The HD video Sony just put out does look really damn pretty...I may have to pick these up again too.

You're no more of a sucker than the person who shells out $60 every year for the newest additions of sports games. In fact, I would argue that you are much less of a sucker than they are -- at least Ico and Shadow of the Colossus came out like four or five years ago. Plus, if the games come in a bundle, it would make for a cool collector's item.

I just finished a 5 page long discourse on this matter. It's going to take some time to edit it all together, but after that, I hope you'll come read it. This is a good synopsis. It's true nostalgia makes us a bit blind; me certainly.

When I heard the rumor of the ICO/SotC bundle, I turned into my original PS2 copies for a pretty good chunk of change. I'm sure a lot of people are going to enjoy these well made pieces of art, especially if they're going into them for the first time.

Also, thanks for the namedrop. I'm glad that I've at least persuaded one person to try out Recettear.

Of course, arguably, these rereleases are also for those of us who *ahem* didn't get to play those games the first time around. I never owned a PS2, but I constantly hear and read about how good those games are. And I'm excited to finally play them.

Also, for me, getting to play awesome games I missed is the biggest perk of the Wii's Virtual Console (Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Super Metroid) and the PS1 Classics on PSN (Resident Evil 2), not replaying games I already own/beat...though there's a couple there, as well (Zelda II, Kirby's Adventures in Dreamland), haha!

Arguing against re-releases is useless unless they really do prevent new games from being made.

It's really no different from an old classic movie getting released on Blu-Ray. Same thing, higher quality.

And of course, not everyone got to play the original games or owned the console they were on. Ico in particular is actually a bit difficult to find and costs around $50 used.

I agree with Ben and Daniel -- I just wrote a post about how I missed some classic console exclusives because I owned a different console. I'm really looking forward to going back and playing some of them. So I'm grateful for some rereleases.

@ Daav Puke: Looking forward to reading it!

@ Daryl Bunao: Thanks for writing about Recettear! I would've missed it if  you hadn't written that article.

@ Ben @ Daniel @ Layton: The thought crossed my mind about people missing out on certain games, and I hope that I didn't come across as not wanting rereleases. Like you guys, I've missed my fair share of games over the years. 

My main point is that because I loved these two games, amongst others, I'm willing to fork over more dough to play a game I enjoyed.

Thanks for the comments!

I like Daniel's analogy of DVDs to Blu-Ray. I would even take the argument a step further for those who only have one out of the series. I own "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" on DVD but I just bought the "The Man With No Name" trilogy on Blu-Ray because I did not own "A Fist Full of Dollars" and "For a Few Dollars More". For me it was a perfect time to upgrade since I didn't own the whole set, same goes with Ico/Shadow of the Colossus rerelease. I don't own Ico so what better time to upgrade and final get to experience a PS2 classic. 

Paul, you get a "Like" for rebuying my favorite movie of all time :-)