Almost all of my PS3 favourites are on or coming to PS4 minus two major things that are yet to be announced. The Kingdom Hearts HD games and the Metal Gear Solid collection. (All remakes, but whatever.) If these are announced I'll have no reason to keep my PS3 minus the PS1 and 2 classics, which surely are bound to come soon, so what do you guys think the chances of these 2 collections being ported to PS4 are?
I'm 2 announcements off selling my PS3 + games and buying a PS4, what are my chances?
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Konami seems to have decided that video games are for nerds and will no longer develop them. The chances of Metal Gear porting over are probably little to none unless something drastic happens.
Kingdom Hearts is much more likely as Square Enix seems way more interested in making their old games (unless it's Final Fantasy VII of course) then making new games.
This random website I found Googling says that they're considering it (dated December 2014) That seems to be the extent of the information available on that particular announcement.
EDIT: Forgot to link the story I found
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2014/12/02/kingdom-hearts-hd-1-5-2-5-remix-ps4-something-well-explore-says-square-enix/
Kingdom Hearts is much more likely as Square Enix seems way more interested in making their old games (unless it's Final Fantasy VII of course) then making new games.
This random website I found Googling says that they're considering it (dated December 2014) That seems to be the extent of the information available on that particular announcement.
EDIT: Forgot to link the story I found
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2014/12/02/kingdom-hearts-hd-1-5-2-5-remix-ps4-something-well-explore-says-square-enix/
Damn, that sucks about Metal Gear. I love having the whole series ready to play on one console, but I might just have to play through it all one more time and cut my losses on that one.tippy2k2 said:
*Edit* thanks for the link tippy, at least that's better than no news. I want to upgrade because the PS4 is finally interesting to me now but I don't want to let go of all my old games. It's tough being a gamer sometimes.
MGS: Ground Zeroes is currently free for Plus members. Sure it's short but you can at least get your MGS fix until a more complete game releases. But beyond Phantom Pain, if Konami drops out of the non-Pachinko gaming market, I hope they have the sense to sell off their IPs to companies more willing to use them.
Well Tippy pretty much pulled a /thread on this one. Indeed KH is actually pretty likely to make it to the PS4, while MG, on the other hand considering Konami's "meltdown" isn't likely to be coming any time soon. I'd imagine the only way it'll come is if Konami stops beating around the bush and says "fuck it" with a huge IP auction-off and pulls out of the gaming industry entirely.
I agree with tippy, too. After Phantom Pain, Konami is likely pulling completely out of the major video game market, to focus on mobile games and slapping Snake and the Belmonts on the sides of pachinko machines. For the foreseeable future, I doubt they will bother with the effort to even port existing games over.
Square, on the other hand, has been remaking and porting their catalog over 4 generations of consoles. It's surprising that a KH collection and a FFXII remaster hasn't been announced yet, with all the fan demand I've seen lately. E3 might have some good news (if they don't pull that bait and switch with FF7 again and say it's coming to mobile or N3DS or toasters).
For PS1 and PS2 classics on PS4, I don't think it's happening. Sony wants to push that streaming service of theirs. They don't want customers paying a one time fee for a game when they can milk a steady rate out of their wallets. Maybe they'll change their minds if enough people complain that their internet connection isn't good enough for game streaming, but we haven't heard anything from Sony about downloading any full games from the previous generations. Until we hear that you can at least transfer your existing collection of classics over to a PS4, I'd say anyone attached to what they've bought on the PSN should keep their PS3s. I'm not giving mine up.
Square, on the other hand, has been remaking and porting their catalog over 4 generations of consoles. It's surprising that a KH collection and a FFXII remaster hasn't been announced yet, with all the fan demand I've seen lately. E3 might have some good news (if they don't pull that bait and switch with FF7 again and say it's coming to mobile or N3DS or toasters).
For PS1 and PS2 classics on PS4, I don't think it's happening. Sony wants to push that streaming service of theirs. They don't want customers paying a one time fee for a game when they can milk a steady rate out of their wallets. Maybe they'll change their minds if enough people complain that their internet connection isn't good enough for game streaming, but we haven't heard anything from Sony about downloading any full games from the previous generations. Until we hear that you can at least transfer your existing collection of classics over to a PS4, I'd say anyone attached to what they've bought on the PSN should keep their PS3s. I'm not giving mine up.