onemanasylum
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Wow this was unexpected.
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Starting this August, PS Now support will be on PS4 and PC only
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baxter2231
Member
I can understand the tvs but the ps3 is suprising I would think people would still be using it on there in big enough numbers but the PS4 has been out for a while. The Vita is not shocking but sad either way.
BibiMaghoo
Member
That is unfortunate. I didn't have a sub but did use it a couple of times on my Vita. This cannot bode well for the service in general.
I'm sure it's doing what it needs to considering the regular updates of big third party releases to the service.
Has to be due to costs. Obviously Sony has the numbers for who is utilizing the service on older devices and TVs and decided it's not worth the effort. I would imagine most people subscribed to it have a PC or PS4 anyway.
Regardless, Sony isn't dropping platforms if it made financial sense, and they decided it didn't.
Regardless, Sony isn't dropping platforms if it made financial sense, and they decided it didn't.
IgotElbows
Member
PS now on PS3 never made sense on PS3.
Usually better to just buy the games.
Usually better to just buy the games.
That's a good one.
CertifiedFP
Member
The speeds are there (At least in the midwest), but the real bitch is data caps.
Which at current velocity, are going to make streaming less and less viable.
Whether companies like Sony like it or not, physical consoles are here to stay as long as the ISPs go unchecked. Under current (and projected) conditions of net neutrality and ISP policies, moving to a "post-console" world of streamed games would be a very effective way to recreate the 1983 crash.
This move don't make much sense to me unless they are moving most of the work off of the servers & onto the PS4/PC.
But PS4 & PC already can play better games so PS Now seem like it would benefit the people who don't own better gaming platforms more than it would PS4 & PC owners,
hopefully they are about to make some PS Now native games that they felt would be held back by the other platforms or something.
But PS4 & PC already can play better games so PS Now seem like it would benefit the people who don't own better gaming platforms more than it would PS4 & PC owners,
hopefully they are about to make some PS Now native games that they felt would be held back by the other platforms or something.
Irishonion
Member
Really kind of sucks for the people that use this service, and are paying subscription fees for said services. ;/
Nothing last forever I guess?
Nothing last forever I guess?
ricen-beans
Member
Would tablets or mobile work better with this format?
Ah yeah that might be it, at least in the Vita's case I believe there is a hardware decoder for h264 used for remote play which they probably use for PS Now. Seeing as how the TVs probably have built in h264 support, that would make sense. Most TVs nowadays are android based too, I think. Android app incoming?
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
I don't understand why they'd do this.
Does it cost money to have it on these other devices independently?
Does it cost money to have it on these other devices independently?
SEGAvangelist
Member
Maybe some kind of weird contract issue that was too expensive to renew?
Thats a Greay Area
Member
Could they be retooling for some sort of backward compatibility? Maybe folding it into Plus memberships.
each platform supported will have associated testing and support costs
I would love a show of hands of who uses PS Now but doesn't have a PC or PS4
sugarhigh4242
Banned
I really wish the PC version was just a chrome extension.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
$380 million USD so well spend really a awesome bet.
RadarScope1
Member
Awesome news. Now they can move toward rolling this into PS Plus, as it should have been all along.
ScatheZombie
Member
Makes sense.
Cuts out the cost of support for legacy platforms.
Removes the encoding limitations of legacy platforms.
Cuts out the cost of support for legacy platforms.
Removes the encoding limitations of legacy platforms.
traffiktiger
Member
I believe Sony will soon start to sale classic PS1 & PS3 games on the PS4. There would be great demand & stream of revenue that the discontinued devices did not bring in. E3 probably = a classics line on the PS4. Many fans would go wild with excitement if it was announced.
Money grab, many of the Bravia's on the discontinued list support those codecs for streaming 4K.
The "financial sense" is in pushing people to ditch the PS3 and Vita for a PS4. Not that it'll make any difference, as the numbers should be negligible.
Pankratous
Member
This completely defeats the purpose of the service. Fucking stupid.
It is now literally a paid backwards compatibility service.
It is now literally a paid backwards compatibility service.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
I wouldn't be surprised. In fact, I wouldn't even be upset as long as I could still download my games on those devices. Will PS Plus on those devices be going away this year as well? Again I wouldn't be surprised but I'd hope they'd up the PS4 allotment to 4 games a month to cushion the blow since we kinda get that anyway with all the crossplay titles.
Another good way to cushion the blow from quietly ending PS Plus support for PS3 and Vita.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
Not literally, due to windows functionality, but yeah.......
Wasn't this a selling point in somepf their Tv's?
I'm prettty sure it was intended to make money on TVs rather than sell a service to console owners.
They probably hoped that they could get hotels etc to use the system too
BigEmil
Junior Member
Talking about the Wii?
hikarutilmitt
Member
I guess this tells me when I'll be getting the update to my 850D.
gingerbeardman
Member
Somebody really wanted to delete some steaming end points.
Nintendo didn't kill it off, their hand was forced when Gamespy shut down.
I had this built into my 2016 Bravia and thought it was a neat idea. But when you consider someone has to go and spend $40-50 on a controller to pair to the TV to actually play the games, on top of a subscription fee, it starts to look like too high a barrier for the kinds of casual dip-in players that might be playing on a smart TV.
brickarts295
Member
Maybe they'll double down on PS4 and PC for other continents. I heard other countries still don't have the service.
Basileus777
Member
It's probably just cost cutting for a service that's not very successful. I don't really see the arrogance here, this is basically them admitting that the core conceit of their streaming goals (mass adoption beyond Sony hardware) is a failure.
Calm Mind
Member
Possibly but forcing the consumer into a service on a product they may not want (or to abandon a product they may value) at the moment has never been a proven barometer for success. At least to my knowledge.
Danis Saur
Member
I had to look up what Playstation Now was.
I mean, I guess others didn't know about it.
I mean, I guess others didn't know about it.
AzureSkies
Member
I'd sub if they added in PS4 games.
I wanna do a Bloodborne coop playthrough with my bro, but I don't want to buy another PS4.
I wanna do a Bloodborne coop playthrough with my bro, but I don't want to buy another PS4.
BigEmil
Junior Member
If they add PS4 games it's the death of PS4
Not really because PS4 games on PS Now would be like a demo to actually having a PS4 & if the people who try PS4 games without having a PS4 like it enough they will most likely pick up a PS4 to continue enjoying the games without PS Now.
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