Board 8 > God Hand (and some others) coming to PSN.

(+) Yeah! (+)

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/sony-pushes-psn-exclusives-with-only-on-psn-program/
including God Hand, GrimGrimoire, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, Odin Sphere and Ring of Red.
"Aww yeah."

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this is the first time ps2 games are on psn, right?

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I'm pretty sure, yes.
Unless you count RE4 HD, I guess.

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I wonder how this is going to work exactly for loading.

Like, will Odin Sphere still lag like nuts?

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Ring of Red

don't you mean XBLA?

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but these will be straight ports, right?

not that RE4HD was any sort of upgrade

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God Hand on PS3 yessir

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Nice, I've always wanted to play God Hand.

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I love that we've heard absolutely nothing from Capcom about this.
Guess they don't want people to make the mistake of thinking they care about God Hand.

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gene in umvc3 would convince me to make the purchase

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Sony hasn't even actually announced this via PR, from what I can tell.

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Always relevant.

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Wow, vanillaware games are pretty much the last ones I would expect to show up. Cool stuff.

But too bad they won't have trophies. That would pretty much be the only reason I'd ever want to play through Odin Sphere again.

Wonder just how good that inFamous 2 expansion will be. The game is incredible but the expansion just seems kind of wonky and silly. I guess if they get in enough of the main game it should be fine, though. Hopefully there are some new powers....

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From: Weakupedia | #002
this is the first time ps2 games are on psn, right?

Wasn't Tekken 5 like the first thing on PSN?

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step 1: remove PS2 BC
step 2: sell PS2 games on PSN

that's all the steps

what Igloo Bob said

they're not even hiding behind the idea of HD Remasters now

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Don't have a problem with that! I'm all for them getting as many PS2 games available digitally as they can.

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From: KimPilgrim | #004
I wonder how this is going to work exactly for loading.

Like, will Odin Sphere still lag like nuts?

Well they already fixed most of the lag issues in the PAL release of Odin Sphere

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I assume this is through emulation, which would mean that they totally could add BC back in if they wanted. there was talk of them working on a PS2 emulator like a year back. hard to know for sure though.

From the sound of it, yeah, it's through software emulation.

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I wish they'd get this working on PSP somehow

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It definitely won't be available on the PSP, but I would bet good money that PS2 games will be compatible on Vita.

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yeah. the question is when.

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does Vita have two sets of shoulder buttons?

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At launch, maybe? It sounds like God Hand is coming out this month on PSN, so you might be able to go on PSN when Vita comes out and download whatever is available, assuming it works on Vita. Also, the "PS2 Classics" or whatever might end up being the Oct. 5th announcement Sony was teasing last week --

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Yeah, the rear-touch pad are L2/R2. You can press the sticks in for L3/R3, too.

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rear touch pad for l2/r2? that's kinda gross. they should have two sets to be standard with PS2 and HD remakes. I wonder how that works with MGS2/3 or other action games.

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xyzzy

That would probably sacrifice the design of the Vita. It would make it bigger and bulkier to add a second set of triggers, probably. I think most games will be fine, with the exception of maybe those that use L2/R2 as their "main" buttons. I'm thinking about shooters here, but I don't know if any PS2 shooters made use of the second triggers. That was an era when square could be a shooting button. It'll probably work itself out -- the PSP didn't have an alternative to L2/R2 either.

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that's like saying 'the 3ds doesn't have a second analog stick'! I'm thinking of ps3/vita games going forward. let's say mgs5 is on ps3 and vita -- how does the Vita version handle that?

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Developers will be able to adjust how the controls work with Vita games, though. It's trickier with PS2 games, but I wouldn't expect many issues to arise otherwise. But for MGS games L2/R2 are typically only used for opening the item / weapon menus. Tapping the back on the touchpad should be fine for something like that.

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hmm. maybe. what's uncharted doing? no grenade button?

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iphonesience

Think grenades / reloading are done using the touch screen for Uncharted.

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woo, Maximo

Only things missing are FF12 and DQ8 now!

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These will apparently be available tomorrow when PSN updates. Destructoid is also saying they'll be priced at $9.99. Nice, if so!

"Also starting tomorrow as part of Only On PSN, we’ll also be offering a selection of rare classic games in the PlayStation Store: God Hand, GrimGrimoire, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, Odin Sphere and Ring of Red."

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/03/introducing-only-on-psn-for-new-exclusive-games-throughout-october/

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cool news if true. no PS2 tax!

what a weird selection of games to start with. it'd be like if Virtual Console launched with Crystalis, Metal Storm and Demon Sword.

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Yeah, it's a weird group, but I guess they're going for "rare classics" to start. Need some Okami! P3 would also be nice.

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Well, P3P going on PSN is probably more likely and also better.

Hell, is it on there already? If it is, I doubt P3 (FES) will come to PSN.

Surprised that they're coming so soon. If they're only $10 that's really awesome, too.

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P3P can't be played on the PS3.

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they should make it compatible. better than having to deal with FES!

get Shadow Hearts and Xenosaga on there. too bad both are 100% impossible!

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iphonesience

Well yeah, but I still don't think they'll put P3/FES up if P3P is on PSN, and I'd also think that P3P on PSN is probably more likely.

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P3P is already available on PSN, but that's only playable on the PSP. No reason both can't be on there, it's not as though they conflict with each other.

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