Starting tomorrow you can buy a few games! More will be added soon.
The games for sale as of tomorrow are:

• 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

The games will also feature enhancements such as upscaled graphics, remote play and trophy support.

Source

 

[Guild McCommunist]

God I hate you all.

The PS2 was 15 years ago. Stop acting like everyone "owns" all these PS2 games anyway. Want to play them again? Go play your PS2. Want to have some convenience and upgrades of PS2 games on your PS4? Buy these.

Like Nintendo has done Virtual Console since the Wii, the Xbox 360 had Xbox games available for purchase, the PS3 had PS2 and PSX Classics for sale. Now we're suddenly complaining about something that has been around for years.

Buy them if you want. If you already own them and want to play them on their native system, go do that and just stop being such a goddamn moron.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

God I hate you all.

The PS2 was 15 years ago. Stop acting like everyone "owns" all these PS2 games anyway. Want to play them again? Go play your PS2. Want to have some convenience and upgrades of PS2 games on your PS4? Buy these.

Like Nintendo has done Virtual Console since the Wii, the Xbox 360 had Xbox games available for purchase, the PS3 had PS2 and PSX Classics for sale. Now we're suddenly complaining about something that has been around for years.

Buy them if you want. If you already own them and want to play them on their native system, go do that and just stop being such a goddamn moron.

Xbox 360 had Xbox Originals available for purchase but the game discs worked too so it was optional if one wanted to re-purchase.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Xbox 360 had Xbox Originals available for purchase but the game discs worked too so it was optional if one wanted to re-purchase.

And this is optional too.

The PS2 is two generations behind the PS4. If you expected it to be backwards compatible then you're delusional. The PS3 had backwards compatibility at a $600 price tag. They cut that out and half the price with it. Where's everyone complaining about the Wii U having no Gamecube backwards compatibility? Or the 3DS not being able to play Gameboy Advance games? Like the Wii U does the same thing, they have no Gamecube backwards compatibility but conveniently have the games available for download. Now we're suddenly complaining about this?

 

[Arras]

And this is optional too.

The PS2 is two generations behind the PS4. If you expected it to be backwards compatible then you're delusional. The PS3 had backwards compatibility at a $600 price tag. They cut that out and half the price with it. Where's everyone complaining about the Wii U having no Gamecube backwards compatibility? Or the 3DS not being able to play Gameboy Advance games? Like the Wii U does the same thing, they have no Gamecube backwards compatibility but conveniently have the games available for download. Now we're suddenly complaining about this?

To be fair, there's a pretty significant difference here. The PS3 had full compatibility with PS1 discs. The WiiU does not have the hardware to read gamecube discs. The 3DS does not have the hardware to insert Gameboy Advance cartridges. The PS4 has the hardware to read PS2 discs.
That said I'm not really surprised by this, nor do I personally care for it. I guess we'll get PS2 disc compatibility for those who care if the PS4 ever gets hacked.

 

[Tigran]

My PS4 is literally gathering dust compared to my PS2, I enjoy the PS2 more. PS4 literally has nothing at this time. Charging people to buy games they've likely already owned? Good move sony.

That may be true, but that has absolutely nothing to do with claiming that PS2 through component would look as good as the PS2 games through the PS4.

I love how people can't seem to understand that opinion =/= facts.

 

[RaMon90]

On Xbox One you insert the 360 disc, it downloads the game data, installs and then plays. I tend to install the game data of my 360 on its HDD if possible for quicker loading times and running quiet (so the XO does almost the same).

Wow, this the best thing microsoft did to X1. Maybe i should've bought xbox instead of ps4, I cared only about the speed and resolution...
At this point its not worth for me to buy it since i have both ps3 and ps4.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

And this is optional too.

The PS2 is two generations behind the PS4. If you expected it to be backwards compatible then you're delusional. The PS3 had backwards compatibility at a $600 price tag. They cut that out and half the price with it. Where's everyone complaining about the Wii U having no Gamecube backwards compatibility? Or the 3DS not being able to play Gameboy Advance games? Like the Wii U does the same thing, they have no Gamecube backwards compatibility but conveniently have the games available for download. Now we're suddenly complaining about this?

On PS4 it's not optional, so for those who want to play those PS2 games they have to re-purchase if they want.

Wow, this the best thing microsoft did to X1. Maybe i should've bought xbox instead of ps4, I cared only about the speed and resolution...
At this point its not worth for me to buy it since i have both ps3 and ps4.

If this does not concern you then why speak of it?

 

[Arras]

On PS4 it's not optional, so for those who want to play those PS2 games they have to re-purchase if they want.


If this does not concern you then why speak of it?

It's optional in the sense that you can just keep your PS2 and use that.

 

[RaMon90]

On PS4 it's not optional, so for those who want to play those PS2 games they have to re-purchase if they want.


If this does not concern you then why speak of it?

I saw neru's reply and was curious. Its a awesome feature microsoft released, I prefer to play 2/3 consoles at once.
Also im not starting any console war as my main gaming console is the pc.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

It's optional in the sense that you can just keep your PS2 and use that.

Problem is that for people who are limited on how many devices they can have out this isn't all that optional. PCSX2 might be the best way to go about it still.

 

[G0R3Z]

That may be true, but that has absolutely nothing to do with claiming that PS2 through component would look as good as the PS2 games through the PS4.

I love how people can't seem to understand that opinion =/= facts.

Except i'm using an upscaling plugin in OPL, which does look as good as any Upscaled game on PS3, i can't see how much better PS4 ones will look.

 

[DS1]

After like, 8 years, there are only about 100 PS2 titles on PSN (and those are largely determined by what companies wish to participate/what resources they still have kicking around to port the titles). Why are people getting so uppity about something that is only going to get marginal support?

Believe me, I'm as mad as the next guy that I don't have easy access to the PS2's amazing library. A few years back I went to Japan to see how many awesome Japan-only titles I could pick up, only to find that many of them had low print runs (the Japanese market is super small, remember), and cult classics go for upwards of $200* since they never received budget reprints (like 'PS2 Best Collection' or whatever). I would LOVE to be get my hands on those gems for a paltry $15, but the fact is, most of those companies went out of business because they couldn't keep up with increasing costs of software development (the PS3 all but murdered Japan's unique small dev scene). The ones that survived either did so because they jumped to mobile or PSP, but in either case they dumped all their resources and no longer have the ability to do a proper port. On the anniversary of one of my all-time favorite games, people bombarded the company's twitter account with questions about possible PSN releases of their classics... only to get a flat out, "Nope, it's not possible. How about Kengo? You guys like Kengo, right!?" To say nothing of any rights and licensing issues...

Long story short, I'm glad they recognize the PS2's legacy, but the greater part of that legacy is lost to time. I know a lot of people are screaming "PCSX2!", but believe me, that experience still a shade off of the original console.

*I WAS able to find a handful of games I wouldn't trade for the world, though that was really luck-of-the-draw. They cost me $15-25 CIB, which seems appropriate.

 

[Flame]

No way I would pay $14.99 only $14.98

If I get all the games in my ps2 collection that would mean I save $4.00 cause I own 400 games..


God I hate Sony.


Microsoft and Nintendo is life.

 

[p1ngpong]

God I hate you all.

The PS2 was 15 years ago. Stop acting like everyone "owns" all these PS2 games anyway. Want to play them again? Go play your PS2. Want to have some convenience and upgrades of PS2 games on your PS4? Buy these.

Like Nintendo has done Virtual Console since the Wii, the Xbox 360 had Xbox games available for purchase, the PS3 had PS2 and PSX Classics for sale. Now we're suddenly complaining about something that has been around for years.

Buy them if you want. If you already own them and want to play them on their native system, go do that and just stop being such a goddamn moron.

Fuck off Guild PS2 games are on a DVD and the PS4 can read DVDs so therefore all PS2 games should be emulated for free on the PS4. You cant compare the Wii U not having GC BC because Nintendo would have to pay royalties to the DVD people, FUCKING ROYALTIES GUILD! So shut up, this is a completely different situation!

Just stop being a fanboy and admit everything $ony does = crime and Nintendo are the bestest or you will be banned.

 

[G0R3Z]

Fuck off Guild PS2 games are on a DVD and the PS4 can read DVDs so therefore all PS2 games should be emulated for free on the PS4. You cant compare the Wii U not having GC BC because Nintendo would have to pay royalties to the DVD people, FUCKING ROYALTIES GUILD! So shut up, this is a completely different situation!

Just stop being a fanboy and admit everything $ony does = crime and Nintendo are the bestest or you will be banned.

Absolutely, why make us pay for something people already have? I'd even be up for paying for a service to play PS2 DVDs in the PS4, as long as it meant I didn't have to rebuy each game.

 

[p1ngpong]

Absolutely, why make us pay for something people already have?

Yeah its disgusting how $ony are FORCING everyone to buy PS2 games that they all already own. Its nothing but a tax on ps4 owners and it makes me sick!

 

[G0R3Z]

Yeah its disgusting how $ony are FORCING everyone to buy PS2 games that they all already own. Its nothing but a tax on ps4 owners and it makes me sick!

To be fair, nintendo did the same by removing Gamecube support, when it still supports Wii games, which supported Gamecube. They could've easily made it support gamecube games too, if they cared.

 

[chavosaur]

I'm glad P1ng has opened his mind to seeing things the right way. It's nice to see the influence our community has on the stronger minded individuals of the forum

 

[G0R3Z]

I'm glad P1ng has opened his mind to seeing things the right way. It's nice to see the influence our community has on the stronger minded individuals of the forum

We know from how emulators work on PC, that making discs readable isn't impossible using software alone, so why can't a multi billion corperation like Sony do it? They can, but it's just money. Emulators made by normal people as a hobby can read retail discs, like PCSX2 and ePSXe. It's just money grabbing at its best. Microsoft have the right idea at least by letting you use retail 360 games in an Xbox One.

Long story short, I'm glad they recognize the PS2's legacy, but the greater part of that legacy is lost to time. I know a lot of people are screaming "PCSX2!", but believe me, that experience still a shade off of the original console.

Most of the best games, or even hidden gems work on PCSX2 no problems, at least for me. I've got them running directly through steam, click the game and loads the ISO automatically. 50-60FPS at all times. Sure, there's the odd graphical glitch here and there, but it's barely noticeable compared to a few years ago.

 

[IpsoFact0]

I'm a long time Sony guy, but this is greed.