GTA Franchise Rumor May Be Really Good News For Those With A PS5
A new partner listing for Rockstar Games could bode well for fans on PlayStation 5. Rockstar's acclaimed open-world crime titles are some of the biggest in gaming, and this new listing could suggest that Sony is planning to revisit some of its older entries.
As shared by X user videotechuk, a reliable source for Rockstar news and leaks, the studio has appeared on the Partners and Publishers page for Implicit Conversions. Implicit Conversions is an emulation company that specializes in bringing classic PlayStation, PSP, and PS2 titles to modern PlayStation consoles, having worked on the conversions of the series,,, the series, and more.
Many games are available on PlayStation 5, with the 2022 re-release of and, along with the, which consists of, and. There are some notable absences, however, as the following aren't present in the PlayStation Plus catalog, where Sony now has many titles from previous console generations available to download as part of its Premium tier:
Title
Original Release Year
PlayStation Platform
Grand Theft Auto
1997
PlayStation
GTA: London
1999
PlayStation
GTA 2
1999
PlayStation
GTA: Vice City Stories
2005
PSP/PS2
GTA: Vice City Stories
2006
PSP/PS2
GTA 4
2008
PS3
Direct ports of the original PS2 versions of the were available on PS4 along with new trophy support, but these were pulled from the PlayStation Store prior to the release of in 2021.
Outside of, Rockstar has made a large portion of the most well-known titles from its back-catalog available on modern PlayStation consoles, with,,,, and the first (of which Rockstar was a publisher for Remedy) included via the PS2 classics collection. Most recently, was ported to PS4 (with further enhancements on PS5 via backwards compatibility) after the PS3 version was pulled from the PlayStation Plus catalog.
It's unlikely that the second title, will receive the PS2 Classics treatment due to Remedy working on a full remake of the first two games. However, it's possible the series might make a
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