PlayStation Now will benefit content creators, says Sony

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“The whole concept behind PlayStation Now” is to take games to other devices, says Sony boss.

Sony boss Kaz Hirai has said that the newly announced game streaming service PlayStation Now will benefit games makers as well as consumers.

Speaking in a video interview with Engadget, Hirai said the concept of PlayStation Now has been knocking around the business for some time, but it’s only now that the infrastructure is in place to support the service.

“PlayStation Now is actually something we’ve always talked about but were not able to deliver because of network restrictions and latency issues,” he said.

“We’ve been working with Gaikai to really deliver a PlayStation experience through the network with the least amount of latency and ease of use. What that allows us to do is not only deliver PlayStation content to PS3, PS4 [and] PS Vita, but down the road it’s going to allow us to provide the same PlayStation service or content to tablets, smartphones – whether they be on android or on iPad, for example.

“That really expands the world of PlayStation beyond the PlayStation specific consoles and I think it bodes well for PlayStation and the content creators as well. And most definatley for the customers.”

When asked to confirm if Sony plans to push PlayStation Now out to non-Sony devices, he replied; “that’s the whole concept behind PlayStation Now.”

PlayStation Now was announced yesterday as part of Sony’s CES conference. The service will allow users to stream games to PlayStation 4 and Vita, and is due in the summer in the US.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/08/playstation-now-will-benefit-content-creators-says-kaz-hirai/

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AimiPosted:

CHP
Chuck_Bartowski Hopefully they add games like the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series, Metal Gear Solid series, and Crash Bandicoot.


great idea, THPS was the first game i got really into!


THPS is an awesome game they need to include it for sure.

DissPosted:

Latias
DanielBryan I hope you can use PS2 games as well. I would love to play Here comes the pain again.


They said PS1, PS2 and PS3 games will be supported.


I'd love to play Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot again, I loved those games!

CHPPosted:

Chuck_Bartowski Hopefully they add games like the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series, Metal Gear Solid series, and Crash Bandicoot.


great idea, THPS was the first game i got really into!

LatiasPosted:

DanielBryan I hope you can use PS2 games as well. I would love to play Here comes the pain again.


They said PS1, PS2 and PS3 games will be supported.

Slade_WilsonPosted:

Hopefully they add games like the Tony Hawk Pro Skater series, Metal Gear Solid series, and Crash Bandicoot.

EthicsPosted:

i think that this is pretty handy!:L

TehHamburgerPosted:

Voltorb
HOF They have really stepped up their game. I wonder if Microsoft will be making a response?


I hope so because microsoft doesn't have anything close to this.


Well actually.... Kinda sorta.. Back in july, Phil spencer announced that if they managed to get it working smoothly, the Xbox ones Cloud could actually be used to stream games from previous generations. But that topic that talked lightly about saying that it could come in the future. But i agree they need to do something like this.

AimiPosted:

HOF They have really stepped up their game. I wonder if Microsoft will be making a response?


I hope so because microsoft doesn't have anything close to this.

AlmightyHelixPosted:

I hope you can use PS2 games as well. I would love to play Here comes the pain again.

HOFPosted:

They have really stepped up their game. I wonder if Microsoft will be making a response?


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