John-ShepardThe return of many PS1 classics on the PlayStation Network has proven to be a great success, but how's about moving along to PS2 games?
Some developers and publishers have already expressed their desire to see this happen, and the latest on the list is Insomniac Games. According to Examiner.com , there has been some talk about bringing the great Ratchet and Clank PS2 titles to the PS3 in some form, perhaps even in high-def Blu-Ray format like we saw with the God of War Collection . The subject has come up over at Insomniac's Twitter page and as you can see, there's one particular response that sounds promising:
"It's a cool idea, if there is enough support for this sort of thing. If SCEA wants to do it, we'd support a dev taking it on."
If you're wondering, SCE Santa Monica didn't handle the GoW conversion for the aforementioned God of War Collection ; they outsourced that project to Bluepoint Games. And now, it seems that Insomniac is perfectly willing to do something similar, so perhaps we'll see that happen in the future. Maybe if the Collection does well financially…? Ratchet is one of those franchises that has been loved for multiple generations and although the more advanced ones are great, there's something to be said for the old classics.
If Sony are smart, they'll have Ico and Shadow of the Colossus get this treatment. Get some other team to do the port if necessary.
I don't know how large Team ICO is, if they'd be able to work on one of those at the same time as The Last Guardian. Though, I suppose a case could be said that were they to rerelease those, people would take longer to get The Last Guardian. Least that might apply to people who never played Ico/SOTC before (like me).
I LOVE the old ratchet and clank games! I remember staying up late at night playing Deadlock, chatting with the members on there. So much fun.