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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SIKSPosted:

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

EthicsPosted:

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?:)

AustraliansPosted:

-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.

AustraliansPosted:

Katsumi
Australians
Katsumi
Racist Most people have at least this, but for those who don't they probably aren't having too much fun with the lag they're getting anyways


It's going to suck for people whoa re in countries like Australia with bad internet.


You can say that again man Dx


Hopefully they will work to improve the internet in this country, it is lackluster to say the least


They will eventually, just needs to take some time, not to much time tho, we cant be waiting forever.

DJMarkyMarkPosted:

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.

KatsumiPosted:

Australians
Katsumi
Racist Most people have at least this, but for those who don't they probably aren't having too much fun with the lag they're getting anyways


It's going to suck for people whoa re in countries like Australia with bad internet.


You can say that again man Dx


Hopefully they will work to improve the internet in this country, it is lackluster to say the least

AustraliansPosted:

Katsumi
Racist Most people have at least this, but for those who don't they probably aren't having too much fun with the lag they're getting anyways


It's going to suck for people whoa re in countries like Australia with bad internet.


You can say that again man Dx

KatsumiPosted:

Racist Most people have at least this, but for those who don't they probably aren't having too much fun with the lag they're getting anyways


It's going to suck for people whoa re in countries like Australia with bad internet.

DissPosted:

Jayden- I'm not sure on my internet speed but I know it's pretty dodgy sometimes.

But for the majority of you it looks like it'd easily be okay.


You can check your internet speed at speedtest.net to see if you meet the requirements.

Jayden-Posted:

I'm not sure on my internet speed but I know it's pretty dodgy sometimes.

But for the majority of you it looks like it'd easily be okay.


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