just for ICO alone. never played it. only have Shadow of The Colossus.

if they do redo shadow. Please do something with that damn camera

I don't think you quite understand how textures work.

They may redraw the textures used for the menus and GUI, but those are the only textures that would be directly impacted by a change in screen  resolution.

I don't know.  If they could get Shadow of the Colossus running at 60fps, it would be totally worth the rebuy.  The first one ran at sub-20fps at times, and this had a direct impact on both image quality and character control.

I played Ico and SoTC to completion, but never owned legitimate copies of either. This would be the perfect opportunity to own both without the hassles of buying used games.

For people who didn't play it before, for trophies, for collectors, for people who want to play again before GOW3 comes out.

I haven't played ICO, SOTC, or GoW2. Only gow1. So I would buy both collections in a heart beat.

Well, keep in mind that the image he showed is only 580x800, and not full 720p.

I've taken his image and downscaled it to normal 480p (well, 480x664):

Now here is the 480 image re-upscaled to 580x800 via GIMP:

Here is the original image for comparison:

Notice the upscaled image looks somewhat softer.  This softness only increases the more you try to upscale an image.

Here is the 480 image upscaled to 720x997 (equivalent to 720p in height):

It looks incredibly soft, while a native 720p image would have the clarity of the 480p picture or the Kantor's original picture - clarity that is only hindered by the pixels themselves.

Here's a better example.  The first picture is a native 720p screen of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time.  The screen below it is the same image downscaled to 480p then re-upscaled to 720p.

Also keep in mind that I've used rather high end photo editing software to scale these images.  Most scalers use in CE devices won't do as good a job.

Honestly, I found SotC to look really bad on the PS3 with an HDTV.

If the re-release it in native 720 on the PS3 I would buy it in a heartbeat. I also have not played ICO yet, so it would be perfect.

I think the only reason their making a GoW collection is to attract new buyers / gamers to the series.