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PSA: Resident Evil and Tekken 2 amongst PS1/PSP Classics that can’t be purchased outside of Sony’s PS+ subscription’?
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Looking back at what Sony said when the new service was announced, they clearly said that you will be able to download all the games you already own, but not all classic games will be available for individual purchase.
It's bullshit that they're blocking me from downloading the games I own.
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It's bullshit that they're blocking me from downloading the games I own.
All-new PlayStation Plus game lineup: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Demon’s Souls, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, NBA 2K22, and more join the service
Ape Escape, Super Stardust Portable,Syphon Filter, and Tekken 2, are among the classic games with a new user experience.
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I don't know why I thought this might change if I waited, but with the games launching in Europe today I still can't buy Resident Evil or Tekken 2.
Interestingly Super Stardust, a Sony game, also isn't available.
This is such a frustration. So many great games will be locked behind a subscription.
Interestingly Super Stardust, a Sony game, also isn't available.
This is such a frustration. So many great games will be locked behind a subscription.
Bizarre and annoying. One of the things I was afraid of making games only accessible through a subscription. Weird its capcom/namco doing it though. You'd think Sony would be more inclined to do it for their games rather than 3rd parties.
I guess it's some legal issue because I don't see how it benefits 3rd parties to do it, but still annoying/sad its an issue regardless.
I guess it's some legal issue because I don't see how it benefits 3rd parties to do it, but still annoying/sad its an issue regardless.
So was Tekken 2+RRT4 as a bundle. I purchased Kurushi but I can't add it to my library on ps5.
There was a bug that Sony fixed where REDC had a price of £9.50 when it was uploaded to the UK store last night, it also allowed you to download it if you owned it on PS3. It seems that even if Capcom games will be exclusive to Premium it might not be a permanent thing considering they went through the trouble of linking up REDC to the original PS3 purchase.
Yeah, the same issue with Kurushi, it shows at full price (even checked purchase history – it shows that I bought it in 2012). On other hand, I was able to add RE1:DC and Wild Arms.
Edit: perhaps the reason is that on PS3/Vita it was Kurushi Final, but on PS4/PS5 og Kurushi.
In the very first line of the announcement you quoted it says 'of select games'. Not all games. The line you bolded is in reference to those select games.
I don't know about that. Why wouldn't they want to sell the games on their own if they're bringing them back anyway? If anything, I think it's more likely Sony paid a little extra to keep some of these games exclusive to the service to give a bit more value. Hopefully only for a time, though.
So I just went on my PS5 now and I can download and play RE Director's Cut because I owned it on PS3/P/Vita as a PS1 classic? I don't have any of the higher tier PS+ subs fwiw, so I thought I wouldn't have been able to play it despite that. Apologies if this was known already but it caught me off guard lol.
IIRC resident evil on Vita was not DC and yet I've now got DC on my PS5. I'm confused.
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Is the only way to buy Resident Evil DC through a PS3 then? There's no other way of buying the old version?
It's the Dualshock version on PS3. The one on PS+ is regular DC. They're different games.
But I only had the game on PS3 and don't have PS+ and still got Resident Evil DC on my PS4 for free
It's cool that Wild Arms is actually one of the few games with trophies!
But Final Fantasy? The rereleases are all on the sub so no way they are making the PS1 versions available. I'm personally really hoping for Xenogears to finally get a release in Europe.
That's probably why. It doesn't show up in the US for that reason.
Yeah, I think it's on game per game basis, but the two games I already owned back on PS3, so RE DC and Abe's Oddysee, are available to download for free for me on PS4, even without any PS Plus sub whatsoever.
What I'm not sure about is what happens if you buy a game from the PS4/Vita store now. Toy Story 2 is only £1.60 on the old store, but £4.99 on the PS4. Like I don't know if that'd let you upgrade for free, or if that one even supports this cross gen upgrade or what lol.
Im leaning to this because they've been remastering a lot of them. Now it just comes to remastering Vagrant Story, Xenogears, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Parasite Eve 1+2.
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Oh my god. That's awesome. I'm totally gonna do that. 😆
edit: And I bought it. Worked like a charm.
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Depends on store I guess. In UK PS Store it should be DC on PS3, I remember I bought it separately in 2012
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So I got hold of a PS3 and bought Resi1-3 so hopefully I should be sorted for those games should they all come to PS4/5. Resi 1 for sure does work which is nice (I'm EU).
But I wasn't able to buy Tekken 2 which has been de-listed and it looks like we never got Dino Crisis 1&2 so I expect I'll be locked out from those games too which I'm very angry about.
I do have Ridge Racer Type 4 though and that's one of the games I most want.
This whole situation is terrible.
But I wasn't able to buy Tekken 2 which has been de-listed and it looks like we never got Dino Crisis 1&2 so I expect I'll be locked out from those games too which I'm very angry about.
I do have Ridge Racer Type 4 though and that's one of the games I most want.
This whole situation is terrible.
I think Re doesn't work because the PS3 one is a different version from the one available on Plus. It shouldn't recognize the purchase you did on PS3.
We didn't get Dual Shock in Europe, so both versions on PS3 and PS4/5 are the same game in EU.
I think we can infer from the EU version that the reason it doesn't work in the US is because the US version on PS3 was Dual Shock and the one on PS4/5 is the original Directors Cut version.
As for Tekken 2, that is undoubtedly Namco refusing to link up Tekken 2 from PS3 and PS4/5. I do worry for Dino Crisis now, actually. At least I got them on the US store.
Ridge Racers 2 I'm worried about - I don't think it was released digitally in Europe, only the first game. I'd love for that to come to the service.
So if I purchase Re 1 from my PS3 it will be available on PS4 and PS5?
Worked for me. It was just there and free so I downloaded it. Too bad about the 50hz though but I appreciate the rewind function.
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I am in the U.K. I bought it on PS3 and it is now available on PS4/5.
The main issue is not being able to buy Capcom games on PS4/5. It's really aggravating as those are some of the best classics on the PS1 system.
Side point: i bought Resi 2 and Resi 3 in anticipation, but I'm worried those purchases won't be honoured when they eventually come to PS+ because technically the EU versions of those games are NTSC 'imports'.
They probably got a bigger payout from Sony for making them exclusive to Premium so Sony could sell subscriptions.
The funniest part is having them exclusive but with no trophies I feel makes it easier to "ignore" for most.
We all want classic games at the end of the day but I feel having trophies "locked" behind a sub would entice more people than without.
Thankfully we're not dealing with that yet.
We all want classic games at the end of the day but I feel having trophies "locked" behind a sub would entice more people than without.
Thankfully we're not dealing with that yet.
Could they be "timed" exclusive then, and eventually become available to purchase? My worry is that when the sub exclusive games like RE1 inevitably get cycled out of the sub (which I imagine would happen eventually as they are third-party games that Sony would only be able to add the sub for a limited time), there just isn't going to be any way to play them on PS4/5 at that point.