Gamers are rather sentimental beings and the first experiences they had with a console or with a series stick with them for quite some time. And it only makes sense for videogame publishers and developers to cash in on that nostalgia by offering them experiences that are similar to those in the past while allowing them to replay titles like Final Fantasy VII or the first God of War on newer devices.

Peter Dille, who is the senior vice president in charge of marketing and the PlayStation Network at Sony of America, told IGN in an interview that “From our side, we're going through our own studio organization and trying to make sure all these old games are out there so that we can lead by example, but we're also communicating with all the third-parties about the success of the Final Fantasy games, and other PS1 and PS2 classics.”

A lot of fans of the big PlayStation 2 series will be pleased to hear that Sony is moving to allow those experiences to be replayed on the newer console but there's also bound to be a backlash against the company for its decision to release those titles through the PSN for a price rather than making the PlayStation 3 full backwards compatible in order to be able to directly play disks, which were bought for the previous generation of the console.

It will be interesting to see how Sony handles the re-release of old classics. With the recent God of War Collection, Sony upgraded the graphics of the two titles and offered an experience that took full advantage of the power of the PlayStation 3 to render Kratos. As long as the titles coming to the PlayStation Network are similarly enhanced and priced well below the tag of a normal AAA release, the company might have a winning move on its hands.