PlayStation exploded a bomb on Twitter with nostalgia, showing their PlayStation Plus Classics Catalog with some great titles in celebration of a 30-year PlayStation history. The official post was all sugary-sweet and happy, but then the comment section turned into a full-on wishlist frenzy, with demands for just about anything: Digimon World, Metal Gear Solid 4, etc.
This account had shared a nice slick picture of all kinds of classics such as Resident Evil, Tekken 2, and Legend of Dragoon (someone’s gone all caps in the comments). They were calling it “just a fun selection,” but honestly? The gamers in the comments were not down with it. Well, they were, just wanting MUCH BIGGER.
Immediately, Khaled Oghli dropped the line, “We want digimon world” and that’s honestly the feeling: That game was my childhood. Then, you’ll hear requests for Jumping Flash on PSVR2 which…why hasn’t that happened yet?? One other person just flat out said, “We need MORE PS1 classics” with the praying hands emoji. Same, dude.
Some of these comments were no requests, though. Heat dropped like, “I’m not paying for your service anymore, and I don’t care about your F.O.M.O ads.” Wounding, but deserved. Well, the PC has free online play, but PlayStation sometimes does feel like single-player. Another person replied, “Xbox started this whole ‘pay for online’ thing, and now we’re all stuck with it. Thanks, Microsoft.”
Even weirder, someone talked about Super Mario Bros turning 40…Sir: This is a PlayStation. This statement actually makes me feel ancient, so thanks for that.
But what gets really interesting is how many specific titles people are begging and threatening for. RACCAR came in with a whole list: “Overboard! Mickey’s Wild Adventure, Resident Evil Survivor, Sim City 2000-Like Please 🙏,” and then someone else demanding TENCHU and TENCHU 2 like they’re about to start a petition. And the Breath of Fire games?? Hell, yes.
But it wasn’t all love and nostalgia. There were a few technicalities in there. One asks about PS3 emulation progress, another tells him, “Expect hits and misses. PS3’s architecture is a beast to tame.” So true – that console was weirdly built, and emulating it is apparently a nightmare.
And then there’s a guy that says: ‘Fix the PS2 Classics menu,’ which… mood. Those menus can be janky as hell sometimes.
One thing that has been clear is how emotionally attached people are to these classic games. Which is to say: pretty much emotional in a really nice way. So heartfelt that one said: “30 years of play, zero regrets,” but then the very next comment said: “Not enough, Playstation. All of them should come over and should be native on PS5.” And they don’t want to hear one bit from “armchair tech analysts” about how it’s not possible. Which, yeah.
One of the funniest maybe: someone translating PlayStation’s tweet as: “Just a selection of games we will never revisit.” Which is probably how it really does feel sometimes when they add like one game per month to the classics catalog.
Can we just talk about how many people want the OG Spider-Man game?? Like, quite a few wanted that. Ratchet & Clank. Jak 2 and 3. Someone even asked for Blasto with a GIF, which is… that’s a deep cut.
And the crazy thing is how international this demand is. One person writes in Portuguese, “Vocês demoram muito para adicionar clássicos,” meaning, “You take too long to add classics.” And they ain’t wrong!
At the end of the day, is it great that PlayStation is celebrating 30 years with these classics? Catalog-wise, it’s got games worthy of awesome reputations. But surely, players want more. The cavernous cuts, better emulation, and games that actually feel native on modern hardware. And the community ain’t frightened to paper this all over the reply section.
It’s kind of heartwarming, though? Seeing all these people excited over games that came out decades before. That’s the good game design power-right there-it lasts forever. Even if the hardware does not.
So yes, PlayStation dropped a kick-ass nostalgic bomb, but the gamers on their end just dropped a wishlist bomb. And honestly? I hope Sony is listening. Because these games are what the people want. They want to replay these games, they want to pass them on; they want to relive those moments.
Some of these requests might truly come to fruition someday. Perhaps not. But that pretty much speaks volumes on the passion PlayStation carries for its own past, which is pretty cool.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to see if my old PS1 memory cards still work…
