Sony revealed most of the games that will arriving alongside the new and improved PlayStation Plus and said that select retro titles would have improved frame rates, higher resolutions, and a new user interface that will allow users to save at any time and rewind. And now it seems that trophies are coming to at least some of those older rereleases, too.
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Bend Studio tweeted that Syphon Filter, which originally released on the PS1 in 1999, will have trophies when it rereleases. The developer then included a picture of a silver trophy popping called “An Explosive Start.” The image in question has what appears to be a subway car exploding, which is likely related to the subway train that blows up at the end of the first level.
Incoming From Bend Studio:
Agency intel reports that Syphon Filter will include Trophies when it arrives on the all-new PlayStation Plus. pic.twitter.com/YVdMixZxBR
— Bend Studio (@BendStudio) May 19, 2022
This is the first confirmation that trophies are making their way to old games on the service, as Sony still has yet to officially comment on the matter. However, given Sony’s wording with other features, it’s possible that not every game will get them, as the announcement on the PlayStation Blog post uses “select” for many of PlayStation Plus’ features. Only “select” games will have rewinding and the ability to save whenever. “Select” games users already purchased will be available for no extra charge. There will be trials for “select” titles. It remains to be seen how many of these old games will have trophies — there are at least eight other PS1 games and one PSP game — but it’s possible that only some will. Users will have to keep an eye out on trophy tracking websites like PSNProfiles and Exophase in the near future as the service is supposed to launch in some Asian territories next week.
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This feature would also back up a patent that was discovered last year. Reddit user Bartman013 found a patent where Sony describes a “method and apparatus for awarding trophies” through emulation. According to the patent, Sony argues that “it would be desirable to be able to award trophies to users playing older games that were not introduced with the trophy feature” and that it can “enhance the gaming experience” before delving into jargon describing the process. This is also not the first retro trophy patent Sony has filed, either, as a similar one bubbled up in 2013. The patent family link also shows two other times Sony filed for the patent in 2016 and 2019.
