PS Now: Sony recommends 5Mbps connection

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Sony promises "low latency, high-quality gaming experience" with this bandwidth

Sony has stated its recommendation of a 5Mbps internet connection for use with its newly-announced PlayStation Now cloud gaming service.

Revealed at CES on Tuesday, PlayStation Now will stream PS3 games initially (other platforms to follow) to PlayStation devices, Sony Bravia TVs and, in future, other Sony and non-Sony devices.

In response to questioning regarding bandwidth, a Sony has said it recommends users have a 5Mbps connection.

"In our internal tests, users with this bandwidth or greater have been enjoying a low latency, high-quality gaming experience," said the firm.

"PS Now tests your connection of each game and optimizes for quality if you are above the minimum requirements," it added, as we revealed in our PlayStation Now hands-on preview.

"We strive to make the gameplay experience feel as if the game is being played locally on their device - fast and responsive (including for FPS and games with twitch mechanics)," Sony went on.

"The Closed Beta will definitely provide a great opportunity to test the experience with gamers with varying connection speeds and our developers will, of course, be working diligently to optimize the service based upon the feedback we receive from the community."

The closed beta is scheduled to begin later this month. Sony has said nothing of beta applications or the scale of the test.

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Australians
Scizor It's not a giant requirement. However with the PS4 selling so well in the United Kingdom, a small minority of people there will probably have issues with it.


The U.K should have really fast internet speed, my uncle has got a 50M/b per second connection speed, and he says that's not even massive compared to others lawl


Im not too sure about this but I believe that certain areas in the UK have fast speeds for cheap but then there are other areas where there is only one ISP and it has very bad connection speeds.

AustraliansPosted:

Scizor It's not a giant requirement. However with the PS4 selling so well in the United Kingdom, a small minority of people there will probably have issues with it.


The U.K should have really fast internet speed, my uncle has got a 50M/b per second connection speed, and he says that's not even massive compared to others lawl

AustraliansPosted:

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Australians
-Mark I can see this being an issue with a good number of people. There are a lot of people around the world that do not have that good of connection.


Most of the population probably hasn't got super fast internet.


no they dont:/ but 5 is not really super fast?:)


5M/b per second isn't nuclear, but it is fast enough to go on the PS4 or the Xbox One, I have a 8M/b per second internet speed, and that is all i need.

ScizorPosted:

It's not a giant requirement. However with the PS4 selling so well in the United Kingdom, a small minority of people there will probably have issues with it.

sir_grecoPosted:

Dorkus If you can afford the PS4 you certainly can afford Internet connection above 5 mbps


all depends upon where you live. i live IN a small town in wisco and i can get charter so im perfectly fine. i go out of town 2 miles, and my friends are lucky to get 1mb.

DeTaiLzPosted:

Thats a fast speed.
Good choice.

FinancialChadPosted:

Wow, that's not bad. That's pretty low for good quality online gaming.

KatsumiPosted:

WeAreAnonym0us Wow, 5 mbps? That is super slow.


Not for some countries. In my case that is insanely fast

VPNPosted:

Will this is going to be a hassle in foreign countries.

GubbinsPosted:

Wow, 5 mbps? That is super slow.


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