PlayStation 4 receiving critically-acclaimed ports from last generation

Four games that received some of the higher scores on PlayStation 3 and Vita will be coming to the PlayStation 4.

Sony announced today that Flower, flOw, Sound Shapes, and Escape Plan will all be developed by Santa Monica and released with cross-buy functionality.

From Jeffrey Grubb of Venture Beat:

Flower and Sound Shapes will both debut alongside the PlayStation 4 on Nov. 15. Flow and Escape Plan will follow on Nov. 29. Some of the games will see minor improvements. For example, Flower will run in a full 1080p resolution at 60 frames per second.

Thanks to cross-buy functionality, those that have bought these games on PlayStation 3 will be able to download them automatically on their next-gen console.

Flower and flOw were originally developed by thatgamecompany, also the creators of the longest-running, highest-rated game on PS3, Journey. Sound Shapes was developed by Queasy Games and Escape Plan was developed by Fun Bits Interactive.

I wonder if there's any difference in buying some of these games directly from the PlayStation Network or from a collection. Having both Flower and flOw from the Journey: Collector's Edition package, I'd hope those would also unlock the future PS4 editions.

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