How many times have you turned on your PS3, started to feel nostalgic and reached for one of your favourite ol' PS2 games that you miss, only to remember that your stupid PS3 doesn't have backwards compatibility for the PS2? That's all fine for me, as I keep my dusty old PS2 still hooked up to my TV - but what if some other bloke isn't as lucky, and has no way of replaying his favourite ever game on the widest spread console in the world? Yeah, it is the best-selling console in the history of games, and yet there is little to no support for it now. Of course, this could've all been avoided by Sony simply adding backwards compatibility to ALL PS3s instead of a select few. I mean, most of them play PS1 games - and the ones that DO play PS2 games are either unable to do PS1 games, or are just plain bad at reading PS2 discs!
Now, Sony are trying to patch this up by releasing PS2 HD Collections - which started with God of War 1+2, and that was seen as a total success. Later on, we are now getting others such as ths Sly Cooper HD Collection, and the Ico HD Collection. There's no doubt that the ability to play old PS2 games in vibrant HD is a hit with us fans. However, the PS3 is on its last legs with the next-gen consoles coming out in a couple of years. The original games are running out, and it is gonna be sequels from now on - so now would be the perfect time to bring back old PS2 franchises in HD, to remind people of the story for the next installment. I can see some people thinking it is stupid to re-buy a collection for a game you already own on a previous console, but believe me:
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