Sony announces PlayStation Now for streaming older games

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Sony President Andrew House has announced PlayStation Now, a new games streaming service that aims to bring older PlayStation games to PS4, PS3, PS Vita and other devices.

PlayStation Now, which will stream games from the original PlayStation, PS2 and PS3 eras first on PS3 and PS4, will kick off on PS3 with a closed beta in the US at the end of January, with a full rollout planned for some time this summer. Users will be able to rent games individually or pay for a PlayStation Now subscription. Sony aims to eventually expand the service beyond Sony devices too.

The foundation for PlayStation Now is Gaikai, the games streaming service Sony purchased for $380 million in 2012. Gaikai is responsible for a variety of PS4 features, including cloud gaming, Remote Play, Try Anything and Instant Broadcast, and other cloud services expected to launch later this year.

Four different PlayStation Now games are currently on-hand at the Sony CES booth: The Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls, God of War: Ascension and Puppeteer. So far, these are the only supported games Sony has announced.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/07/sony-announces-playstation-now-for-streaming-older-games/

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neboPosted:

Cokes Probably next to one of the most pointless things I've seen. A subscription base of a few select games to be streamed? If anything it should be maybe just a one time fee to have access to older games. I just don't see this working when the market for older games is absolutely enormous. If someone were to pay for this subscription, I'm sure it wouldn't take long for them to get bored and realize they aren't getting what they paid for. Thought it was a big mistake in the first place for PS3 games to be compatible with the PS4, and now this attempt of streaming just won't replace that, may help, but for what you are going to pay it's not worth it.


I take it you never owned a PS1 or PS2 in your lifetime? This is an awesome idea, hell yeah I would want to play some of my favorite games from when I was a kid.

-CPPosted:

Xbox needs this service ASAP.

CokesPosted:

Probably next to one of the most pointless things I've seen. A subscription base of a few select games to be streamed? If anything it should be maybe just a one time fee to have access to older games. I just don't see this working when the market for older games is absolutely enormous. If someone were to pay for this subscription, I'm sure it wouldn't take long for them to get bored and realize they aren't getting what they paid for. Thought it was a big mistake in the first place for PS3 games to be compatible with the PS4, and now this attempt of streaming just won't replace that, may help, but for what you are going to pay it's not worth it.

HOFPosted:

Way to step up your game Sony! Lets see what Microsofts response will be.

CaszechPosted:

This is a fantastic idea :)

lilrichard22Posted:

TTG_KoReKz
Mavericks
Latias
Mavericks Pay to play your old games. Seems legit.


You purchase a subscription and then have access to the whole library. That's cheaper then buying all the games you want to play.


Well guess what? I can hook up my old console and play for free.


Yeah? but only if you have jailbroken ps3 you idiot because otherwise you will need to buy games too...


It's still money out of your pocket for the subscription, which I don't understand why they need to make a new subscription if it can be bundled into "Plus". Paying for two subscriptions for free games isn't really all that free

LuckyOtterPosted:

TTG_KoReKz
Mavericks
Latias
Mavericks Pay to play your old games. Seems legit.


You purchase a subscription and then have access to the whole library. That's cheaper then buying all the games you want to play.


Well guess what? I can hook up my old console and play for free.


Yeah? but only if you have jailbroken ps3 you idiot because otherwise you will need to buy games too...


What are you talking about? He said he can hook up his old console and play his games for free... Anyways back to the topic I love how you don't get the service already with a PS Plus account. So more paying to play certain games on your PS4. So unless you don't own a PS3 then this seems like noting interesting.

MumpsPosted:

This will be great! I'll be playing LP2 with a couple of friends.

SIKSPosted:

I think this is an awesome idea. Now I can stream all the mega man x's!

EthanPosted:

YES I WANT BORDERLANDS 2!!


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