Capcom bringing dozens of PS1 and PSP games to PSN over next few months

  • Posted May 5th, 2009 at 02:41 EDT by Eric Blattberg
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Capcom has arguably supported the PlayStation Store the most out of all of the major third-party publishers. The company even has its own section in Sony's online store. To cement their position as a leader in the online space, the company told Joystiq that a whopping 20 to 40 PSone classics and PSP titles will be arriving on the PlayStation Network over the course of the next few months.

"We'll definitely be looking at a lot of titles that have things like Street Fighter and Resident Evil in the title," said Capcom's senior director of communications and community, Chris Kramer. "We're thinking about putting together a long list of the titles we're looking at, and then releasing it on Capcom Unity and having people vote on them. Ultimately we're looking at bringing between 20 and 40 titles to the PSN over the next several months."

Just to clarify, the PSP titles will be primarily previously published UMD games from Capcom, not original games. Still, if you take a look at the statement mathematically, we could consistently see multiple Capcom PSone and PSP releases a week. Recent ESRB ratings indeed show that two more Street Fighter Alpha games are coming to the PlayStation Network.

Other than Street Fighter and Resident Evil titles, we wonder what past games Capcom plans to put on the PlayStation Network. We bet that one or two of them will involve a little blue man being mega awesome.

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  1. alez310

    • 2:43am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 1

     ahhhh!!! thats goin to be pretty sweet.

  2. Thorzilla

    • 2:49am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 2

     I'd love to get my hands in RE, RE2 and RE3, besides a couple MegamanXs.

  3. O_G_H

    • 2:52am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 3

    Resident Evil 1 = Mine upon release.  Period.

  4. edward_moffet

    • 2:57am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 4

     cool, i'd like to see some more effort for ps3 besides in just the PS store

  5. Majin187

    • 2:57am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 5

    megaman x 4,5 and 6 (the first megaman x is still the best)

  6. Ocelot1987

    • 3:00am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 6

    I'd like to get all the RE games!

  7. TekkenLord

    • 3:03am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 7

    sony need to hurry up and send back my ps3

  8. kora5551

    • 3:06am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 8

     heh!

  9. kopkiwi

    • 3:08am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 9

     Resident Evil trilogy would be amazing. Would pick it up without a seconds thought. Trophy support anyone?

  10. daevv

    • 3:16am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 10

    Mega the Freaking Man!!

  11. Trullyn

    • 3:20am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 11

    Breath of Fire Please!

  12. Cloudie

    • 3:27am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 12

    Devil May Cry!

    Devil May Cry!

    Devil May Cry!

  13. matilda_bbd

    • 3:33am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 13

    dino crisis! i want that sh**

  14. Syphon_Filter

    • 3:57am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 14

    All we hear is words with no proves. Bring games. Since 2008 we have heard these words and its 2009. Nothing has appeared.

  15. daniels02

    • 4:05am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 15

    Do the math.... All this talk about a new psp thats download only. Now right before e3, capcom is re-releasing umd games as downloads. I see a psp slider in the near future. ..... which sucks cause i just bought one two weeks ago grr

  16. BajeGamer

    • 4:10am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 16

    man where are the other third parties???  yeahh big WHooo to Capcom.. but c'mon, square, sony, (what used to be atari ) gran turismo1, crash team racing, ff7, road rash, tenchu, ect ect..man these ps3s aint cheap,,, make it even more worth it!!

  17. sonny23

    • 4:25am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 17

    Devil May Cry and Megaman X series omgg..... :D

  18. Jk-Sin

    • 4:41am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 18

    omg, i been crying for the res series for months now, and when i finally go out and get RES 1-3, capcom annouces they gonna realease all of them within the next month or 2 :) classic, wasted money but i'll probably still buy them so i can play it on my psp.

  19. Sonan

    • 4:56am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 19

    I'd like to see Resident Evil: Director's Cut but with the real DC opening that it was suppose to have been there before the original opening was accidentally put in.

  20. solbadboy

    • 5:18am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 20

    that sweet ...i cant wait to see wat come to psn...way to go capcom

  21. Autobotkiller

    • 5:19am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 21

    This is gonna be sweet. Capcom rules.

    I want me some Knights of the Round!

  22. primalbreath

    • 5:38am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 22

    sweet.   the more games to choose from the better

  23. C-Carcharias

    • 5:42am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 23

    massive judos to Capcom for this. I would love to see some Megaman from X onwards.

  24. hyperslug

    • 5:51am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 24

    Awesome!!!

  25. shaka

    • 6:27am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 25

    To bad xbox live get's nothing like it has no games for 2009.

  26. psmgamer

    • 6:27am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 26

    This probably has to do with the PSP GO! being released later this year if Capcom is going to be offering PS1/PSP Games. I expect other companies to jump on board PSN and announce that they will be offering their older games on PSN even PSP games for download. It does sound like a stupid business decision hold out on PS1/PSP games then release a umd less handheld that will only play digitally downloadable games.

  27. kyuu

    • 7:04am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 27

     Oh my gosh! getting RE2 nd 3 the first day they come out. don't need 1 however since I have my GC version.

  28. Burningmonkey

    • 7:19am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 28

    Sounds interesting. If its a psn exclusive then go Sony if not then owell still pretty sweet. Yay more content.

  29. solbaid

    • 7:20am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 29

    I would love to see Breath of Fire 3 and 4 and Mega Man Legends games make their way and then maybe Capcom will somewhat redeem themselves in my eyes.

  30. FloodOne

    • 7:53am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 30

    Breath of Fire III better be on this list... I lost my copy years ago and need a new one

  31. stovich

    • 8:45am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 31

    I don't know about this. I still have all my desired capcom PS1 games on the shelf & I don't have a PSP. Besides, I'm still waiting on them to fully (& unconditionally) support Sony's latest console, rather than re-release older stuff. Why is capcom investing in this? Guilt?

  32. re5fan

    • 9:08am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 32

    This is awesome but, is this going to be exclusive to psn? I hope crapbox don't get it.

  33. zach_b

    • 9:29am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 33

     Megaman Legends 1 and 2? Please? :)

  34. A_Ninja

    • 10:15am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 34

    i would like to see Resident Evil (1,2&3 ) , Dino Crisis(1&2) , Vreath Of Fire (3&4) & Pocket Fighter

  35. taurus82

    • 10:32am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 35

    Star Gladiator, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers, Star Gladiator, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers, Star Gladiator, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers, Star Gladiator, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers, Star Gladiator, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers, Star Gladiator, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers, Star Gladiator, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers and their sequels.

  36. Chille

    • 10:59am BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 36

    and what are the chances of eu getting them too? >.>

  37. blu3pillr3dpill

    • 12:20pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 37

    lets hope this comes to light soon in the EU, I've sold the PS1 resident games in expection of this a few weeks ago.

    If they dont  I can always buy the GC versions for the Wii

  38. Smithy2306

    • 1:35pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 38

    Resident Evil 1 & 2 is all I need!!  Fingers crossed!

  39. factorion

    • 1:37pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 39

    As much as I'd like to see the mega man X series, I'd rather sony just get ps2 emulation so the mega man X collection would work.

  40. UpolJoZelda5

    • 1:58pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 40

    I can see Capcom will own PSN lol

  41. dominyanno

    • 1:58pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 41

     plz plz plz Breath of Fire series

  42. mrbigs

    • 2:05pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 42

     I'd like to see both of Oddworlds Games Abe's Oddysee and Abes's Exodus.

  43. Loan

    • 2:38pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 43

    RE 2 seriusly alng with old good megaman and some other old good capcoms should be neat

  44. Hartia

    • 2:40pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 44

    svc ftw~!

  45. bolistik

    • 3:27pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 45

    id buy resident evil 2 & 3.

  46. FoolsFolly

    • 4:22pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 46

    Wait, does this mean PSP titles playable on the PS3? Or just PSP titles that can be downloaded and played on the PSP?

  47. joeymetalgear7

    • 4:39pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 47

    I dont care! METAL GEAR SOLID!!!! where is that? thats all i want on psn

  48. darkmakozu

    • 5:07pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 48

    I hope the EU gets a share of the love too :)

  49. sicstar

    • 5:30pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 49

     This is awesome news.  I hoping for the resi games :D    And If the PSP Go rumors are true then this could be the build up to getting more digital downloads.

  50. residentevilrocks91

    • 10:02pm BST - May 5th, 2009
    • 50

    re hopefully

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