Could it be? ICO/Shadow of the Colossus game bundle for the PS3?
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This might be interesting. hmmmmnnn
It's under $40 so... sign me up? Oh wait... I sold my PS3
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http://www.walmart.com/ip/ICO-Shadow-of-the-Colossus-PS3-PlayStation-3/15061046
It's under $40 so... sign me up? Oh wait... I sold my PS3
.http://www.walmart.com/ip/ICO-Shadow-of-the-Colossus-PS3-PlayStation-3/15061046
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I hope it comes out soon. I never got the chance to play ICO. Loved SotC, though!
It would be so dumb on Sony's part if they dont do this but I think they will announce it/give it a release date close to the release of Last Guardian much like the GoW collectors pack.
i hope that they release them in high res, they still hold up to new games graphically, IMO.
Ico is such a rare game to find, they have to do an update so I can play it without having to resort to ebay and playing my ps2 on 480p.
I would love to play through SotC again in HD. The God of War collection looks great updated I can only imagine SotC being spectacular too.
It would suck if they make it release close to Last Guardian like they did with the GoW collection, because who knows when that will come out...
Oh my, your missing out a great deal sir.
A GREAT DEAL!
I will be waiting for the pack though; emulating SOTC is not possible yet and I would love to play it in high resolution. I would love to see them update the textures as well (they look pretty blurry at times), but I really doubt they will go this far.
I already own copies of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus for the PS2, and I would STILL buy a PS3 version. I would be especially interested if they were able to apply some of the PS3's processing power to Shadow of the Colossus. SotC suffered badly at times from the hardware constraints of the PS2. (low-res textures, lagging framerates, etc...) Having a version with high-res textures and zero slowdown would be a treat.
http://kotaku.com/5639451/heres-what-ico--shadow-of-the-colossus-look-like-in-hd/gallery/
now that I'm older and appreciate other types of games than non stop violence I am eager to play these ps2 classics that everyone is always raving about.
Yeah I agree, the game had amazing environments, some people I knew used to say (regarding SOTC), "man da fuck, there is like nothing in this land, way to empty man, so boring". I reply'd "shudup and worship one of the best PS2 games, when you create something like this you can bad talk it all you want, until then, WORSHIP".
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Seems like its going to be 50 bucks for EACH game though. No combo 40 bucks for 2 games like GOW Collection.
Kinda feels like a rip off for charging almost the same amount as a new current gen game for these old PS2 games done up in HD. Then again I will still be buying both. Never got to play Ico and Shadow is one of my favorit games of all time. But 50 bucks eachs is kinda steep
http://kotaku.com/5808145/hd-versions-of-ico-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-dated
and considering Shadow of the Colossus was $40 NEW (I don't think ICO was full price ever either?), this is hard to swallow.
edit: just because it's $50 US after conversion doesn't mean it'll be 50 here. At least, I don't imagine they would be. That'd be insane.
Edit - annnd they did end up bundling them together! for 90$ u.s but hopefully it'll be available in english for u.s/canadians too. Also there's some rumor's going around in NA it'll be released together as one collection rather than sold seperately.
they do look pretty... i'll probably get them
I will so be getting The Last Guardian
With that, I've still got my PS2, and SOTC on that. Without bundling them together, and selling them at that pricepoint, I'll probably give these a miss
Shame, though. Was hoping for something more.
Yea, this. The improvements seemed really minimal here. Not worth the full price for each game...
Last Guardian is still a go in my book though.
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/ICO-Shadow-Colossus-Collection-Playstation-3/dp/B002I0J5FG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1307179662&sr=8-1[/ame] has it for $38 and I doubt it will change all of a sudden. Also, that Japanese bundle doesn't seem like such a bad deal considering that it comes with a 100-page booklet.
why
Because PS3 isn't powerful enough to emulate PS2. The early PS3s that ran PS2 games had additional hardware for that purpose that is no longer included.
... that's not how it works.
That's not actually true. There are later PS3 units that emulated the PS2 using software, and no additional hardware. My own PS3 is one of those. It plays the majority of PS2 games just fine.
It would be entirely possible for Sony to begin distributing PS2 games through PSN. I'm not sure why they haven't already. Especially since they've already begun distributing full PS3 games.
WAT. Only the first gens play PS2 games... are you talking about a PS3 slim, or maybe the 2nd gen 80GB PS3.
It all has to deal with the emotion engine and the fact that PS3's no longer have a Graphic Synthesizer in them making pure emulation impossible. The "classics" require a bit of work to get it to run on a PS3, hence the need for them to be reconfigured and put on a disk. Or thats the way I have been told it is.
Then after that there were some iterations of ps3s with ps2 support through software emulation.
Then, fat ps3s with no ps2 emulaiton at all.
And then the Slim.
All in one, it sucks. I have quite a few PS2 classics I really love but having to keep the PS2 around just for that is a pain in the ass. Yet, if my PS3 was able to play them I would probably play them all the time ...
(and then there's the problem of PS2 discs regions too ... what a clusterfuck!!)
Actually, i think the highest ps2 compatible ps3's is 80 gb because mine is an 80 gb old gen ps3 and it can play ps2 and ps1 games
Either way, looks like these two beauties will be bundled together in the U.S., the seperate prices are only available in japan.
ico will also feature it's international version offering co-op.
Actually, the first thing to go when they started cutting was the emotion engine, but they still had the ps2 gpu in it, these were the later version ps3's that could play ps2 games, but only like 60% of them, partial emulation.
Later on they cut the gpu too, leaving a potential full software emulation, but that would've been far too much effort to be worth it for sony, considering the high potential of repackaged classics.
The best thing to do is get a chipped ps2-slim, you'll never be able to play any imports on a ps3 anyway, and it would mean me not being able to ever play xenogears as a european.