PS2 content coming to PSN

God Hand, GrimGrimoire, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, Odin Sphere and Ring of Red all coming.

Whether they are HD ports or not remain to be seen. If not, then that could mean a possible constant stream of PS2 on PSN and maybe even for PSV.

This I expected Sony to do eventually. Its the real reason they removed BC from the ps3.

They could of at least done decent PS2 games

DEATHGIGAS said ...

This I expected Sony to do eventually. Its the real reason they removed BC from the ps3.

The reason they removed PS2 BC was because
1) They needed to make the PS3 cheaper somehow
2) The PS2 was a cash chow and still is.. The amount of hardware sales Sony makes off the PPS2 atm (and most likely at almost pure profit) is incredibly helpful to them.

it sucks that it happened true.

Regardless of whether they removed the PS2 BC or not, PS2 games were always potentially going to be on PSN for when the PS2 ceased to be useful to them. As it stands whether these are HD ports or not remain to be seen, and its rare titles as well, which could be useful to quite a few bunch of people I am sure.

Odin sphere and Godhand are awesome will definitely try and get my hands on those
oh and grim grimoire as well !disappoint

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.

Excellent, not HD remasters. Possibility of being playable on PSV makes this a good deal if they can support it well.

God Hand
Grimgrimoire
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
Odin Sphere
Ring of Red

Now available on US PSN. If you don't already have, or haven't tried out Maximo and Odin Sphere, I highly recommend them, especially Odin Sphere. I hope they've fixed the slowdown that plagued the PS2 version when there were too many sprites on-screen at once.

More PS2 classics coming to PSN
not as great as the 1st bunch but at least they're bringing more

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/30/harvest-moon-save-the-homeland-joins-ps2-classics-this-week/

Harvest Moon
Raiden III
Bloodrayne

So i bought Odin Sphere and Grim Grimoire this weekend, i was very suprised to find they're only $10 each and you're essentially getting the best game on psn, great bargain. Just a few things that bugged me. the screen goes a bit crazy when you start up the games, might just be my tv, nothing major but still really annoying. Another thing that bugged me it takes a few seconds to close when you quit the game, it keeps running for like 10 secs, again nothing major but it really scared me the 1st time, thought my ps3 would blow up ,also you can't download anything while your playing, i think it actually signs you out of psn while you play,i think its a memory issue, really hope they patch this

but other than that they are great, you guys HAVE TO PLAY odin sphere its absolutely amazing.

@DG they fixed the slowdown on Odin Sphere

It has more to do with the emulation software then the actual game. All PS1 and PS2 Classics are untouched. I believe Odin Sphere PS2 disc for older PS3`s also had the slowdown as a non-prevalent issue.

This can be further confirmed by the fact that you cannot use the ingame XMB, downland etc while playing the game. You cannot do this with a PS1 game (disc or download - actually I am not sure about the latter), DVD or a PS2 disc. So reasons stands that you cant with the downloaded PS2 game. Its running on emulation as an ISO... not a brand new PSN release.

But good to see they are bringing other games. More obscure and niche titles but that is probably the better option.

Now they just need to get these running on the PSV.

never really noticed the XMB thing on the PS1 games until you mentioned it

the loading times and slowdown on Odin sphere are definitely much better than the original though

Well that is definitely good news for you to confirm. Would be lame if the emulation did not make things work better.

RagnaXBL said ...

More PS2 classics coming to PSN
not as great as the 1st bunch but at least they're bringing more

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/30/harvest-moon-save-the-homeland-joins-ps2-classics-this-week/

Harvest Moon
Raiden III
Bloodrayne

So i bought Odin Sphere and Grim Grimoire this weekend, i was very suprised to find they're only $10 each and you're essentially getting the best game on psn, great bargain. Just a few things that bugged me. the screen goes a bit crazy when you start up the games, might just be my tv, nothing major but still really annoying. Another thing that bugged me it takes a few seconds to close when you quit the game, it keeps running for like 10 secs, again nothing major but it really scared me the 1st time, thought my ps3 would blow up ,also you can't download anything while your playing, i think it actually signs you out of psn while you play,i think its a memory issue, really hope they patch this

but other than that they are great, you guys HAVE TO PLAY odin sphere its absolutely amazing.

@DG they fixed the slowdown on Odin Sphere

Good to know Ragna, Odin Sphere was an amazing game!

Bloodrayne, not bad, though I think Bloodrayne 2 is a far better game.

Now if only we could get ShadowHearts 1 and 2. . . I would die for those !love

To true DG
And Finfan X, Dragon Quest 8, Dark Chronicles...

Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 would be awesome to get on PSN.

Europe`s turn:
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/336001/ps2-classics-finally-arrive-on-european-psn-god-hand-maximo-and-more/

Nice i would not mind picking up gungrave but i will wait till it's on special

I would love if all psp games was released for ps3

DER said ...

I would love if all psp games was released for ps3

Which defeats the purpose of Sony making the PSP and, to a lesser degree, the PSV.

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Games Headed To EU PlayStation Store
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/02/16/shin-megami-tensei-digital-devil-saga-games-headed-to-eu-playstation-store/