Unexpected PS+ benefit for older games

Imperial Khador
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Unexpected PS+ benefit for older games Jun 20, 2022 14:09:39 GMT stratogustav and scipioafricanus like this

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Post by Imperial Khador on Jun 20, 2022 14:09:39 GMT

So I didn't upgrade past the "Playstation Plus Essential" tier (ie. the old PS+), but I was checking which older games were available on the other tiers, and I noticed Wild Arms was available for me to download.

Seems this has been posted elsewhere, but I guess since I bought it digitally back on the PS3 (and PSP/Vita) under the classics line, it's available as a PS4/PS5 download with some of the nice extra features like save states/rewind.

It doesn't seem to apply to all old Playstation Classics games though, as I have Resident Evil: Director's Cut on my PS3 under the 'Classics' line, and it still requires the PS+ Premium upgrade. Still, I'll make sure to keep an eye out for other PS1/PS2/PSP releases as they come out.

stratogustav
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Unexpected PS+ benefit for older games Jun 25, 2022 20:03:19 GMT via Tapatalk dschult3 likes this

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Post by stratogustav on Jun 25, 2022 20:03:19 GMT

Honestly the whole you don't own anything but you are happier bothers me about nowadays industries propositions, however you can't deny how convenient they are in modern times. To be fair, if I didn't own that many games already I would likely jump on those higher tier packages.

billspreston
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Unexpected PS+ benefit for older games Dec 23, 2022 8:44:57 GMT stratogustav likes this

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Post by billspreston on Dec 23, 2022 8:44:57 GMT

I prefer to just get the old PS2 discs and play them with PCSX2 because the CRT shaders are great, and you can bump up the saturation (which a lot of games from that era sorely need). Getting too many things digitally is weird and should never feel natural.

As for PS1, Duckstation is probabably the greatest emu ever created as it fixes the polygon wobble while bumping the resolution to 2k/4k/8k. Sony no doubt uses the code from these emulators for their own official software emulation, though, so they'll probably implement it soon if they haven't already.

Though I will say their new PS+ Extra package is very enticing. Their sale just ended, but just skimming through it there's about 100 games I'd want to try out so it works out to less than $1 per game for me at 30% off.

God bless and keep you

"I still have my original PS3 that was bought in the year 2000 that has been playing both PS2 and PS1 games for nearly 20 years" - Balder

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Unexpected PS+ benefit for older games Dec 23, 2022 19:01:15 GMT stratogustav likes this

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Post by billspreston on Dec 23, 2022 19:01:15 GMT

Also - I wish I could remember what my old Yahoo email account was that I used to sign up with PSN a decade ago. Luckily I didn't buy too many games, but that, plus my old PS+ virtual stash is gone forever.

God bless and keep you

"I still have my original PS3 that was bought in the year 2000 that has been playing both PS2 and PS1 games for nearly 20 years" - Balder

Unexpected PS+ benefit for older games

Post by Imperial Khador on Jun 20, 2022 14:09:39 GMT

Post by stratogustav on Jun 25, 2022 20:03:19 GMT

Post by billspreston on Dec 23, 2022 8:44:57 GMT

Post by billspreston on Dec 23, 2022 19:01:15 GMT

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