Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | 14:18 GMT

Sony “still dedicated” to bringing PSone games to PSN

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Sony has said it is “dedicated” to bringing PSone titles to PSN, despite the fact the process can take “several months” and can easily fail.

As Ross McGrath of the PS Store team explained, getting oldies up onto current PlayStation services isn’t as simple as you may think.

“There are two major stumbling blocks between submitting a game for emulation and us being able to publish it,” he said in a post on the EU PS Blog. “Not getting legal clearance and failing quality assurance (QA).”

McGrath added: “The other problem is failing QA because of serious bugs, and when I say bugs, I mean giant cockroach-sized uber-bugs.

“I have seen a lot of PSone QA reports with some weird and wonderful errors: menu screens with upside down text, explosions that kill your character at random after watching a cut-scene, games that continue to slow down the longer you play them, or music that sounds like it’s coming from the bottom of a well… the list goes on.”

McGrath added, however, that Sony is still pushing to bringing PSOne Classics to PSN.

“We are still dedicated to bringing you as many PSone games as we possibly can,” said McGrath.

“There are some PSone titles that we have been seeking legal clearance to publish from as far back as 2007, some of which are still ongoing and some have only just been legally cleared (Wild Arms).”

There’s a lot more on the matter here. McGraft also confirmed a rerelease for Crash Bandicoot 2 later this week.

16 comments

NinjaMidget
31/01/11, 2:28 pm

At least they’re trying to get them up on there. Don’t understand why they need legal clearance, anyone want to explain?

Goffee
31/01/11, 2:32 pm

Any game with licensed (i.e., commercial) music, images, adverts in it needs to be paid for whenever it is used.

Some publishers no longer exist so there is no to “ask” to republish it and “just going ahead and doing it” will see you in court when the rights holder does pop up.

Also, some publishers only have the rights to a title for so long, once that period expires the rights go back to the developer who may or may not still exist.

And many other nit-picky legal problems…

Dr.Ghettoblaster
31/01/11, 2:59 pm

Still waiting patiently on Twisted Metal 1 and Tekken 1 which were rated some months ago.

sennasnit
31/01/11, 3:08 pm

Bought Final Fantasy VII last night!
There’s a lot more on the US store though…..

NinjaMidget
31/01/11, 4:04 pm

@2 AHHHHH, thank you!

sennasnit
31/01/11, 4:44 pm

Dear Sony,

Hogs of War, please.

Kind Regards

sennasnit

Stoopid_Snot
31/01/11, 5:02 pm

was waiting for far 2 long for Symphony of the Night to get an EU release….. well got Dracula X Chronicles for the PSP and just unlocked SotN in there
so Nothing for PSX that i need now…. got all the FF games… or maybe there is still something?