Is It Time for PSone Classics on PS4?

Push Square: "This week saw the release of two PlayStation 2 titles on the PlayStation 4: The Warriors and Metal Slug Anthology. The two articles that we wrote confirming these releases went on to become among the most viewed on the website over the past seven days, proving that there's pent-up demand for these retro re-releases. But isn't it time that Sony started delving into the PSone library, too?"

[-Foxtrot]

It's always been time. I know people might think I'm over exaggerating but it's been disgusting how three years in and Sony hasn't gotten the ones released on the PS3 up on the PS4

I paid quite a bit for my collection of PS1 games on the PS3 and I wanted to see them on the PS4 straight away so I could continue where I left off but for some reason they've haven't been arsed to do anything.

I don't mind paying again if it's like FF7 where it looks a little better and has trophy support but I am not paying again for the ones I already bought.

By the time we get them all back onto the store the PS5 will be right around the corner and the whole thing will repeat it's self all over again. I mean hell us in the UK only got Spyro a year before the PS4 came out. Took an entire gen to release a PS1 classic.

[Hoffmann]

God blessed me with the mighty ability to have enough space for two consoles at the TV. Thanks to this mighty ability I am not only able to play all the PS3 games whenever I want OR the PS4 ones, it also allowed me to enjoy not only the PS4 PlaystationPlus games but also the Playstation 3 ones.

God also blessed me with the motivation, the intelligence and the needed ..ressources to be able to use emulators for Playstation 1 and 2..and PSP games on this PC and enjoy the standard emulator features.

Never bought any of the PS Classics. And I thank God for that.

[Retroman]

It is much better to own physical copy than a emulator on said console.
And i thank God for blessing me never bought a emulation what can be physical in hand.

[naruga]

i m also huge supporter of physical ...and every game i own is physical on every gen of consoles...pS4 feels crippled without proper disc based PS1/PS2 BC (ok i know PS3 is difficult to emulate)

[KentBenMei]

Sounds more like you're compensating for Sony's incompetence.

[Name Last Name]

God also blessed you with enough money to buy your PS4 without selling your PS3...

[rainslacker]

My wallet blessed me with a full BC PS3, and my desire to play older games blessed me with the intelligence to not offload the system that would allow me to do that despite knowing the system I brought wouldn't allow me to do that. Weird concept to some I know....but that's what people do who want to play older games.....they keep the hardware to do it on, or seek out emulators elsewhere. At least that's how the retro community has done it for generations now. Seems new gamers don't understand the concept very well though.

PS1 classics, while great for some, mean little to me. I have such a huge collection of PS1 titles from retail releases, that i'd rather have that kind of BC than have to just go buy them digitally. The only digital one's I have are for some rarer, valuable ones I have sealed but still want to play, or were offered up through PS+ through the years. Guess an emulated solution like MS would be prudent for me, but it's not something I really need because I had the forethought to not offload the hardware that would allow me to play the games I want to play....and it seems most people didn't have that forethought, despite Sony being quite clear that BC wasn't available, that one's PS1 classics wouldn't be available, and that they had no intention of offering a BC solution....all very clearly and upfront long before the PS4 released. They were extremely transparent about it. Some still choose to offload their systems and now complain that they can't play their games.

I can understand why people would want to be able to play their PS1 digital games they purchased on PS3 on the PS4 though, as that is kind of a different matter. I'd hope Sony would have the good sense to not recharge people who already own those titles digitally should they start to do PS1 classics. PS2 had so few digital titles, so that's kind of a different issue, as no one actually owns them digitally, and they aren't just simple emulation wrappers, but do have some work put into them. Ultimately, it's up to the publisher if their game will be playable through emulation on the PS4 though.

All this is a big what if though. It all supposes that Sony will start offering the feature, and as of now, it's just speculation that they will or won't, and how they will handle people's already purchased PS1 classics should they have it. Foxtrots own comment makes a lot of this assumption....and again, Sony never promised it.

But I do think it's something worth asking for, and over on Sony forums, there are threads about it if you care to actually address the console maker directly(they do have reps there) instead of just complaining about it on forums.

[freshslicepizza]

well one day sony will get their act together and digitize their entire library going back to the beginning which can be bought in their store. playstation now is another option to stream them.

[Muzikguy]

I agree. I don't understand why this isn't even happening. What Sony should just do is give someone some money and then release an emulator that we can download and "boom" instant gratification. Or have us buy an emulator for a few bucks (but I still think it should be free for us since we still have to buy the games anyway)

[rainslacker]

Sony can't just allow all the PS1 titles to be emulated on the PS4. Same reason MS has to have publisher approval for BC, they don't have the rights to do so.

They can provide an emulator, free or otherwise, and could provide most of their published games through that emulator with no problem, but beyond that, it's up to the publishers.

That being said, I also don't know why Sony hasn't done it, and made a requirement for those publishers who are likely to approve the sale of their current digital PS1 offerings be that if someone brought it already, they can now get the PS4 version wrapper with the game. Seems like a wasted revenue stream to me, both for Sony, and the publishers. I can't imagine they don't already have a working emulator. We saw it running in Uncharted 4....yes, that was an emulator, not a newly coded creation.

[tanukisuit]

Agreed, Foxtrot. I understand it can be difficult to do these things from a LICENSING point of view, but Sony REALLY needs to get their libraries all sorted out. They need to offer a firm price, but allow us to play those PS1 games regardless if we are playing on the Vita/PS3/PS4. They also need to drop more PSP games onto the store, for us Vita users, too.

[Vipre77]

Ditto what -Foxtrot said. Was it ever NOT time for PS1 games to be compatible? If the PSP and Vita can manage it, why not the PS4?

[rainslacker]

PSP and Vita both have the PS1 hardware and PSP hardware(in Vita's case) available to run it natively without the use of emulation. There is no licensing restriction due to the code being emulated like we see on X1's BC that requires publisher approval. Publishers do have to agree that those games can be licensed to run on those specific devices though, as there are also restriction on which devices can download the content, and where it can be transferred to by the user....which is a different sort of license.

[Vipre77]

@rainslacker
Nonsense about the PSP and the Vita containing PS1 hardware. The closest thing here to that claim is only the PSP's CPU. PS1 contained a 32-bit MIPS R3000A CPU. PSP has a 32-bit MIPS R4000-series CPU. The PSP's CPU is the next generation version of what was in the PS1 and it probably uses a superset of the commands that the 3000A supported. This would be similar to how the old intel 486 compared to the older 386. That meant that PSP most likely can natively run a large portion of the original unmodified code, but there remains some portion of the work being done in software emulation because of the GPUs being completely different between PS1 and PSP and also because of the need to allow for remapping the missing controller buttons and the graphics stretching options for fitting to the PSP's screen resolution. Over on the Vita, they're using an ARM Cortex A9 quad-core CPU and a newer GPU made by PowerVR, neither of which are anything like what the PS1 had. That's full software emulation going on in the Vita.

PS2 did contain the PS1's CPU and utilized it as an I/O processor, but it was still able to be utilized to run PS1 games. Here, the GPU was being emulated also, evidenced by the fact that options for fast loading and texture smoothing were available on the console. Apparently, the later PS2 slim model eliminated this PS1 CPU, requiring PS1 games to run in full software emulation which caused some game compatibility issues that I don't think were ever resolved.

PS3 runs PS1 games in full software emulation. Early PS3's contained the PS2 Emotion Engine CPU. Some non-European models also included the Graphics Synthesizer GPU. None of them contained the PS1 hardware. Famously, the PS2 hardware was eventually phased out on all PS3 models, first eliminating the GS and emulating it, and later removing the EE and all PS2 game compatibility. Meanwhile, PS1 game support has remained on all PS3 models built.

We all know about the licensing hurdles that have to be jumped through and, frankly, most of us think it's a BS excuse since they've been able to license the content for use on so many previous devices. How hard can it really be to add PS4 to the list of approved devices that are already licensed? I work with certifying agencies at my job pretty regularly and we often have to add devices or alternate parts to a list of already approved items for agencies such as UL, CSA, CE, etc. This is a little different situation in which some negotiation over things like royalties or distribution details and sometimes separate negotiations over music takes place, but it can't be nearly as difficult as Sony makes it sound when pressed on it. There have been a couple of occasions where they run into issues where they get approval for licensing the game itself, but not for the music on games they previously had licenses. Sometimes it causes them to not re-release the game, but a couple of times, they just replaced the music with something else. Probably depends on how much work it took to swap out. All that considered, it still seems pretty likely that they're just making excuses for it taking a long time simply because they're not making it a priority to get it done.

[callahan09]

I agree with you complete, -Foxtrot. I have stopped by digital games on Playstation because I am pissed off at how many games I bought from the PS3 store that are now completely unplayable on PS4, when there is really no damn reason that many of them couldn't be, particularly the PSone classics.

[nitus10]

You can already get the original PC version of FF7 for the PS4.

[RosweeSon]

I'm still waiting on Tekken 3 ;)

[AnubisG]

That is why it's not worth buying digital anything.

[ironcrow2386]

Still waiting for burnout revenge/takedown...seems im not the only one yet theres still no sign 😐

[Hoffmann]

I think copyright/licenses with the bands are the problem. Maybe copyright issues between EA and Criterion as well..who knows.

I tried out both via emulator and they run fairly well

[WeAreLegion]

Agreed. Try an emulator.

[Immorals]

Revenge is backwards compatible on xbox one, so doubt it's that.

EA probably don't think it worth the development time, which is sad. Burnout games were some of my favourite games that generation since number 1 on the Gamecube!

[rye74]

There is no excuse to not have PS1 classics playable on PS4.

[XanderZane]

Hhhmm.. most Sony fanboys said they didn't want B/C games on the PS4. They tell that to XB1 fanboys in every XB1 - XBox 360 B/C article. Saying, "We bought a PS4 to play new and currently PS4 titles, not old PS3/PS2 games. " Now they want PS1 games on the PS4?

Originally all the PS2 and PS1 games were suppose to go to PSNow. With the release of the PS2 emulator on the PS4, it appears those plans have been completely cancelled. I pretty much gave up on true B/C on the PS4. Sure if there is a cheap ($10 or less) PS3/PS2 game I don't own and really want, I might get it, but otherwise, I'm playing ALL my PS3, PS2 and PS1 games on my bulky 60GB PS3. I have to give Sony credit. This beast of a system gets hotter then hell and it get used a lot by my wife for streaming Netflix and Amazon Prime movies, yet the only thing that has failed on it was the Blu-Ray drive. I couldn't play PS2 games. I got it repaired and it's run fine ever since. I've left it on for a full day several times, by accident and it still never overheated and crapped out. I'm keeping it.

[Retroman]

Amen to that bro. my phat ps3 runs everyday watching Hulu+ or Netflix. still play my ps1,ps2 games.

until Sony able to reboot ps2,ps3 games on ps4 i will never buy ps4. im better off going to yard sales for 5-10.00 ps2-3 games.
in the future hope ps5 able to play ps1,ps2,ps3,ps4 games.

[nitus10]

The PS4 and XB1 were not supposed to be backwards compatible although Microsoft did that after two years and doing this did value add to the XB1 but still did not increase sales in a way Microsoft would have wished.

My 60GB PS3 (PAL Region) still works and plays nearly all PS2 games.

All in all, people only play their older games for nostalgia sake, they rarely go out and pay for them so if you had a collection of 60 PS2 games you would rarely be interested in buying a PS2 game you had not played before., although the odd gamer may. Of course, if you had sold all your old games the temptation to rebuy would be even less.

[XanderZane]

@nitus10
Well I bought both Dark Cloud and Dark Cloud 2 on my PS4. They were fairly cheap at $7. I had bought some older PS1 games I never owned on my PS3 as well. I literally own hundreds of PS1, PS2 and PS3 games, so I rarely need to purchase any of the older games. As long as I have my bulky 60GB PS3, I'm good to go.

[RosweeSon]

Well there's not but there is for Sony take ps1 classics from Vita and allow them on ps4 as well which is blatantly possible. Great for ps4 owners but it'll be the death of Vita as its got nout else going for it really. Barely use remote play myself.

[nitus10]

Personally, I have never been all that interested in handhelds although the Vita can be used as a PS4 controller and some games coming out for the PS4 are cross buy with the Vita.

[Retroman]

Reason why....simple. dev to dang busy repeating boring open world formats. instead of reproducing joyful classic playable games on ps4 as reboots. insomniac prove that with R&C

[WeAreLegion]

PS1 and PS2 games were coming to PS Now once upon a time. That's probably not happening. I'd love to see them come to PS4. It would be cool if publishers made large bundles of PS1 games available together, like NAMCO and ATARI used to do.

[Gardenia]

They removed the classic section on the PS3 I noticed. You can still find them when using 'search' but it seems to me that they won't get the support like they use to

I guess it's too complicated with copyrights when a lot of companies don't exist anymore or changed into different companies

[Sniperwithacause]

Out with the old. In with the new.

[Hoffmann]

Never had a milf I guess. (hhggnnngh)

[Sniperwithacause]

Whats that suppose to mean?
What does your response have to do with anything? We're you referring to my profile pic?

[Goldenarmz]

If you dont get his reply, then you are helpless and you must be a 10 year old. Basically hes saying you never had an older woman. And juding by your reply i doubt you have had a woman at all.

[rainslacker]

@sniper

Think maybe you should maybe relax a bit. Hoffman was just making a joke. I doubt he was questioning anything about you or trying to make you look bad.

[Sniperwithacause]

@Golden
Milf stands for mom I'd like to fuck.
So I don't get why it would have to be an older women. Plenty of young milfs in the world. Yeah I'm a ten year old boy! Oh my god you got me good. Beside you haven't had pussy since pussy had u.

[TheColbertinator]

^^

Great comment here

[ocelot07]

I would love to play MGS and MGS Special Missions with trophies.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yes.. I'd love to play Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Resident Evil 1-3 on my PS4.

[MagicBeanz]

Nope.

[MasterCornholio]

It's easy to emulate PSX titles so I don't see why Sony isn't doing that yet. However PS2 and PS3 games are more complicated so I can understand why they can't emulate them yet.

[rainslacker]

Except they are emulating PS2 titles. The PS2 classics are working well through emulation, and some of them are complex games.

PS1 classics should be easily emulated, and I would like to see Sony offer the option....hopefully without the need to repurchase one's digital titles, for the benefit of both the consumer and the publishers who can gain added revenue off the new market to sell to.

Not that I need it myself, but because it's something that would be good all around.

[MasterCornholio]

Do all PS2 titles use a common emulator or do they have to emulate each one individually?

Im not an expert on emulation so forgive me if I'm asking a dumb question.

[rainslacker]

From what I"ve read about it, the emulator works for any game, but requires tweaking here or there depending on the game. The current emulator has the ability to utilize Sony's trophy inclusion for older games without modifying the original code, but that wouldn't necessarily be required for a simple BC solution along the lines of MS.

I think offering such a thing, and allowing publishers to post their PS2 titles for sale on PS4, using the emulator as a wrapper, with just a emulator profile for the tweaks...which is basically all the tweaking is...would be a good thing for Sony to offer. Gives pubs and devs a chance to capitalize on their old games, and gives players access to a larger library of games they may want to play. They could of course still offer the trophy support versions, or even include for a fee should someone already own the title. There's a lot of flexibility there.

I'm not 100% sure on all the specifics though, but I have read a few things, and for the first part, I was able to put that together through reasoning, and for the second part of my comment, it's more what I think would be good for Sony to offer.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Die Hard Trilogy
MDK
Tenchu
Symphony of the Night
Return Fire

and I'm good

[GreenUp]

No, PS2 games aren't even here for PS4 yet. Without having to buy a subscription that is. SOCOM 2

[Hoffmann]

Uhh..you are wrong. Around 20+ PS2 games are available on PS4 already, without having any subscriptions

[GreenUp]

Wow, 20.

[shinrock]

Lol

[XanderZane]

Yes and you have to rebuy them to play them.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

You know they started ps2 classics on ps4 right? Like at the end of last year.

[ThatGuyDart]

YES!!! I want The Legend of Dragoon on my PS4 NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Tobsesan]

Its freaking time for native BC PS1 and PS2. Pop that fcker in and play it with awesome upscaling and great Framerate. Would instantly rush out and buy a ps4 just for that. Still got my 600 PS1/2 Games around.

[RosweeSon]

Fair play but you'll be waiting a while and if you've got that many ps1 games you've surely got the console to with it, sure it would be lovely and it was great when launch ps3's did it but it's not gonna happen on ps4... At the end of the day the games ain't all that expensive £4-8- thanks square.. For ps1, ps2 are £8-12 unless you wait barely 1-2 months and then they are around half price, really not that expensive sure it adds up but no subscriptions required so can play when you want have all the extra bells and whistles and much cheaper than it would be to buy the majority of quality ps1/2 games now via eBay and such as let's face it all the good or rare ones people want near full price still if not double and just silly money I'll just stick with a cheap digital copy. I love a good physical collection tho so fair play for the 600 games but I just don't think they'll be going in a ps4 anytime soon. Sure they'll come to ps4 store soon enough tho just about the only thing Vita has going for it so until they are happy to fully retire that think they'll stay exclusive to that and last gen(ps3) they'll come to ps4 eventually tho with 40+ million customers on there even if only 10% of owners purchased a few that's a fair bit of money.

[hduce]

This subject was discussed on the Red Dead Redemption article about backwards compatibility and the PlayStation only fans said that it wasn't needed. I argued that it would be a cool feature on any console. My PS2, PS3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One have it. I would love it if my PS4 could do it as well.

[MatrixxGT]

Well that article was pretty much saying how X1 is far superior in the BC department so naturally the extreme fanboys would flock to counter argue.

I just don't have the time to keep up with and finish the games that come out today much less go back and play last gen games. I do have some on my PSVita that I downloaded for nostalgia but that's only when I have to travel for work.

[rainslacker]

It's not needed. That's what the PS fans were saying.

It's desired.

Desire does not equal need.

Most agreed that it would be a cool feature to have on any console, and it is.

Too many people are putting more importance on the feature than it needs to get.

I'd love for my PS4 to have it, but I don't go around saying Sony owes it to us, because they were quite clear they weren't going to offer it, so I kept my phat PS3 which has it all. I often request the feature in various forms over on Sony's forums, or when they have surveys or something along those lines. Beyond that, I don't demand anything, because Sony didn't hide the fact that they weren't going to offer it. If they want to bring in the revenue stream it'll offer, they'll do something. If not, then we're just complaining to complain despite only having ourselves to blame for not keeping devices that would play the games we apparently want to play.

There are more productive ways to go about getting these features if we want them than going around acting all indigent about Sony's lack of caring on forums.

They have official forums one can go to, and I suggest those getting ultra pissed off about it here, or seemingly that concerned over the feature, to go there instead of constantly complaining about it here. Actual Sony reps read their forums, so maybe be productive instead of crying about it.

As an X1 fan, you seem awfully concerned about the feature on PS4 and what PS fans think about BC in general, so maybe relay to Sony just how it adds to the Xbox brand over on their forums and do something good for all gamers and help kick Sony's ass into motion instead of going around on N4G trying to make Sony fans look bad.

[Retroman]

Would LOVE!! to see up-graded reboot ps1-ps2 games. especially Gradius, R-type,Einhander,Raystorm

[RosweeSon]

Yes but if not my Vita is very happy

[bafa]

One of the reasons i bought a vita. The classics are games i dont need to play a lot. Every once and a while and I'm good.

[RosweeSon]

Exactly I don't want to spend 90% of my gaming time in the 90's but defo get some urges to go back and blast the classics from time to time.

[Rhezin]

All I want is Road Rash and MDK

[Goldenarmz]

Yes Please, Xenogears? Legends of Dragoon? Final Fantasy 7-10? All the Tekkens? Street Fighter Alpha? Driver? So many !

[RosweeSon]

They've pretty much just got to flick a switch then as pretty much all those are already on the store just not for ps4, no Tekken 3 for some reason in U.k but final fantasy 4-9 (they have 1-3 as well but not ps1) Tekken 1/2 all the tomb raiders street fighter alpha 1/2 I believe driver is up (awesome game) they just literally need to bang a switch or do bit of ps4 voodoo really shouldn't be too hard tho if can get ps2 games running maybe they are just trying to spruce them all up a bit and give them trophy support?

[GNCFLYER]

I must be in the minority but really wanna play new games, not the old ones.

I guess i did play syphon filter and OG tomb raider not to long ago but i also have a PS3 and a Vita for that..

[hduce]

I think we all want to play new games but it would be nice to have the option of playing titles from the previous generations on our current hardware. The backwards compatibility feature would be good for me because I have a vast library of games that I collect and never trade in.

[RosweeSon]

Fair play sold my PS3 nailed it did all the exclusives all the other good ones got ported to ps4 so yeah ps1 classics would just make it the complete package for me they'd have their whole history covered on one console with the help of PS now.

[aconnellan]

What people are missing is that it's not 'one or the other'. Being able to play PS1 or PS2 games does not mean that developers suddenly stop making PS4 games.

And if you don't want to use that feature then you don't have to, that's totally fine, but others will - it's about options. This is a feature where you've just beaten Uncharted 4 or you're playing through No Man's Sky, and you suddenly have the urge to relive some Spyro nostalgia, so you pop it in and play. It's no skin off your back, and it'd cost maybe $5-10 (as opposed to a full price remaster)

I would much rather that than keep a room full of dusty consoles that I have to drag out every time I feel like reliving an old favourite, or paying for countless remasters when there's only a handful of titles actually deserving of one. It's something that would compliment the PS4, not detract from it.

[FallenAngel1984]

I don't see why they haven't

[FallenAngel1984]

I don't see why they haven't. All the companies should be doing their best to preserve their classic libraries on as many platforms as possible

[KentBenMei]

The PSN PS1 Classics should have carried over to PS4. I have all the best ones and being unable to play them on a PS4 is stupid. At least I have Vita but it needs L2/R2 for some games...and don't say PS3. PSTV is the next best option.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

Bring QUAKE 1 and 2 to PS4!!

[Ninja_G_Aidan]

What if I told you I don't want to own any other console and just want a PS4 with digital titles. Yes it's taking the piss waiting this long for digital titles that people have paid money last gen for.

[Vanfernal]

Here's my theory. Every PS platform ever has been able to play PS1 games, so there's really no reason to believe that the PS4 wouldn't have that capability. My guess is that they withheld it in order to push the Vita for backwards compatibility as an extra appeal. At this point the Vita isn't really making any new fans and Sony is obviously not pushing the handheld anymore so they should add the ability to play PS1 games on the PS4.

[rainslacker]

"so there's really no reason to believe that the PS4 wouldn't have that capability"

Except Sony was quite clear that it wouldn't do that, so the expectation should have been removed from people's minds. They can keep that expectation in what they believe it should do, but not with what they were actually getting.

My guess is they withheld it due to the fact the PS4 can't read CD's, the fact that it would have required an emulation solution similar to MS own BC implementation, and they either haven't worked that out at the time, or the emulator wasn't ready at the time.

There is no reason to think it could be any other reason, because it doesn't make sense to remove what should be a relatively easy revenue stream.

I don't know why they haven't implemented it since, but it's certainly not the VIta, and a working emulator was shown in UC4.

PSNow could be the only thing I can think of, but that is an entirely different market for Sony.

Best advice, go over to Sony's forums and make your voice heard. Complaining about it here isn't going to achieve much. There are others who push for the PS1/2/3 BC in some form or another, and the conversation is much more productive...although no indication it's going anywhere.

We can hope Sony has something in the works. Heck, I'd be happy with a premium Neo or something, but for the time being, I just use my PS3 for all that stuff.

[milohighclub]

so they can charge £10 for a game you can pick up for 50p nahhhhhhh fankz

[RosweeSon]

Ps1 classics are £3.99-7.99 max ps2 classics are £7.99-11.99 max shop around in the sales and you'll get them for up to half price... Shop around on eBay and you'll still be paying £30-40 for the top end good-great games... If you wanna play FIFA 98 then yeah 50p ;) sure some ps1 games aren't too expensive and they did have the platinum ranges etc but they are only available through the reselling markets these days and some of those prices can be extortionate.

[Imalwaysright]

If it is time to play the library that made the PS1 one of the best consoles ever on the PS4? I would NEVER say no to that.

[on_line_forever]

i always want to play parasite eve 1 - 2 , vagrant story , legend of dragon on this generation

[on_line_forever]

we want parasite eve , vagrant story , legend of dragon

[Zjet]

It'd be nice to move all my PSN PS1 purchases from PS3/PSP over to PS4 Yes, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Tombi. Syphon Filter etc yes please.

[Shineon]

Fact#Ps4 the first playstation to not run OG Playstation Disc

[TheVigilanteCode]

No, but it's already time for hardware and software backward compatibility for PSOne and PS2 software on PS4, FFS.

[TeamLeaptrade]

I would love to see PS1 classics on the PS4. I have a feeling we'll see them added soon enough.

[Retroman]

That would be sweet "if" Sony could up grade the graphics of classic games with unreal engine or with frostbyte engine. imagine playing any sidescrolling space shooter or run an gun shooter with frostbyte engine.

i personally would buy Castlevinia, Metriod,Contra ,R-type,Gradius with frostbyte engine.

[rainslacker]

I have that feeling too, just because there is no reason they wouldn't have an emulator by now, and it's been a positive thing for Xbox. Would be nice if they have some sort of PS2 BC as well, maybe without the trophy support added in, which publishers could start to put their games up for people to buy, and hopefully have a solution like MS for those who have the retail copies....which will likely be so few that it shouldn't hurt publishers bottom lines, but will go a long way in making them look good. PS1 physical titles might not be a thing though, because the drive on the system can't read the CD's to validate a digital copy. But digital purchases from PS3 should also be made available if one brought them already....and hopefully for those that got a bunch of them through PS+.

I was kind of expecting something at E3....but sadly it never came.

[sackboyhappy]

i didnt buy a PS4 to play PS1 games

[OldSchoolGamer69]

Colony Wars please

[Germany7]

It would be great too, many PS2 games are being released now and so many could be released.

PS2 and PS1 have a rich library.

[DFresh]

I'm surprised Sony hasn't done that yet.

[Minute Man 721]

How about full backward compatiblity for the PS family

[EpicSandwich]

Yes please!!

[Jaqen_Hghar]

before they release the new Spider-man game they should put Spider-Man and Spider-Man Enter Electro on PS1 classics on PS4 then release Spider-Man 2 on PS2 classics on PS4.

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I would happily pay for PS1 games with trophy support and additional features, just as FF7 received. The main games I'd love to see would be games that saw a rather limited run over here in the UK and are rare and expensive to find now. Games such as Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Suikoden would be games that I'd love to play on a console, but finding original copies is far out of my price range. Other games like Chrono Cross that didn't see a UK release would be a welcome addition to the PS4 digital line-up, as well as classics like Crash and Spyro.

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I just want the last playstation, whether it be the PS5 or PS6 to be completely BC with all playstation titles. And since we all know that, unfortunately, all digital is coming and to the point where we're probably going to be streaming all the new games, have the last playstation do that as well.