As promised, Rockstar has removed the PS2 versions of its legendary GTA titles from the PS Store, in anticipation for its upcoming PlayStation 5 and PS4 remasters. Despite not showing a second of footage from the re-releases, the publisher said that it would take any existing versions down starting 11th October, and they’ve disappeared as of the publication of this article.
If you already purchased any of the trio – including GTA 3, GTA: Vice City, and GTA: San Andreas – then you’ll still be able to download them moving forwards. However, some fans are concerned as it’s not yet clear how Rockstar will alter the originals. Of course, it’s worth keeping in mind that these delisted digital versions weren’t perfect, as they removed many of the songs from the PS2 soundtracks due to licensing issues.
Nevertheless, hopefully now this bit of admin has been completed, the publisher will be more forthcoming about what its remasters will actually entail. We’re expecting higher resolution graphics and a number of quality of life improvements, but we expect they’ll look and play much the same as they did back on the PS2.
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I wonder whats the file size will be 🤔for all 3 games.i will be surprised if its more than 40 gb.word up son
Rest in pies classic Stealy Wheely Automobiley.
Thank god I already own this version of San Andreas because I'm very pessimistic about this remaster
Already own them on Steam so no loss to me.
Awesome. I now own a game which cannot be bought again. That'll impress the ladies!
Mash X to give a damn
This is destined for failure, isn’t it?
I had the Vice City one and it did run massively rough in comparison to the PC versions of III and SA I have on Steam. I’d like to see footage sooner rather than later.
But what music has been removed. With GTA if remove a lot of the soundtrack then its useless for me to get it. The biggest thing i liked about ViceCity was the music and the setting.
As long as all my ex’s, still live in Texas, i’ll be fine
@Flaming_Kaiser That's what's gonna decided if I get this or not if there's no fps increase and if there's a soundtrack purge Rockstar can go screw themselves
Cant say i noticed many tracks missing when i replayed Vice City a while back. Maybe they didnt mess with VRock too much lol I usually chilled with VCPR anyway
Lets just get some remaster footage and a reasonable price now Rockstar
The radio stations are what complete the experience so I want every single song from all three games to be intact for this release, Take-Two can certainly afford to pay everyone several times over.
strange to see them do this before showing gameplay of the new remasters.
also it would be nice if we can buy those "new" games separately instead of just being able to buy the whole trilogy.
Still no footage...C'mon you Rock ⭐
Only GTA I didn't get to buy was GTA 3, I have all the others.
@kyleforrester87 It’s a shame in the sense of game preservation — why even bother delisting a PS2 game? — and doubly so for delisting an already compromised version.
@Spiders I mean, the reason why they have bothered delisting it is pretty obvious. As for it being a shame, I have no real affinity towards the original games. I can see why other people might be bothered, I suppose. But if you care that much you either own the originals or have at least downloaded these versions.
I dunno, but then I’m not that fussed about game preservation in general.
I could never get into GTA 3, I was hoping they would rerelease GTA IV instead.
@Flaming_Kaiser I’ll probably just queue up a Spotify playlist and play it through my PS4 if this bothers me
@Spiders digital only is debunked for game preservation that is for sure.
@kyleforrester87
I respect that.
I respect game preservation for only one reason, and it’s a selfish one. It keeps nonsense like the Sega Saturn collection from getting out of control.
I’ll never get to play Panzer Dragoon Saga because I’m not dropping 1500 bucks on a copy.
Thank God SNK has rereleased a lot of Neo Geo AES games and that they are easy to emulate. I can’t imagine a world where I’d need to drop three grand to play Metal Slug 3.
@TheRedComet it’s not that I don’t care exactly, I’d just rather enjoy something in the moment and then not worry about one day losing it. In reality, if you really REALLY want, you can play virtually anything that has ever been made somehow. Most of the time it’s pointless and a quick skim through a let’s play on YouTube is enough to satisfy a nostalgic itch.
I’m happy knowing someone, somewhere, is preserving games so I don’t have to 😂
That said there are a small handful of games from my moderately sized collection I am glad I have held on to. The rest of it just seems like a waste of plastic and space these days if I am honest.
Fully expecting the definitive edition to look exactly the same haha
I'm not too fussed about these being removed because you can easily pick up original PS2 copies for peanuts off eBay, and they're superior to these versions anyway.
Obviously they delisted the ps2 versions so those who don’t have will be forced to open their wallets. I have all 3 but still very intrigued. And we can’t play III and Vice City on Xbox one/Series anyway. Good point on the soundtrack as it should be fully intact as they DO have tons of money to restore any expired licenses. The other thing i was thinking to the first commenter here is if I remember right III and Vice weren’t even 3G in size and SA was 4-5G so with that I’d imagine the whole remaster package shouldn’t exceed say 20G in size, which wouldn’t be bad at all. Price will be another story but we will see but I’m gonna guess 40 bucks. $60 would be pure GREED!
@Keyblade-Dan Same here whats the use if the feel8ng of the game is lost then ill keep it at the good old memories.
@playstation1995
Jak and Daxter collection is about 12.5gb.
So, guessing that the size will be more than 12.5gb and less than 40gb.
@KnightRider1982. You think so that would cool.im getting this game especially the physical copie.cant wait gta and god of war is my 2 favorite video games franchises ever.word up son
Interestingly enough there is still a bundle on the PS store that includes San Andreas with GTA V, but not San Andreas individually.
Just thought it was worth mentioning as I checked for myself out of curiosity.
@Flaming_Kaiser Don't worry Billy Jean would come on in that Admiral on the way to Rosenberg's office. 😉
@TheArt But im serious about this if they remove the music from a game like Vice City that makes the game way less interesting for me. The thing i loved from Vice City was the setting and like sammy said why pay more if you can get the old games for next to nothing.
Read a rumor earlier today from an insider claiming the remasters don't look much different.
@Ken_Kaniff Really hope that is not true. However, it wouldn't surprise me if that's the case.
@AlmostRaw Me and you both, but I feel theirs more of a reason than just these remasters that Rockstar made those modders pulled those games down.
I don’t care if one or two songs are missing as long as 90% is there. Licensing issues are not only money issues sometimes the rights owner just won’t license its rights and is already full of money. And don’t forget we’re in a different era and these games are in a lot of ways not politically correct and Twitter-scandal prone. I just wanna have fun playing good old games slightly improved and I am not a fetishist obsessed with having exactly the same game. If you want to have exactly the same game buy a ps2 and original discs and stop whining. Videogames are fon fun. Being a super purist of everything is not good for your well being.
@amenohi The Pal versions were all patched shortly after launch to run better.
@amenohi I played San Andreas at the beginning of the year and it was fine for me, this is on base PS4 as well. Patch notes say 60hz was added.
@kyleforrester87 Why do you think they the delisted PS2 games? It’s not obvious to me...
I still have the old PS2 on PS4 ports so I'm safe, but still hoping the upcoming remasters are really good.
@Spiders so they can charge 2-3x as much for the remaster that they are releasing later this year
@kyleforrester87 Why are they worried about a PS2 game that's been out for decades affecting the sales of a game who's sole selling point is it is a better version of that game? It's makes literally no sense.
The only example of this happening I can think of is Epic's Bulletstorm, and they caught a lot of heat for the move, and — unless the game features the original game in emulation as complete (or more) than the digital version that was available — Rockstar's delisting makes even less sense.
@Spiders what are you talking about lol. Do you not see how a HD version of GTA3, Vice City and SA sold through the PS2 classics scheme interferes with the prospect of them selling a new HD version of the very same games? Their removal was announced within days of the remasters being announced. It’s the only reason they have been removed from the store.
It seems you’re confusing what I am saying with the ACTUAL PS2 disc versions of the game.
@kyleforrester87 Uh, it's not in HD... it's up-rendered by the emulator... like putting your PS2 disc in a PS3... because it is THE ACTUAL PS2 disc version with cut content and added trophies.
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