Ico/Shadow of the Colossus heading to PSN next week; Crysis 2 and Tom Clancy classics too

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jan 13th 2012 1:50PM

This week's PlayStation Blogcast revealed that Ico and Shadow of the Colossus will be available next Tuesday, January 17, through the PlayStation Network. Regularly priced $40 at retail as a bundle, the two games will be $20 apiece on the PSN.

Other retail games being added to the PSN next week include Crysis 2 for $40, along with Tom Clancy titles Rainbow Six Vegas and Splinter Cell: Double Agent for $20 each.

If the idea of touching discs has held you back from Ico or Shadow of the Colossus, now's the time to check out these artistic milestones.

Source: PS Blog

Tags: Crysis-2, ico-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-collection, playstation, ps3, PSN, PSN-Store, rainbow-six-vegas, release-date, Splinter-Cell-Double-Agent

Reader Comments (40)

sweet!!! i knew if i waited they would eventually have ICO for stand alone purchase.

@PR0F3TA The irony is your profile icon is a picture of a colossus from Shadow of the Colossus. Do you like Shadow so much you won't buy it in HD or is $20 too much for a game like Shadow?

Crap, that reminds me I bought that HD collection months ago and haven't touched it. Damn you Binding of Isaac for making me forget I have Uncharted 3, this, Deus Ex and like 43543543 discounted games purchased through Steam holiday sales!

@mcnerven
Binding of Isaac is so good tho!!

I recently bought the Ico/Colossus collection - I would have waited for this PSN version if I knew it was coming!

I know digital releases cost more than retail and you don't own a physical copy of the game that you can lend out or trade-in, but the benefit of not having to physically insert a disc in the system and swap out whatever other game you had in the system is worth it for me.

@JasonA
That sounds like you're losing quite a bit just so you don't have to get up and shuffle a couple discs around.

@JasonA you don't have to take care of the disc, your friends can't stole the disc, you can also share or sell the digital release, and finally you will (probably) be able to download it for PS4

digital releases FTW

@gamersrstupid "Friends can't steal the disc." Sounds like someone needs different friends! =)

@gamersrstupid
"you can also share or sell the digital release"
...You do know sharing the digital copy is illegal, right?

@JasonA I hate you.

Crysis 2 for $40? WTF? I would buy way more games digitally if they didn't cost so damn much! We need more than one digital games provider for ps3 so we can get some deals competition.

"I know digital releases cost more than retail"

"Regularly priced $40 at retail as a bundle, the two games will be $20 apiece on the PSN."

Not this time my friend!

@liquidsoap89 A week after it came out, Best Buy had this on sale for $25. The 'regular prices' may be the same, but B&M copies go on sale FAR more often.

@Hoops
Yeah so they said. My local Best Buy didn't honor that. it was VERY VERY much YMMV, the CAG and Best Buy forums were rife with horror stories about stores not accepting the deal or convienently being "sold out" the whole time.

@Vic Fontaine
But on the upside, as illogical as it is, they did honor that price for the Uncharted bundle. I guess I should mention that in all fairness.

@Hoops Agreed. Right now it's going for $30 on Amazon.

Yet again, digital distribution on consoles offer no savings whatsoever. Enjoy the future!

@Cranky Penguin
I have more than one PS3 at home that I share with my kids. I buy one game I essentially get two games for the price of one. In addition, the benefit of not having to physically insert a disc in the system and swap out whatever other game you had in the system is worth it for me

@Cranky Penguin

Maybe you lot in the US are getting bent over by the exchange rate. The Ico HD Collection launched on the UK PS store just before Christmas. It was and still is cheaper to buy the digital version over the retail Blu-ray version. It is very well priced in the UK.

There will be a problem (for us consumers) when retailers put the Blu-ray version on sale and undercut the PS store. In fact I'm surprised that retailers haven't complained yet. They don't like it when they can't compete and usually refuse to stock the product.

@eescala7

Post by JasonA:
"...the benefit of not having to physically insert a disc in the system and swap out whatever other game you had in the system is worth it for me."

Post by eescala7:
"...the benefit of not having to physically insert a disc in the system and swap out whatever other game you had in the system is worth it for me "

Something is fishy here.

@Cranky Penguin I'm glad someone said it I am getting sick and tired of these companies saving on production and shipping of discs but don't want to pass on the savings on to the gamers. Greedy freakin people

@CaptainProtonX

Your mom is fishy

I'm going to assume that these are the HD, enhanced-framerate versions, and not the original ones ?

@Torticoli No shit.

I couldn't get the splinter cell PSN download to work at all. ='( I guess I'm forced to buy the disc-based bundle.

*sighs*

@kentuckyfried
Couldn't get the Joystiq comment system to work either apparently. Glad I'm not alone in that :)

@Vic Fontaine

Yeah yesterday whenever I clicked "submit" my comments wouldn't show up. Glad this glitch is gone.

I couldn't get the splinter cell PSN download to work at all. I guess I'm forced to buy the disc-based bundle.

*sighs*

woops, sorry. post wasn't posting.

Any idea if this will play on the vita?

I like digtal versions of ps3 games as long as they are priced similar to disc version.

I like the convenience of digital games. Why do you think the iOS platform is so popular?

Not having to worry about getting scratches or smudges on my discs is so relieving. I hardly ever trade in my games anyways, I've learned it's a waste of money since you don't even get half of what you paid for back.

If I could LEGALLY put all my Wii and PS3 games on their consoles, it would be so much easier for me.

@GiantGamer

Good thing I bought the retail copy a few months ago then. I hope they put God of War 1 and 2 HD on PSN soon.

@tendoboy1984

It's on the North American PSN store. Unless you live in a different country.

Double Agent ain't worth it for $20, it's a terrible port.

Wonder if we'll see the Uncharted games on PSN at some point.

I was surprised to see this in the PSN Store already here in the UK when I logged on a few days ago, it's £20 for the bundle, ICO is on it's own for £13.99, but I couldn't find SOTC on its own, but I imagine it'd be the same price, so £20 isn't too unreasonable, it's a bit cheaper than in the shops, but I'd always choose a physical copy over digital.

@bvhj

The UK store has so many more game available for download. I don't understand why....

They should pay us to download double agent, since that was the most horrible excuse for a splinter cell game ever. It will be forever known as the game that killed they spys vs mercs gameplay.

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Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection

Ico/Shadow of the Colossus heading to PSN next week; Crysis 2 and Tom Clancy classics too

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