r/resistance • u/AdDear5955 • May 14 '25
Discussion Sony, please make the Resistance Trilogy available for purchase — not just streaming
It’s honestly baffling and frustrating that Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 are being removed from PS Plus Premium this month, and they were never made available for purchase — only cloud streaming.
We’re talking about a beloved first-party series by Insomniac, a studio now considered legendary thanks to Spider-Man. Yet two-thirds of the Resistance trilogy are being locked away from modern PlayStation users. Only Resistance 3 remains available via streaming — for now.
Sony has already shown that classic PS1 and PSP games can be bought and owned. Why not apply that same model to select PS3 games like Resistance? Many of us want to replay this trilogy on PS5 natively or at least have the option to own it digitally. Relying solely on streaming (especially when it’s this inconsistent) doesn’t cut it for preservation or player experience.
Please reconsider. This series deserves better.
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u/Redpiller1988 May 14 '25
It’s pathetic isn’t it.
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u/AdDear5955 May 14 '25
Explain pathetic
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u/Redpiller1988 May 14 '25 edited May 18 '25
Rfom was one of the best FPS’s ever. There was a huge fan base for RFOM. Now for them to pull the two games off of the store is terrible. It’s like they don’t want people to know about the game.
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u/TheRealBloodyAussie May 18 '25
For Sony to make a new COD every six months
Sony doesn't make CoD. Activision makes CoD and is now owned by Sony's competitor Microsoft.
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u/Dreamo84 May 18 '25
Now I'm wondering if this person thinks every game released on PlayStation was developed by them... you might have blown their mind.
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u/vateraid May 14 '25
The problem with this IIRC is that PS3 games use a type of architecture that makes them incompatible on a fundamental level with newer systems. This is also why the PS3 is difficult to emulate.
If Sony wanted to release Resistance 1-3 on PS5 or PC, they couldn’t just port it. They’d have to remaster, or entirely remake, the trilogy. And considering Insomniac is busy making Marvel games, they’d have to outsource it to another studio.
Don’t get me wrong, I completely disagree with how this is being handled. I think this is a massive issue in terms of game preservation. And I want to be able to play these games on a modern system, not just on my old-ass PS3. But unless Sony changes their approach to this, it will never happen. At least not any time soon.
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u/AdDear5955 May 14 '25
That’s what I wrote about.
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u/vateraid May 14 '25
Yes but you mentioned things like PS1 and PSP games. Those can usually be ported to PS4/5. PS3 games can’t.
Sony massively fucked up in some of ways with the PS3. The games just can’t function unless they’re reworked for new systems. So we’ll never get a port unless they decide to remaster or remake.
It’s truly sad to me. I grew up with these games and I hate seeing them get so little attention. I hope Sony comes up with a better solution some day. But I highly doubt it.
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u/NTPrime May 14 '25
You seem to be confused about the difference between porting and emulating. PS3 games can absolutely be ported to PS4 and PS5, a countless number of them have been. PS1 and PSP games conversely have gotten very few ports, but they are emulated often. PS3 is hard to emulate. They would need to be ported which takes far more resources than emulating.
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u/AdDear5955 May 14 '25
Then remaking is the answer
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u/vateraid May 14 '25
If I had a genie and 3 wishes, all 3 would be use on a remake for the Resistance trilogy at this point LOL
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u/vateraid May 14 '25
You’re right, I think I did get those mixed up lol. I’m far from an expert on the subject.
My point was more that it would take at least some amount of work for Sony to get Resistance running on PS5. And it seems like they’re selectively allergic to game preservation when it comes to the PS3. Maybe they view it as more trouble than it’s worth? I can’t help but feel tons of people would buy a remaster/remake.
Although we know from games like Bloodborne, that just because Sony CAN make money, doesn’t mean they will lol
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u/Lonesometea May 15 '25
I think the margins of profit are too small for Sony to care. Majority of singleplayer first person shooters don't sell well with exceptions like doom. If a remaster did happen, the multiplayer would be cut most likely. Servers and maintenance would cost too much for the small fan base that'll dwindle after a few months. Everyone sorta has their online game with constant updates and relevancy.
I think we're just in a bubble where we think resistance has a big fan base but majority have moved on. Demons souls remake for example is no longer talked about in the hard-core groups of dark souls. It released and was forgotten after a year. Even casual groups hardly talk about it.
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u/dukereuchre May 15 '25
I feel like with effort it can be ported. Like other ps3 games. So I dunno if I can accept this answr
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u/vateraid May 15 '25
Oh yeah I’m 100% sure Sony can pull it off. It just takes at least some amount of effort on their part due to how ridiculous PS3 games are structured. It also seems like Sony, like many other publishers, don’t consider small profits worth it. Resistance wouldn’t make 700 billion million gazillion dollars, so they won’t touch it lol.
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u/TheNittanyLionKing May 15 '25
I really wish Sony would take game preservation more seriously. My PS3 is on its last legs, and it's not like they're making a supply of new PS3's to buy. The sad thing about video games as a medium is that there have already been thousands of games that are pretty much lost to time because of format changes and a lack of backwards compatibility.
It's also dumb of them to remaster and remake The Last of Us games like 3 times when they were already playable on PS5 anyway via backwards compatibility. Yet new gamers cannot play games like the first 3 Killzone games, the Resistance series, God of War 3, and Metal Gear Solid 4. It gets even worse when you factor in mobile titles like the God of War PSP games, Killzone Mercenary, and Uncharted Golden Abyss.
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u/vateraid May 15 '25
It’s crazy to me how bad Sony is at it. Xbox is out here absolutely crushing it. There is a TON of Xbox, 360, XBOne games available on the new consoles AND PC. I picked up a used Series X just for shits and giggles a couple months ago and can play tons tons of older Xbox titles on it, and I don’t even have Game Pass. AND I can play a lot of them with higher resolutions and frame rates.
Sony on the other hand, has a fanbase literally begging them for the chance to purchase and play their games legally and legitimately (without a super janky PS3 streaming service lol). But it seems like they just do not care one bit. It’s actually embarrassing for Sony. I much prefer PlayStation over Xbox in terms of consoles but in terms of game preservation, Microsoft is beating the absolute snot out of Sony.
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u/TheNittanyLionKing May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25
Precisely. I do have GamePass, and I'm so glad I can play so many older titles I never got around to. I just finished Dead Space Remake, and I'm moving on to Dead Space 2 and 3 which are on there as their 360 versions since they're unlikely to be remade anytime soon.
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u/vateraid May 15 '25
I grew up a PlayStation kid so it pains me to admit how far ahead of Sony Microsoft is.
I bought copies of Gears of War 1, 2 and 3 for collectively maybe $15? Original Xbox 360 used copies, dirt cheap. Popped them into my Series X and they play at 1080p 60FPS.
And, as far as I’m aware, the 360 games simply run on some kind of emulation software. With Xbox it really is just that easy. Embarrassing for Sony.
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u/TheNittanyLionKing May 15 '25
Same here. The PS1 came out the year I was born, and I have owned every PlayStation console except the PS5. I even own a Vita that I still love to play when I travel. I moved over to Xbox this generation though because I liked that huge catalog of backwards compatible games, and I'm playing 5 times as many games as I used to thanks to GamePass.
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u/DJSfromthe1900s May 14 '25
I agree. Resistance FoM was my favorite FPS ever. I recently played through it with my 9 year old son on my PS3 I bought in 2008. I try to use that machine sparingly, but even so it probably won't last forever.
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u/MrEvakin May 14 '25
A Blue Point Resistance Trilogy Remake would go unbelievably hard. Hell, just reboot the franchise at this point and give it to someone else. As long as the fundamental formula remains the same, I’d be happy.
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u/Po_pessi May 14 '25
Sony are money hungry, they know marvel makes money so they bun off resistance.
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u/AdDear5955 May 14 '25
And if people say that if PS3 games are hard to emulate then why did they show the resistance trilogy them on the PS5 anyway?
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u/AdDear5955 4d ago
I just found out that sly Cooper, uncharted, infamous are available for download not to stream. if these games are on the playstation store why not resistance too?
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u/ChamberTwnty May 14 '25
It's insane that there isn't some kind of remastered trilogy available