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PlayStation Now announced (PS1/2/3 streaming to TVs/Tablets/Phones/PSes, Summer 2014)
- Thread starter Canis lupus
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Tyrant Rave
Banned
Well it says it's for PS1/2/3 games so you'll still need a PS4 to play PS4 games.
brandonh83
Banned
It's par for the course to not take him seriously. I have nothing against the guy but almost every time someone points out something he says, it's something I personally heavily disagree with. That being said-- baby steps, Arthur. Of course Sony isn't going to launch it with hundreds of games or even anything close to the entire library, but I'm pretty sure Sony will handle this way better than Nintendo and their Virtual Console service.
Which is sad and stupid and pathetic all rolled up into one.
zackmorris
Member
Well it means you can stream TLOU to the PS4. Not nearly as clean as a PS4 port but it could be comparable to the PS3 version.
this guy.....this is the guy
LOL Gies is amazing as usual!
Could also be a big FU to Microsoft. I doubt we'll see it showing up on Windows Phone or Surface tablets either.
misunderstood the question. Oops.
I would be surprised if multiplayer was supported honestly.
BrokenIcarus
Member
Urgh please don't derail the thread with stupid Gies tweets, we all know that guy's a fucking idiot.
Can Crusher
Banned
So.... this is all awesome and shit, but I want to know how this is linked to PS+. Will I be getting free PS3 games on PS4 through this?
I've been waiting for Sony to reach this stage with the brand, but I have a lot of questions about price and how it links with PS+.
I've been waiting for Sony to reach this stage with the brand, but I have a lot of questions about price and how it links with PS+.
I hope I get into the beta. Never had a PS3, so playing the Naughty Dog games would be nice.
Can't stream PS4, Vita, or PSP games. So you'll need a PS4 and Vita for full backwards compatibility.
Can't stream PS4, Vita, or PSP games. So you'll need a PS4 and Vita for full backwards compatibility.
they just did
It is. And trophies. Per the press release.
They did the right thing of keeping the Vita the best place to get legacy playstation content.
It won't. We'll get both.
what happened in the last hour which made everyone excited about cloud streaming games? it's a pretty miserable experience all round.
it's the ultimate sacrifice of quality for convenience. magnitudes more so than all the minor nit-picky stuff that we fondly blow threads up to 40 pages over.
it's the ultimate sacrifice of quality for convenience. magnitudes more so than all the minor nit-picky stuff that we fondly blow threads up to 40 pages over.
He thinks only 1st party games will be available? LOL
LOL Gies is amazing as usual!
Because the Vita still exists. They want you to buy one. Down the road? Sure, why not?
Same reason why you won't see PS4 games being streamed.
Jigolo
Member
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/7/5284730/playstation-now-hands-on
The Verge just went hands on
EDIT: and destructoid
http://www.destructoid.com/playstation-now-really-works--268582.phtml
The Verge just went hands on
EDIT: and destructoid
http://www.destructoid.com/playstation-now-really-works--268582.phtml
Well I am getting everything wrong today...
It's speculative, but I think there'll be some cross over promotion with PS+. Like a discount for PS+ users.
But if you want a Now sub it'll be a separate thing, for sure.
How... how... how is he permitted to work in this industry.
I'm excited to see the implementation details on this. In a perfect world, I would be able to access games that I've already paid for without any additional charge but that seems unlikely. I wonder if there will be some sort of save transfer utility though...
Oh those clever bastards. If the service turns out to be a sucess I can see this being the last hardware only gen though.
LOL Gies is amazing as usual!
He's not wrong about sony's first party content not being enough by itself. I expect they have some third party partners signed on though. I would be surprised if they try to launch with only sony games.
zackmorris
Member
Well we should know pretty soon. Closed Beta at the end of the month. Data streaming has come along way since then. Netflix will be streaming show(s) in 4K this year, so I think it has the potential to look good. It will probably vary a lot based on user speeds.
GET ON IT GAF, LET'S GOOOOO.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
haha
Sony.
Could you sum up the total amount of money needed to be able to do all the things you listed?
Ha.
The impressions sound good, but Destructoid notes that the servers involved are running 'down the hall'. So I'm not sure that's really a 'real world' environment...
I would be curious about what those servers are. Retail PS3s or something modified?
zerokoolpsx
Member
PS2 and PS3 to my Vita.
"The Last of Us was just as impressive. In terms of graphics, the experience isn't perfectly on par with what you'd get from a PS3, but Sony emphasized that everything will depend on your bandwidth. When you start PlayStation Now, it will perform a connection check and warn you if your session will be hampered by slow data speeds. We noticed some visual artifacts on screen, but the opportunity to play full-fledged PS3 game on a TV screen sans any console should make up for that in the minds of many."
care to elaborate?
AND PS4 via Remote Play.
MrSaturn99
Member
Hmm, sounds cool. Will wait for price and more detail in general before dipping in, though.
Mihos
Gold Member
Could you sum up the total amount of money needed to be able to do all the things you listed?
What does that even mean.... how much it cost you to play games? As in how much it has ever cost?