Compilations generally represent good value for money. At least, that should be their intent. Most of the compilations we get these days are of arcade days of yore, or you get things like the Sega Mega Drive Collection. Generally stuff from significantly older systems. Sometimes we will get franchises from a current system that houses all the discs in one box. On the rare occasion we will get absolute gems like The Orange Box.

Here is something I would like to see though. The Playstation 2 has one of the largest and by some considered the best, libraries. But the Playstation 3 is not backwards compatible. Why not rerelease some of those greats on a blu-ray disc? Sure, some of those games are not very old, but I think there is plenty of potential here, especially if you are going to release a new iteration in a series on the Playstation 3. Given that the PS3 is not inherently compatible with PS2 games, no doubt there would have to be some engineering involved in getting them to work. Compared to actually designing and coding new games though, I'm guessing it would be pretty cost effective. It would also be nice if they gave the games a graphical facelift, such as reprocessing textures in high definition, but I wouldn't find that necessary.

I'm not greedy. I'm not expecting 10+ relatively recent games just because there is storage space for them. I'd say 3 games for about half the price of a usual game, or up to 5 or 6 at full price. I'd say the sweet spot is 4 or 5 games at less than the price of a current new release; cheaper and potentially offering more value. So I started to have a look at some companies to see what Playstation 2 games are worth compiling. It's quite possible some of these licences have changed, but I've based this on the publisher at release.

Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, Devil May Cry 3 : Special Edition
No brainer. Would have been nice if it was released before DMC4, or even as a special edition that included the 3 prior games

Resident Evil Code Veronica X, Resident Evil Survivor 2 : Code Veronica, Resident Evil Outbreak, Resident Evil Dead Aim, Resident Evil Outbreak File 2, Resident Evil 4
Potentially you could even include the Resident Evil's from the original Playstation as well, but that is a lot of Resident Evil for your buck. Dead Aim could probably be removed as it is a light gun game, though it could make for a nice bonus for those that have the Guncon if they could make it work with that.

Onimusha 1-4, Onimusha Blade Warriors
I don't really know this series, but they got decent reviews except for Blade Warriors. It doesn't appear to be part of the main series, so it could stay or go.

Mega Man X 7, Mega Man X8, Mega Man Anniversary Collection

Viewtiful Joe, Viewtiful Joe 2, some other random game
I couldn't decide which game to round this out with, but another decent action title would make for a nice pack.

Okami, God Hand, Killer 7
Call this the Capcom Essentials or something (I think something may already have that name actually). Three well received titles that don't belong to franchises (at least not yet). If this pack was available, no doubt I would pick it up.

Square Enix
Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts 2, random game
Again I couldn't decide which game to add, another action RPG would probably round it out nicely.

Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy XII
A collection of all the PS2 Final Fantasy games. A no brainer that would probably sell a whole bunch... except they would have to remake them for the DS first.

Ubisoft
Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell Pandora's Tomorrow, Double Agent, Chaos Theory
Double Agent is a debatable inclusion as it is available on a current console (Xbox 360) but didn't make it to the PS3.

Rainbow Six : Rogue Spear, Rainbow Six : Lockdown, Rainbow Six 3
Another series released as a pack. Note that there were also some Ghost Recon titles, but the PS2 versions all got pretty bad reviews.

Prince of Persia : Sands of Time, Prince of Persia : Two Thrones, Prince of Persia : Warrior Within
Another series that would have benefited from being released recently.

Rayman, Rayman 2, Rayman 3
Rayman was on the original Playstation, but this would probably still be a decent collection.

Rockstar
Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto : Vice City, Grand Theft Auto : Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto : Vice City Stories
Another no brainer. Maybe you could take out the 'stories' to make it cheaper, as these weren't as well received.

SCEA
Dark Cloud, Dark Cloud 2, Drakan : The Ancient Gates

God of War, God of War 2, another action title

Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, another action adventure title
Another pack I'd likely snap up as I haven't played those first two games which have come with decent acclaim.

Sly Cooper Sly 2, Sly 3

Jak 3, Jak & Daxter : Precursor Legacy, Jak 2

Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank : Going Commando, Ratchet & Clank : Size Matters, Ratchet & Clank : Up Your Arsenal, Ratchet : Deadlocked

SOCOM, SOCOM 2, SOCOM 3, SOCOM Combined Assault

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So I got a little bored at the end there with doing the descriptions. That's only a few of the companies too, and there were some other products from them that I thought may have been worthy of being compiled, but couldn't figure out how to pack them. The idea obviously interests me since my exposure to the PS2 was limited, but are there other compilations from the PS2 you would like to see?