Yeeees, and the announcement from MS came in June of this year...
LOL. I see. I compared this article to the BC release on Xbone a few days ago.

Yeeees, and the announcement from MS came in June of this year...
I am drooling at the the idea of playing Noctune with trophies and a resolution bump. I need it ASAP
If discs are region locked than its a fail
Man, I'll die if Atlus's games got released on PS4 with res bump and trophies.I am drooling at the the idea of playing Noctune with trophies and a resolution bump. I need it ASAP
They should really just let us play the traditional, 480p, no trophy version of the games from disc, and let us buy the enhanced versions. I'll happily pay for versions of these games with enhanced resolution and other features. My concern isn't about having to pay more for games I already own, it's about the fact that I know there's a ton of games I own that won't be offered digitally, and having gimped backwards compatibility that only plays a small selection of games is so lame.
I remember reading that to cut costs, the Blu Ray reader is limited in the PS4.
So it is entirely possible that the PS4 cannot physically read PS1 and PS2 Discs
If it doesn't support using our old PS2 discs, it's a waste of time.
Nobody should spend a dime on a game they already own.
The licensing aspects of old Playstation games between different regions make it such a clusterfuck if we have to rely on companies releasing them on PSN instead of it being disc-based.
Just look at the PS2 selection on EU PSN versus US PSN. It's such a travesty.
They own games made for real PS2 but not for emulated and enhanced game meant for PS4.
They own games made for real PS2 but not for emulated and enhanced game meant for PS4.
But oddly everyone's PS1 games are made for real PS1s, real PS2 (and enhanced), emulated PS2ss (slims), and emulated PS3s.They own games made for real PS2 but not for emulated and enhanced game meant for PS4.
Nocturne, DDS, FFXII with a res bump would do it for me...I am drooling at the the idea of playing Noctune with trophies and a resolution bump. I need it ASAP
Emulators always add enhancements. At least PC emulators for NES, SNES, PSX etc...
I really wished it was ps3 backwards compatibilityPS2 is still nice though.
Serious question:
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IMO, disk based or bust. I don't see many people paying twice for the games they already bought on the ps2.
The PS4 doesn't have native PS3 chips, and it had nowhere near the power to do emulation. So maybe PS3 emulation on PS5? If they use AMD x86 and GPU, I also foresee PS4 BC natively.
The PS4 doesn't have native PS3 chips, and it had nowhere near the power to do emulation. So maybe PS3 emulation on PS5? If they use AMD x86 and GPU, I also foresee PS4 BC natively.
IMO, disk based or bust. I don't see many people paying twice for the games they already bought on the ps2.
Really? The ps4 is more powerful than the ps3 I would find it hard to believe it is not capable of emulating it. The ps4 doesn't have the native ps2 chip either so it could use the same method for ps3. I was thinking the Ps4 could sandbox the emulator in the ps4 or something :/
If trophies are mandatory this service is dead already, because most publishers from that era will have no budget or motivation to go back to these games. That's if they are even still in business.
I suggest people expecting obscure titles from the darkest corners of the PS2 catalogue reign in their expectations a long way.
Shame it leaked
I assume this was to be a surprise at PSX
You must have the disc in the console to play. No way to abuse it.Just wondering, how does Xbox One authenticate 360 disc based games? Can't people just abuse it?
Let me play Rule of Rose and I'll be forever grateful.
You must have the disc in the console to play. No way to abuse it.
At this point it'd be far better for everyone out there for them to just get it up as a digital download. That way people don't have to pay stupid prices in order to get a copy.
The mere thought of potentially being able to play Shadow Hearts: Covenant on my PS4 makes me super excited.
I am hoping they adjust prices accordingly.
$10 for PS2 games
$5 for PS1 games
Stop hoping for disc-based emulation, guys stahp.
PS2 games are already $9.99, and PS1 games just $1 more than you're wanting. It's just a few jerks / "special" games that break that pricing.