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twesterm on 20 March 2010
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Euphoria14 said:
zexen_lowe said:

The thing is, you'd have to port the game for that to work. PS1 classics are just the original games, only done for it to work with the PS3 or the PSP, but they're still PS1 games that are being emulated, the actual code of it is still that of a PS1 game using a PS1 architecture.

On the other hand, to add trophies, you have to alter the code itself of the game, because the trophy has to activate somewhere, you gotta put some flags. And how you're gonna tell the PS1 architecture for which the game is done that "after you beat this you get a gold trophy". You'd have to not only add the trophies, but simply redo all the game for it to run not on emulation, but as a true PS3 game. Now, that doesn't mean it wouldn't be worth it for SOME games, but it's not a 5 minute port, more like a full-fledged port of the game, no different than a remake

Just picture this for a moment.

 

Suikoden II... WITH TROPHIES!!!

 

 

@Twesterm

 

How long do you think it would take to accomplish something like this for a PS1 title? Most likely less than the 15 weeks it took for both GoW and GoW2 right? Maybe a month per title?

Would possibly be worth it for a company like S-E who probably has a few men to spare for a small job like this? Could quiet the FFVII remake rumors for a while, which would do everyone a bit of good.

2-3 months probably is a good estimate, it just takes time and money to do all that.  Even if you're only paying 10 people for two months that's still a decent amount of money the publisher will want to make back.  God of War worked because it gave you updated graphics and trophy support (which probably took more than 10 people), two games in one, and a reduced price.  It could work for other games or it could be a giant waste of money.