PlayStation Exec Defends PS2-on-PS4 Price Points

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rakugakist said:

I really don't understand why some people don't seem to understand this. The games are 10 to 15 years old, and if you own the software, I would assume you'd also own the system to play them on, sure it isn't as convenient, but if you want to play the low res SD versions of these games, hook up your PS2. If you want to play higher res versions of these games with extra features and trophies, buy the game for 10 to 15 dollars. It really isn't that expensive. Sony is not gorging you or ripping you off. They're offering you a better product at a fairly cheap price. Don't like it, don't buy it. Simple.

And has no one ripping this practice apart upgraded a movie they really love from DVD to Blu-Ray?

 

Not sure I understand this right, I mean on the most basic level if you had a blu-Ray player chances are it would perfectly play DVD discs, it'd be very rare to find a player which didn't, so while you could well have the option of going from the ps2 version to a upscaled to 1080p version from the psn store... it is the lack of the option to simply use the original which makes this comparison fall apart.

You could have picked VHS to DVD at least there a DVD player wouldn't play a VHS for obvious reasons, but when the system functionally is capable of playing the media, charging for the option to play the older format on an individual game basis is not the same. If you could have a 1 off payment of the ps2 emulation software running on the ps4 for say 100 or so, I would imagine a lot of people would have no issues paying that fee to add the feature onto their ps4.