If there is any truth to this....awesome!

The recently revealed God of War Collection sounds pretty freakin’ sweet, but unfortunately for European gamers, it won’t be coming out across the pond until at least January 2010. This according to a post on VG247 where SCEE claimed that, “We are currently looking into options to bring God of War I and II to SCEE consumers on PS3; however it will not be possible to release the games this calendar year. We will provide further information in due course.” Why? Shipping issues? Magical Gnomes? A ban on AWESOME? The collection will be coming out in the US before Christmas and while we wish we had more solid deets for you Euro gamers, we offer up the title’s official box art (seen above) as compensation instead…

Awesomeness! Remastered God of War 1 & 2 for the PS3...
Can't wait!

People are suggesting that this is how Sony might cater to the demand for PS2 BC and make some money out of it - I hope they're wrong cos if that's the case, I'll personally be saying a big 'f*ck you' to Sony...

Don't get me wrong though, I can understand why people would want, say, an HD special edition of a favourite older game

I mean i do agree with what some people would say IF they just ported the original game straight to the PS3 and slapped a price tag on it.

However if this really is "remastered" in HD (i.e. it looks much sharper) then i don't really mind paying for it.

I mean in general on a gaming forum you'll inevitably find one thread which is like "If you could have one classic game remastered in HD, what would it be?" and there'll be lots of replies forwarding suggestions and the odd couple who are just like "I'd rather them spend their time on making new/better games".

Anyhow, the point of the post is that IF it is does get a nice visual (and maybe gameplay? *crosses fingers*) bump then i don't see why Sony shouldn't charge for it... as long as it's not extortionate that is (maybe £20 a la GT5 Prologue?).

At least it's better than Valve's atttempt with "Half Life: Source"... i mean whoop-de-doo, we get swinging boxes now due to the port to the source engine, the problem is it still looks shocking by today's standards (although iirc, kudos to Valve to just charge the same as the original Half Life on Steam and for bundling it into the "Collector's Edition or w.e." of Half Life 2).

+1, but did I read somewhere that the older PS3's that do have BC upscale PS2 games to an extent? If so, I'd like to see that in motion...

People are suggesting that this is how Sony might cater to the demand for PS2 BC and make some money out of it - I hope they're wrong cos if that's the case, I'll personally be saying a big 'f*ck you' to Sony...

Don't get me wrong though, I can understand why people would want, say, an HD special edition of a favourite older game