At least one Sony executive wants what a lot of PS3 owners have been pining for since the generational switch: HD ports of PS2 titles. During an E3 2010 chat with IGN, SCE Worldwide Studios present Shuhei Yoshida confirmed that the publisher is interested in more HD collections based on PS2 titles, going so far as to say that Sony is looking to make more in the future.
"Santa Monica Studios had the brilliant idea to upgrade and improve God of War for PS3 with the God of War Collection that we released last year," Yoshida told IGN. "There were a lot of positive reactions from consumers in doing that, and now we get a lot of suggestions for types of packs they'd like to see. So, we are looking to continue to do these HD conversions."
== TEASER ==Despite some cut-scene oddities and relative age of the source material, the God of War Collection won over a fair few critics with its blazing framerate, 720p presentation, and jaggy removal. Perhaps the newly announced Sly Cooper Collection, the latest of these HD collections, will do the same.
Regardless of quality, it looks like more PS2 collections are on the horizon, making that long-rumored ICO and Shadow of Colossus HD remake collection that much more believable. Not that you wanted to grip a freaky girl's chilly or beat shadow monsters with tree branches in HD, am I right? Besides, Volition's Summoner franchise should be next in line anyway, based on the fact that I want it really, really bad.
In a parting blast, IGN asked Yoshida if we might get these titles as PSN digital downloads. The man didn't confirm or deny, but he didn't seem too high on the idea, either. Not as high as he was about packaged disc versions of these HD collections, at least.