fantasia
    -Grandia series
    -Growlanser series
    -Legaia 2: Duel Saga
    – Magna Carta-Tears of Blood
    -Okage Shadow King
    -Persona 3
    -Phantasy Star series
    -Shadow Hearts series
    -Suikoden series
    -Star Ocean: Till the end of time
    -Tales of Legendia and Abyss
    -Wild Arms series
    -Xenosaga series

    I’m sure I’m forgetting some, but I’d love these classics to live again on my PS4 with these new features. Thanks again, Sony!

  • All the FIGHTING GAMES, The king of fighters series, Street fighter alpha antology, 3rd strike, uuuu BLOODY ROAR yeah!!!! dreams, dreams.

  • lol… yet again SOCOM is ignored by Sony…

  • I was really hoping the games would be $10 each. Gonna have to wait for a sale I guess.

  • This is incredibly underwhelming. What about those of us with large collections of ps1 and ps2 classics on ps3?

  • *pours out cups of tea*
    I feel that when asking for opinions about titles to port over, they misheard some of the cries.
    We said Dark Cloud 2, not Dark Cloud too!
    Sorta common mistake however the latter one was the better title(it was also called Dark Chronicles).

    Otherwise, I can live with $15 for the Level 5 PlayStation 2 trilogy.
    Would you guys consider a physical release for them?
    Safe to say that after the next week it might be a good idea.

    Thank you for your consideration otherwise. =)

  • Dead or Alive 2

    Resident Evil Outbreak 1+2

  • Shouldn’t we already own them if we bought them on PS3? It’s still our PSN account across both systems. How many times are we going to have to buy these GTA games? What a jip Sony.

  • So we have to buy our games back? What a bunch of baloney

  • At least bring over games that have never been on PS3 like SSX Tricky.

  • Great. So the digital copy I already have of Twisted Metal: Black that works on the PS3 won’t work on the PS4? Well done, guys.

  • Soul Nomad and the World And The World Eaters.

  • Tenkaichi 3 and Infinite World would be amazing if they were put on the PSN!

  • Okay so Microsoft added over 100 disc based BC to xbox one for free but this is what Playstation fans get?! No cross buy, 15$ a game ect.. Sony you are now getting arrogant and greedy i won’t be supporting this crap.

  • We want Socom 2 Back And a #SocomRemastered To Go With It!!!!

  • I bought GTA san andreas PS2 classic for PS3 and now it is no longer on the PSN store. Now you would want me to pay another 15$ to buy it for my PS4?

    The PS classics for PS2 selection is so bad already you should atleast consider supporting those people who supported buying those versions by having a upgrade fee.

  • Sounds like my old discs cant be used not that i expected it but still very dissapointed by this news but then again we’re talking about sony who changed to greedy money grabbers since the ps4 era and sadly it looks like most people are completley fine with that

  • Good list, this is a cool idea! I would also like to see some games like Onimusha, The Warriors, Burnout 3/Revenge, and Soul Calibur 3.

  • All i want to see from this emulation so far is socom 2 with MP its a no brainer yes there are many games i would like to see back but S2 is by far the most important

  • SOCOM 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Please!

    – Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
    – Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
    – Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

    I’ll give you all of my money if you publish these games on PS4!

  • Hitman games please.

  • Am I the only one laughing at these prices? Sony I love you, but ya done goofed.

    • They aren’t that bad considering most of the ps2 games you buy on amazon are at least these prices if not higher. But I really think 10 should be the standard for these games, not 15. We’ll see how it shakes out.

      I guarantee you 10 dollars will sell more games.

  • Socom2 what a classic game online come on Sony your being like a tease… Thousands of people want this to happen…. Why oh why 3 grand theft games? 1 would of done for now…. God’s sake who makes these decisions…. End of…

  • My wishlist contains 1 game: Kingdom Hearts 2. I had already moved on to the PS3 by the time it came out. :(

  • We need socom 2 with online. After all socom 2 won the poll but gta is in this list what?

  • I am not paying for games that I already own. This is really sad Sony. You guys need to work real backwards compatibility … also when are you going to fix error ce-34878-0… alot of people have been waiting for months

  • Socom

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