Gaikai to stream PS3 games to PS4 and Vita
Speaking during a roundtable interview at the Tokyo Game Show on Thursday, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida said the Gaikai service would commence in North America in 2014. A European release date was not provided.
An initial batch of PS3 games will be available to stream on PS4, PS Vita and the recently-announced PS Vita TV, he added.
"We are planning to start serving PS3 games on cloud servers in the States next year for PS4, PS3 and PS Vita - and that means PS Vita TV as well - and expand in regions and content," Yoshida said, as quoted by Edge.
"And as far as content is concerned, the first games that will exist will be PS3 games. We'd like to offer a variety of games, because with video services like Netflix or Hulu, you just want to browse through different movies, watch five minutes and if you're bored you can move on to something else - and that's part of the fun.
"But we have to make sure that the game can work through the internet, so we have to go through certification for each title. So we'll start with a certain number of titles and gradually expand the library."
The PlayStation 4 does not natively play games built for its predecessor, chiefly due to the incompatibility and exotic nature of the PS3's multi-threaded code.
However, Sony appears to have found a solution by hosting these games on compatible severs and streaming them to other devices via Gaikai.
It is unclear how Sony will charge for the service, and whether it will detect is a PSN user already has the licence to play certain PS3 games.
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TywinPosted:
tinypic cool beans. now only if they did this with ps1 and ps2
It is understandable why that is going to be compatible, lol.
They quit production on the PS2 nearly a year ago and no one plays it online in the first place.
TywinPosted:
I like the connection they are making possible between the past and future consoles. Friends with different consoles will still be connected.
Dr-JPosted:
PawnStars Gaikai *drolling* still super pumped, can't wait to see how else they use it
Same! Can't wait to play Tlou and old resident evils on ps4!!
Dr-PonyfilePosted:
Lightyear-AmpGmlukens Sounds pretty cool, wish they did this for Xbox
I really hope so.
I think I would play the older games more.
Same here, Microsoft should think about adding this.
I can see them adding a similar service then we will have all the Sony fanboys saying Microsoft copied us lol. But in all honesty both companies should capitalize on this.
MentalistPosted:
Dr-Ponyfile I hope that when this service is launched and they bring all the COD's to the PS4 I hope they patch the game first before putting it out there as I would like to play COD 4 legitimatley without running into some kid with godmode unlimited ammo etc.
They probably will fix the games before streaming them to PS4.
MentalistPosted:
-AmpGmlukens Sounds pretty cool, wish they did this for Xbox
I really hope so.
I think I would play the older games more.
Same here, Microsoft should think about adding this.
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