Sony Meeting Will Discuss "ICO Collection"

PSLS:A dream may become a reality soon enough. There is a possibility of Team ICO's PS2 classics, Shadow of the Colossus and ICO being re-released on the PS3, Fumito Ueda recently revealed. The news has everyone excited, but this new development is enough to make heads explode.

[GWAVE]

Oh wow. That would be really awesome. Ico and SotC are two of last gen's best games, and to this day have some of the best "storytelling" (take that how you will), boss sequences, and art direction.

[DasBunker]

never played any of these games.. i skipped almost the whole PS2-era.. itll be awesome to be able to play them and check for myself if all the praise they get is true :P.. SOTC looks stunning..

[Blaster_Master]

They should wait until Sony's motion controller comes out so it can support this game. It would be like zelda on the wii, but better. LOL!

[ThatCanadianGuy]

SOTC + 720p/trophies = happy gamers worldwide

[Ravage27]

finally!!!

[sunil]

just make it happen and give it a march 2010 release date :)

[Greywulf]

These games shined on the PS2.. imagine the shine on the ps3?

[eagle21]

I LOVE SONY! Please. :)

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

This is probably the best thing I've heard this year next to Uncharted 2 getting 10's across the board.

[xenogamer]

i never got to play Ico, but SOTC is one of my favorite ps2 games of all time. Cant wait for this to come to fruition.

[Raf1k1]

These two as well as he God of War games are what I wanted to get a PS2 for. Now I may not have to. I will certainly pick these up the day they are released if they go ahead with it.

[darthv72]

There are a crap load of ps2 titles I would love to see given the hd treatment with trophies. I am actually surprised they havent been doing something similar with ps1 games but oh well.

Is anyone worried that this trend of rejuvenating last gen games may hinder current gen development? While I think the idea of making the old seem new again is great I just dont want studios diverting resources from new IP's into time and effort on their older titles. If there was a company who's job it was to simply recode the old games into hd then it would let the other companies do their thing on new stuff.

I am sure there really isnt much effort to making the old look good but when you have soooo many games from the ps2 with fans clamouring for an hd fix it could get quite backlogged with such a huge library. Not to say ALL ps2 games will get the magic treatment but there are plenty more than Ico and GoW games that could benefit sony ($$$ wise) as well as the gamers.

I like the idea..I am just paranoid that it will slow things down while we all have a resurgance of retro gaming in hd.

[Marceles]

"The news has everyone excited, but this new development is enough to make heads explode."

(head explodes)

[ReservoirDog316]

Oh I really hope they can do this. I'd imagine it would sell like crazy since everybody knows how great these games are now.

[Max Power]

same here, I unfortunately couldn't afford Ico when it was released, and it always seemed to get pushed aside for another game being released, man am I kicking myself for that delay. Luckily I have SOTC gracing my PS2 collection, but I really want to play Ico, I still look at the mom and pop game stores looking for it. If this is released with the same kind of treatment that was given to GoW I and II then I wouldn't mind picking this up and push looking for the original in the back of my mind for a little bit. But that doesn't mean I won't hunt down a ps2 copy for the sake of having it but then I would just suck it up and bid on ebay for one, if someone is selling it.

@darth... I don't think that this will hinder any game dev time, it just may give people the change to relive fond memories with better graphics, and give people who haven't experienced the games a chance too. And I am sure that devs wouldn't mind a little extra money to help the increasing dev costs.

[Information Minister]

And the good news just keep on coming.

Maybe I should play the lottery...

[Cenobia]

Yeah, I'm a little worried about that too. Adding trophies must take a lot of work as well (I assume).

These games definitely deserve it, but I'd rather they not go too deep into the collection. They might decide to make this a standard practice and remove any backwards compatibility for the PS4. They could make money on their best games indefinitely.

I highly doubt they would do that, I'm just speculating.

[Face Palm]

I never played ICO so a revamp would be great! I never played GoW 1 or 2 so that revamp is great too!

[gintoki777]

day 1 preorder i played/beat sotc and never tried ico due to how expensive it is now so it would be great to give it a try

[hay]

Me want! *drools*

[DaTruth]

They actually pushed the development of GOW collection onto an small indie developer. They likely wouldn't waste big developers and $100,000 salaries on PS2 redevelopment!

I really liked Ico, but they probably should have wrote Ico2 on the StoC box, because had I known, I would have bought it for sure. I basically only knew about Ico from a demo included with another game, so if the game didn't have a demo, I wasn't buying it; Got burned on commercials and word of mouth a few times(Streets of LA, and that crappy riot game).

[rockleex]

Zone of the Enders
Devil May Cry
Onimusha
Xenosaga
Persona
Final Fantasy 1-12? :P

[nanometric]

If it's true, then REJOICE MY FELLOW GAMERS!
Btw, is it just me or there seem to pop up a lot of articles about "collections of something". I really hope that it a sign of good thing to come.

[Timesplitter14]

Please do it.

And afterwards you can do the same for Ratchet & Clank, Devil May Cry and Metal Gear

[GWAVE]

Good call.

And I'd also like a collection of the three Sly Cooper games.

[nanometric]

I vote for remastered MGS and Ace Combat collections!

[Syronicus]

Bring it out like you have done so with GoW. I can only imagine how this will look in an updated form. If they can do it for GoW, they can do it for ICO.

[TheColbertinator]

I would prefer a Level 5 Classics pack.It would contain Rogue Galaxy,Dark Cloud 2 and Dragon Quest 8 for 40$ with trophy support.Oh and a demo for WKC.That would be great

[Peter North]

What now Microsoft, you can't release a collection of Bear&Bird as no one wants to build cars with a Bear&Bird.

[Trey4Lyfe]

:)

[Chubear]

Halo:CE remake coming up soon. You just know MS just has to do it. The money they'll make from simpletons that worship halo would be staggering.

[dorron]

I didn't have a chance to play these games, since I never owned a PS2. Now, with backwards compatibility I never found a copy of these to buy...so I would most definitely buy this collection.

[whothedog]

Easy money(well most of the work is done), fans are happy

Win win

EDIT : would love to play SOTC in HD :), first day buy for me. I never got a chance to play ICO, so it would be great.

They have to keep these at $40 though

[Cenobia]

If they actually improved graphics and dropped in trophies I could see myself paying $80+.

That could be because I'm biased though. They are my favorite games. I think their value holds to at least $40 each (especially with trophies and graphical tweaks).

What I really want is a complete version of ICO. I didn't get to see some of the extra stuff that the PAL version of the game had.

[0din]

They need to sort out the jabroni's in the firmware team. Put BC in the firmware and release PS2 titles on the PSN, IT DOESN'T MATTER if it's not in HD. If the jabroni's in the firmware team add more Playstation store icons on the XMB for no reason, add the BC and people will buy more and the Store icons will be more useful :P

TREY 4 LIFE.

[mrv321]

Force a gun to their heads if they dare say no.

[xcox]

yeah i 2nd that
actually, force a minigun to their heads!

[mrv321]

I agree, but to be honest not many people would say no to a gun to the head, because to say no to ICO is litrally not using your head.

The minigun seems like overkill, like a RPG for close quarters... mind you these are Sony's Employees have gotten so much hate they are probably immune to this now.

[xcox]

i like the "RPG to the head" idea ;P

seriously, i think sony is on to a real good idea with that PS2 classics remastering business. much better than dumb backward compatibility.

whether it's GOW, R* or Team ICO games, i'll pay w/o whining to get them smooth 1080p 60Hz on my big screen and if they add trophy support, I bet a lot of kids are gonna agree with me.

plus, it might also be a good pretext for experimenting with motion controllers on different scenarios

bubble++;

[Major_Tom]

YES! IT'S ENOUGH THAT THEY JUST DISCUSS IT, BEST COLLECTION. EVER.

[arakouftaian]

Make it.

we will buy it.

:)

but tray also to give a twist to it

multiplayer on
sotc

motion cntrols fro ico and sotc?

come on sony, make it.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Ico
Shadow of the Colossus
Devil May Cry 1 - 3 (Make changes to 2 to satisfy the whiners)
MGS 1-3
Bully
Okami
Indigo Prophecy
Fatal Frame!!!
Viewtiful Joe
SSX 3

KINGDOM HEARTS!!!

[Omega Zues]

This would be amazing, to see Sotc get the same treatment as the God of War collection would just destroy my mind.

[miasma]

This is going to happen. If they are officially discussing it, there is no way they won't. I like the fact that Fumito Ueda is very much into it. I have a feeling even though he said there may be technical complexities to overcome, that not only would they get past those, but probably bring something special to the collection we might not have thought of. Those guys are pretty unique with their thinking, they put alot into the presentation of their work.

I expect greatness to come!!

[JadedWriter]

I'd gladly fork over my left nut to be able to play this.

[sajj316]

honestly guys ... would backwards compatability still be a big need if these classic PS2 games were remastered in HD w/ Trophy support? Most gamers want the BC for titles such as these, not for playing EA Harry Potter titles.

[miasma]

as a matter of fact, I have these two for my PS2, and that is the only reason I kept my PS2. Now I will be able to just have the PS3 for those and GOW collection. Works out great for me, don't mind putting out the bucks for GOW and ICO/SOTC collections.

[sajj316]

Yup. I would not hesitate for remastered ICO/SOTC, MGS series (even though I have the collection), or Capcom collection (RE4, Code Veronica, and Okami).

[TheGuardianFID]

Please make this happen Sony!!! :D

[elcompa425]

I'm in the same boat as DasBunker, and missed the PS2 era as well. Because most of my gaming on my PS2 consisted of %2 GTA and SOCOM %98 of the time. Now, that I have a PS3, I'd definitely be up for buying a remastered SoTC and ICO, because they look so damn fun!!!

CORRECTION: %90 SOCOM, %8 MGS, AND %2 GTA :P

[McLuvn]

to do it again. In 720p
Own SotC, rented ICO off game fly last year.
Both masterpieces. Would probably sell more a year from now
than when originally released.

[user858621]

halo 2 is out u guys!!! with updated grafx n acheivement support its called halo 3 lol

[Whitefox789]

As a guy who was not able to get a hands on Ico and sold my SoTC copy (I must of been crazy that day) I can only say one thing to this......

[blu_yu_away]

Never played either so it sounds good to me.
God of War Collection: check
Ico/SotC Collection: check?
Metal Gear Collection
Final Fantasy X/XII Collection
Kingdom Hearts Collection
Sly Cooper Collection
When I can check off the final 4 I'll have all the BC I need. Make it Happen Sony

[Saaking]

That would be awesome.

[CobraKai]

Not only do I want these remastered games because they don't look so hot on a big ass HDTV, but remastering old ps2 games makes for great marketing for the current gen versions. If I never played God of War, I would be more excited after playing the re-release. Plus I would much rather have 720p and 60 fps than normal backwards compatibility.

[Etseix]

id pay 60, no, even 100 for this , i want them so bad

Edit: yeah ppl, they are indeed worth the price.

[gemc666]

if they do it, i'll do the same that i did with GoW collection, buy 2, one for collection, one for play

[PHIL1017]

i got a ps3 for this! whoo! so long, 360 suckers!!!!!!