IGN Faceoff: God of War Vs. The Collection

[NeoRatt]

I am getting this simply because I have never played the original PS2 games. I bought GoW on my PSP CoO and loved it...

But, truth be told, this is simply a blatant money grab by Sony and a move to try and get GoW fans to buy a PS3 this holiday season. If Backwards Compatibility worked on the new PS3's there wouldn't be a need to put this out. I can see the Sony marketing conversation right now:

GoW Developer: Well, GoW 3 won't be ready for the holiday season to seal the deal with Uncharted 2, Demon's Souls and the price drop... Oh and that other franchise milking title.... What was it... Oh yeah Ratchet & Clanks 3rd release in 3 years.

Marketer #1: Well, 360 will do something to deal with our price, and then ship Halo ODST, Forza 3, and Left 4 Dead 2. We need another exclusive to counter the Black Friday release of Left 4 Dead 2.

Marketer #2: Man if only we had a GoW...

GoW Developer: We could drudge up the GoW 1 and 2 code and touch it up for the PS3. Place some trophies, and we've got a GoW for the holiday.

Marketers: YES! Brilliant...

Lone Guy with a Conscious: But, if we would have kept BC this wouldn't be necessary.

Marketers: Shut the f--- up. Its GoW, no one will care! We'll fire you just like Microsoft fired your ass for saying Halo 3 ODST was a rip off as a full priced game. Just be glad we hired you.

Lone Guy with a Conscious: F--- you, I'll go work for Capcom or Bethesda. No, person with a conscious should work for MS, Sony, EA, or Activision.