I hope that Sony has not abandoned its classics of the PlayStation 2

Sony started wearing the PlayStation 2 games on the PlayStation 4 in December 2015, starting with games such as Grand Theft Auto III, twisted metal: black, and Dark cloud. There are now a little over 50 PS2 games playable on the PS4, but the pace of new releases has slowed from one trickle to another. It seems to have completely dried up now, but there are still many great classics.

"We will work tirelessly to consistently offer you new versions of favorite PS2 games, and we hope you enjoy playing PS2 games on PS4 as much as we've designed!" Wrote then Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida in an article on the PlayStation blog during the first PS2 Classics PS4 announcement. This does not seem to be the case anymore.

The last PS2 game to release on PS4 was The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga in June 2018. This is the only project published in the last year, which has led many people to wonder whether a somewhat dull initiative has been put on the back burner. Every two months, a person on the PS4 basement asks a question on the theme "What happened to the PS2 Classics?" The nearest Sony spoke specifically about this program during an announcement made in May 2018 that PS2 Classics would be available on PlayStation Now, the company's streaming subscription and game download service.

Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It may not be surprising that the program fades as the end of this hardware cycle approaches, but this raises questions about Sony's plans for previous titles. In an April interview with wiredMark Cerny, the architect of the PS4, confirmed that his next console would be compatible with the PS4. Not only last year's records for Spider Man and God of the war work on the PlayStation 5, assuming that Sony decides to call it well, but the current list of PS2 Classics will likely also be available. If this were the case, it would seem that the moment is less favorable to continue to carry this part of the PlayStation catalog.

Would not it be great to be able to return to 2004? Spider-Man 2, previously one of the best Spider Man games around, after playing the modern version of Insomniac Games on the web robot? Or what about the original God of the war? While Sony remastered and worn God of War III, the first two games in the series remain confined to PS3 and Vita.

In fact, there are a surprising number of great PS2 games that have not been worn yet. Metal Gear Solid 2: The Sons of Freedom and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater never made the jump to the current generation nor have PS2 favorites like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Gran Turismo 4, or Prince of Persia: the sands of time. While many of the most prestigious JRPG PS2, like Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII, and Kingdom Hearts have all been worn as remasters, others as Dragon Quest VIII, Drakengard 2, Suikoden III is not it? And then there are cult classics like God's hand, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, and Black, who could never see the light of day without being part of the PS2 Classics initiative.

Microsoft has invested heavily to make backward compatibility a solid feature of the Xbox One. Every month, new Xbox and Xbox 360 games are available for download. Some of them are also added to Xbox Game Pass, the version of PS Now downloadable by Microsoft. The Xbox One currently only has 33 Xbox games, but there are more than 500 Xbox 360 games, about a quarter of the 360's library. Now it's possible to play Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: The Unleashed Force II, and Star Wars: Battlefront II all about Xbox One accordingly.

Although it is possible that the PS4 surpasses it, it is currently the most sold console of Sony. It deserves a bigger share of the present of the PlayStation, and whatever its future.