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zarx on 01 June 2012

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Sony's rumoured cloud gaming deal with Gaikai is to allow current-generation hardware to play PlayStation 2 and PSone games via a streaming solution,GamesIndustry International understands.

According to sources, the service will offer first-party games and be open to third-party publishers to sell back catalogue to players. The partnership is likely to be announced at E3 next week as part of Sony's conference on Monday.

Gaikai already has an extensive portfolio of video game partners that have been on board with CEO David Perry's vision since the service first went live, including Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and Capcom, but all titles so far have been for the PC format.

The appetite for PlayStation 2 games has been proven with collected HD releases of titles including Silent Hill, God of War, Devil May Cry and Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.

The streaming games company has also signed up retailers like GAME and Best Buy, services such as YouTube, TV manufacturer LG and social network Facebook, and is expected to announce further partnerships next week.

It's not yet clear which Sony devices beyond the PlayStation 3 would get a Gaikai-supported game streaming service, but it could extend to Sony branded TVs and tablets.

A backwards compatibility offering at this stage in the PS3's lifecycle would also allow Sony to test streaming games before it goes fully next-gen with the release of the PlayStation 4.

Sony's history with backwards compatibility is patchy. The PlayStation 3 originally allowed gamers to play older PlayStation 2 and PSone games, but support for PS2 games was dropped as the PS3 went through a number of different iterations. PSone games are available for download on the PlayStation Store but there's not currently any PlayStation 2 titles on offer.

Both Sony Computer Entertainment and Gaikai declined to comment when contacted.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-06-01-sony-brings-backwards-compatibility-to-playstation-with-gaikai-deal



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Andrespetmonkey on 01 June 2012

That would be awesome, and it could mean BC with PS3 games on PS4 that could be payed for by a subscription to PS+



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sergiodaly on 01 June 2012

that could be cool... but PS4 must read my PS3 games to identify the games i own, and allow me to play it trough stream play...



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NiKKoM on 01 June 2012

it's not backward compatibilty.. it's just a way to sell us our old games again... backward compatibilty means I can take my old ps2 disc and play it without paying extra..



 

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Squall_Leonhart on 01 June 2012

You can get PS2 games on the store at the moment so not sure what this article is going on about really... I personally have loved the HD remake games since it has allowed me to experience games that i couldn't have with the PS2 (since i was too young and lack of money) such as Sly Cooper and Jak & Daxter (which i'm loving) and GOW



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Alby_da_Wolf on 01 June 2012
NiKKoM said:
it's not backward compatibilty.. it's just a way to sell us our old games again... backward compatibilty means I can take my old ps2 disc and play it without paying extra..


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Heavenly_King on 01 June 2012

if you still need to buy the games, that is not backwards compatibility. It is just like buying them from the PS Store, so what is the difference?



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JoeTheBro on 01 June 2012

Sounds fake to me. PS2 and mostly PSOne hardwares are relatively weak as we move into the next gen. At least for devices this seems pointless. TVs are the only platform this makes sense for.



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crissindahouse on 01 June 2012

sure it's better than nothing but it's just paying a little amount to play older gen games, and not playing my old games on ps3/ps4. it's a service like purchasing older games on psn, just with streaming and maybe for way more games.

people who want to play these games have a great chance now, people who want to play their own old games are still f.....

and i'm not sure how these old games look without hd on nowadays big screens. or will they get an "automatically" push to hd res?