PS2, Dreamcast games coming to PSN?

Source: See below.What we heard: Rumor geysers are an elusive lot, making their eruptions all the more special. Today, perhaps the biggest of the year thus far made its presence known, when alleged minutes from a meeting between Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sega found their way online. ...

Source: See below.

What we heard: Rumor geysers are an elusive lot, making their eruptions all the more special. Today, perhaps the biggest of the year thus far made its presence known, when alleged minutes from a meeting between Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sega found their way online.

First spotted by French site Objectif-Sega, the information purportedly comes from Sega of America's press site, where it was ostensibly inadvertently uploaded. Before being removed from Objectif-Sega, the purportedly leaked info was reprinted on the NeoGAF message boards. The document notes that the meeting took place on August 5, meaning some of the purported information has already come to pass.

According to the minutes, the meeting began with Sony stating that a "big announcement" would occur during the back half of the year, one that has since revealed itself to be Sony's introduction of the PlayStation 3 Slim and concomitant $100 price cut. Interestingly, Sony then purportedly narrowed down the spring 2010 launch date of its new motion controller, saying it is expected to launch in Japan in March.

The alleged meeting then shifted to software, with perhaps the most notable reveal being that Sony intends to sell all PlayStation 2 titles through the PlayStation Network. There was apparently some discussion about bringing Dreamcast games to the PSN, with the minutes note stating, "If we provide a list of DC titles, SCEA will let us know which ones they're interested in having exclusively. If we give them a long period of exclusivity, they'll give us more marketing support."

A few other tidbits of information were contained in the document. Namely, Sega apparently intends to launch its latest PlatinumGames collaboration Bayonetta on January 5, with a possible demo coming sometime around Christmas. On the topic of Amusement Vision's gangster-themed action adventure Yakuza, the minutes mention that Japanese releases could be added to the PSN under "a special Japanese Import section," with price points ranging from $9.99 to $39.99.

Sega also allegedly floated the idea of issuing a Sonic Anniversary collection, which would see all previously released Sonic games being compiled on one Blu-ray Disc for "around $99."

The official story: Neither Sega nor Sony had responded to requests for comment as of press time.

Bogus or not bogus?: The document itself has an air of authenticity to it, if only because of its stuffy, corporate annotations. Further, the information contained in the document all seems entirely plausible, and in some cases, has already come to pass. Looking not bogus.

667 Comments

  • Bythemark

    Posted Dec 31, 2009 6:59 pm PT

    All? That's a LOT of bandwidth and the costs of having all of the games on there probably wouldn't translate to that much profit. I think whether or not the report is accurate it'll end up being select titles from the PS2 as well.

    Unless I'm reading it wrong :p

  • ehsan8888

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 12:10 pm PT

    This is great considering I want to play MGS 4. I haven't played the earlier ones, but if they release them on PSN, that would be great!

  • BobtheVila

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 10:35 pm PT

    I will love this if it means I don't have to buy them again and I can just pop the disc in my ps3 to play as well. No backwards compatablilty with a ps2 + ps2 memory card icon still here = tease. I think it was a mistake to take away the backwards compatability, but the rest can go if needed.

    This would be no more then a costless emulation via ps3 CPU and would be terrific. And btw, they shouldn't have made the ps1 emulation options so limited versus the ps2's backwards compatability, as it was cool to have texture smoothing. It would be interesting to see Ps3 add shader effects in the options of the ps1 and ps2 games too.

  • everettseanw

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 10:37 am PT

    ps2 we had 7 years ago broke down 2 months ago. everytime I read the game it won't read it at all. It is great. If I don't get a new ps2 slim. I'll get a ps3 and download classic games online.

  • bigryo

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 10:20 am PT

    i like old games

  • Lionheart96mt

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 7:04 pm PT

    I would love to see old games like Sonic adventures battle 2 on PSN. seems like everyone forgot about those.

  • BigChucker

    Posted Dec 17, 2009 11:36 am PT

    Man i hope PSN brings Saturn games to the network as well Guardian heroes any one!

  • Zero9698

    Posted Dec 10, 2009 12:07 pm PT

    this has 2 b 4real bcuz this would bring mo sales n and also no mo treasure hunting 4 dc games bottom line: ps2 and dc games+psn= mo money 4 sony and mo fun 4 us

  • Spurgness

    Posted Dec 10, 2009 11:37 am PT

    This would be sex. My PS2 after 8 years is finaly starting to die. My PS1 at about... 14 years old is still running. with the gameshark in the back ^_^ and the first dualshock controller... Which never really worked on any PS1 game I owned. Can't wait if this is true. I still havent beat Dark Cloud. My PS2 wont read it >.>. Now I shall make sausage.

  • IMDLEGEND

    Posted Dec 9, 2009 8:37 am PT

    I don't see why this can't happen. Soul Calibur is available on Xbox live already. I think that the better way to re-release PS2 games would be like what they are doing with the GOW games, by adding HD support, and trophies.

  • matt2kvx

    Posted Dec 4, 2009 3:03 pm PT

    Dreamcast was soooo underrated. So many awsome games like Berserk and Spawn, ahead of its time i guess.

  • TruXael

    Posted Dec 4, 2009 12:43 pm PT

    I can't WAIT!!!!!

  • 2w-sephiroth

    Posted Dec 2, 2009 4:40 pm PT

    Jet Set Radio and Space Channel 5 Please! I really want to see a software upgrade or a harware upgrade (external usb mini plug) to play PS2 Tittles on the PS3... I already have 25 ps2 games and my ps2 broke :S

  • erglesmergle

    Posted Nov 30, 2009 7:59 pm PT

    haha yeah $100. nice try.

  • jonny500

    Posted Nov 28, 2009 8:52 am PT

    My 160Gb PS3 doesn't play PS2 games, not too much of a problem cos I have a PS2, but I think it's poor if I'm going to be denied a whole bunch of download games. I suspect if Sony see a way in which they might make money out of me, they may decide to release some kind of miraculous software update allowing me to play these games. Hmmm.

  • wario96

    Posted Nov 27, 2009 10:00 am PT

    wow! if they import dreamcast games on the psp network i can buy sonic adventure 2!!!!!!!

  • SpawnHellraiser

    Posted Nov 25, 2009 10:08 pm PT

    this news is sweet. Never played Dreamcast so I would definitely get acquainted.

  • iGam3

    Posted Nov 21, 2009 11:48 pm PT

    This is good news. i hope the ps2 games come to psn soon. I want to play some of the more later rpg's i didnt get a chance to play on the ps2. Also dreamcast ( i didnt forget about that

  • cjasko94

    Posted Nov 21, 2009 6:54 am PT

    Why so much hate for this people? Don't see how this effects you or your gaming. If you're a hardcore classic gamer--even to the Dreamcast then you probably already have all the great titles.

  • Ghost_Demon

    Posted Nov 14, 2009 8:04 pm PT

    $99 for a blu ray? it doesn't matter how many classic game in a disk, $99 it will be to expansive and no one will buy it, most of the computer users have emulator classic on there computer and playing those games for free. $50 i will get it. but not $99. plus i read that sony is making a ps2 emulator for the ps3, and dreamcast on psn will be great. love dreamcast.

  • fofo11

    Posted Nov 4, 2009 9:13 am PT

    hhhhh

  • 800946

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 5:33 am PT

    Re: Classic Player

    I was unaware of said limitations of the 60GB PS3...

    I just finished Rogue Galaxy (PS2) on my PS3 without any hiccups over 80 hours of gameplay. I have also completed FF XII and played Ratchet and Clank (PS2) and Vagrant Story (PS) without issues. Sure I have had a few problems, namely getting to the last disc of FF VIII (PS) and being told the last disc was incompatible, and some rendering issues with Jak & Daxter (PS2), but on the whole my experience with older games has been good.

  • Koi-Neon-X

    Posted Oct 31, 2009 7:54 pm PT

    I'd like to have Dreamcast and PS2 games on the PSN. I also think the Sonic Anniversary collection should have Sonic CD this time as well

  • Franzkill

    Posted Oct 31, 2009 4:06 pm PT

    Dreamcast games with trophy support ...*wets pants

  • lixeiro

    Posted Oct 30, 2009 5:18 am PT

    Well, I'm not a PS3 hater or anything like that and I just LOVE many old titles, but I think it's really sad that SONY's "new" exclusive titles are in fact about 10 years old and not even updated for graphics and the like.
    How about giving us some new stuff using the power of the PS3 and BlueRay? Just a thought.

  • apple-man

    Posted Oct 27, 2009 9:15 am PT

    it should be good, because alot of the classics are so hard to get hold of now, like the ratchet and clank series, ive looked for ages to find them.

  • dizzyrhino

    Posted Oct 26, 2009 11:31 am PT

    I'm so happy I stayed patient and kept the PS3

  • ClassicPlayer

    Posted Oct 25, 2009 2:54 pm PT

    I think this is a good move from Sony, considering only the 60GB PS3 (which I got on launch) can ONLY play PS1 and PS3 games. I think they looked at Microsoft and Nintendo and decided to use that too, well hopefully they won't be overpriced like the PSP games on PSN.

  • nate1222

    Posted Oct 25, 2009 10:04 am PT

    It's probably just a rumor. But I owned the Dreamcast and it rocked. To have several Dreamcast games available for download or on 1 disc for $100? It'd actually convince me to get a PS3. If Sony would start putting things like THAT on PS3, it'd win me over.

  • ruz313

    Posted Oct 24, 2009 2:19 pm PT

    i don't know about everyone else but i want rez and and jet grind radio definantly jet grind radio .

  • allagatorxxx

    Posted Oct 24, 2009 5:57 am PT

    Well it's about time they did this. I'm tired of trying to defending sony on games that either everyone else has or everyone else rarely wants. Now I've got ammo

  • Wagster

    Posted Oct 23, 2009 6:02 am PT

    i play my ps2 games on my ps2... what's the problem?

  • rehpotsirk

    Posted Oct 22, 2009 7:47 am PT

    Great as long as the games are between $10 to $15. I kept my best ps2 games in the hopes that Sony would add ps2 compaibility as a software download. It would be a shame to have to pay full price again for games I already own.

  • Arach666

    Posted Oct 22, 2009 5:48 am PT

    Ehehehe Shenmue ehehe Skyes of arcadia ehehe Crazy taxi ehehe MSR ehehe Grandia 2 ehehe Soul calibur ehehe

    I´m happy ehehe!!!!

  • KillerWabbit23

    Posted Oct 21, 2009 2:40 pm PT

    Why use your PS2 games on the PS3 when you can just buy them again, huh? *lolz sarcasm* And DC games would be cool. Seriously.

  • ptree01

    Posted Oct 19, 2009 7:27 pm PT

    As far as Ps2 games go, I've got the 60 GB so that's in the bag already

  • mrclutch87

    Posted Oct 19, 2009 5:50 pm PT

    good move by sony the more games the better

  • retospectre

    Posted Oct 13, 2009 2:31 pm PT

    THIS IS AWESOME IF TRUE. HATERS CAN KISS MY BUM. PS2 TITLES ON MY PS3 WOULD RULE.

  • nate1222

    Posted Oct 8, 2009 7:53 am PT

    @Scianix-Black: Agreed. Rather than backward compatibility, Sony's going the download route with their back catalog. It's the MAIN reason I own a Wii (Virtual Console rocks). But one of my gripes about VC is that some of the niche titles I like still aren't available. If Sony will fix that with the PS3, then they'd have built the better mouse trap.

  • Scianix-Black

    Posted Oct 7, 2009 10:30 am PT

    @Typhoonexhale:

    No, this doesn't mean the new model PS3s can play PS2 discs.

    Yes, they're pulling a PSP Go.

  • austinite04

    Posted Oct 7, 2009 12:25 am PT

    I can get a dreamcast system from GameFellas I wont bother paying PSN for them. why the love for dreamcast from sony all of a sudden didn't they kill the dreamcast??? I was 18 at the time so i do remember that console war. I hope that no one buy DC from the psn just buy a DC from a pawn shop. they are still out there.

  • TheGunney

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 6:09 pm PT

    Now I am definitely buying a PS3!!!

  • Typhoonexhale

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 1:28 pm PT

    So hold on does this mean that ps3 will finally play ps2 discs as well? if it can play ps2 games of of the PSN then there is no reason why it can't at least play that very same game on a Original PS2 disc as well unless of course sony is pulling another PSP go on us and forcing us to re buy all of our PS2 games

  • puffadell

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 4:46 pm PT

    when this happens ps3 will defeat the others hands down ps1, ps2, ps3, dreamcast, all in one and who knows what else they will add to the bunch

  • dabigl0001

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 4:12 pm PT

    Being able to get PS2 games might be the final thing that causes me to get a PS3. There were some PS2 games that I wanted to play but I never got one. Maybe I'll break down and get a PS3 now.

  • TheAcejoel99

    Posted Oct 3, 2009 2:17 pm PT

    I want ico on PSN!!!!! I don't want to pay $70 for it on ebay. Do it sony....DO IT!!!!!!

  • Gotteencs

    Posted Oct 3, 2009 11:01 am PT

    I can't wait, dreamcast games are awesome!

  • FF_fan2004

    Posted Oct 3, 2009 3:29 am PT

    @squidracerX

    Are you employed with a good monthly wages by any chance?

  • JCooll

    Posted Oct 2, 2009 10:02 pm PT

    dreamcast sweet!! I never got to play dreamcast!

  • squidracerX

    Posted Oct 1, 2009 12:03 pm PT

    @FF_fan2004 "All this stupid region malarcky was what made me fork out for the PS2 chipped in the first place. ..... will not ship it to Britain because of some licensing rubbish.... Sony are greedy, effing, barstewards"

    you obviously understand very little in the business world. First off this is NOT a Sony thing at all, in fact ALL legal companies that distribute all VHS, DVD, television, and most video games are set up this way, (CDs would have been if they had been manufactured and coded differently). Its called region coding and it is not to hurt you as a consumer, it is to help the people who own the IP around the world in their respective territories.

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