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PlayStation Now announced (PS1/2/3 streaming to TVs/Tablets/Phones/PSes, Summer 2014)
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serenewarfare
Banned
1. The beta will probably be first-party only, but third-parties will be on board by US launch in Summer.
2. No pricing info yet. What is known is that you'll have the option to subscribe and access a library, or just pay per game you stream.
3. No EU till 2015.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
CES has delivered on the pre-event hype then?
Amazing
Souldestroyer
Banned
So does Vita haz games now?
God dammit, why are us EU'ers measly peons and need to wait ? 
MadNinjaZero
Member
I'm cautiously optimistic for this service. It sounds fantastic but cost, library and performance (in a real world setting) needs to be demonstrated before I'm over the moon.
Now about that Closed Beta....
Now about that Closed Beta....
nintendoman58
Member
So basically, I'll be able to play Kingdom Hearts II with my PS3, if the game's on this service.
Hell. Freaking. Yes.
Thanks, sounds promising indeed.
Hopefully by the time it's hits EU it will be more effective with a nice large library. I would be happy to pay for this if it did.
Hmm that is a bit of a worry.
Soon.
One was using a vita and the other a TV so maybe the lag was a result of the hardware.
Would be very interesting to know, but I'm sure it's a closely guarded secret.
Link?
TheJollyCorner
Member
I think this will finally push me over the edge to buy a Vita.
GG Sony.
GG Sony.
dragonbane
Member
Jesus Beyond, GoW and Puppeteer will look gorgeous on Vita.
CrackPebbles
Member
It will be a surreal experience to stream 2.5s birth by sleep on vita and play for the first time since square don't wanna let me play it on vita otherwise.
mohsinkhan
Member
Any news on Canada?
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Well I mean, you can without the service since 2.5 is coming this year
I tried Mass Effect 2 when they ran that trial a few years ago and it ran suprisingly well on my 5mb down, 512kbp up wired connection. I'm not expecting miracles from PlayStation Now but I also don't expect it to be horrible.
You'll be able to play KHII on your PS3 anyway since the HD remake is coming this year.
With a fast enough download speed it'll be even better than playing BBS natively via a hacked PSP emulator on the Vita.
Just get 2.5, it'll be a way better experience.
vagabondarts
Member
This is amazing. Someone tell iwata to take notes!
They've been posted. The verge preview was using a TV. Dtoid was a vita.
Sylvrfonic
Member
LOL Gies is amazing as usual!
He'll take any chance he gets to crap on Playstation. It's the predictability that makes him so lovable. <3
opticalmace
Member
PS Blog says no Canada, announced at a later date.
*Jaws theme music*
We are all going to need a bigger pipeline for this stuff to work well as intended (ignoring those fellas in S.Korea and Japan in addition to a few select other countries with really nice internet speeds/services universally).
I'm still leery about buying into this, since I can still go down to redbox and rent something for a few bucks and not have to worry about DL speeds, data caps, etc. This is in direct competition to gamefly though.
opticalmace
Member
Not cool.
edit: shit didn't realize this was the same thread or I would have edited my post above lol.
IAmRandom31
Banned
My Streaming wishlist
God of War 3
Ni No Kuni
Tales of Xillia
Dark Cloud 1/2 - PS2
Rogue Galaxy - PS2
Final Fantasy X - HD
Final Fantasy XII
Disgaea 2
Vandal Hearts - PSX
Uncharted 2
Littlebigplanet 1/2
Colony Wars series - PSX
List could go on forever but I will stop there. So The Last of Us was the first game showcased with the tech? Well done Sony
God of War 3
Ni No Kuni
Tales of Xillia
Dark Cloud 1/2 - PS2
Rogue Galaxy - PS2
Final Fantasy X - HD
Final Fantasy XII
Disgaea 2
Vandal Hearts - PSX
Uncharted 2
Littlebigplanet 1/2
Colony Wars series - PSX
List could go on forever but I will stop there. So The Last of Us was the first game showcased with the tech? Well done Sony
I doubt speeds will improve much if the big ISPs keep trying to hold it back.
Nymphae
Banned
Sounds awesome, I like the name change too.
However, if this is a separate subscription from PS+, I probably won't bite unless the price is very reasonable.
Also, would it not be possible to allow people to download some of these rather than stream them? I'm wondering how it even works software-wise, I mean the PS4 can't even play PS1 games right now, so how exactly am I able to play them via this service?
However, if this is a separate subscription from PS+, I probably won't bite unless the price is very reasonable.
Also, would it not be possible to allow people to download some of these rather than stream them? I'm wondering how it even works software-wise, I mean the PS4 can't even play PS1 games right now, so how exactly am I able to play them via this service?
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/01/07/playstation-now-streaming-game-service-coming-this-summer/
I hope the subscription service is under $10 a month.
I hope the subscription service is under $10 a month.
LOL Gies is amazing as usual!
Is that a joke account? That has to be a joke account right?
You need to be more efficient than emulation. They're probably interfacing their games with a slightly altered set of hardware - maybe even virtual servers. Since they have the games, they can alter some things and maybe emulate certain aspects, but still not emulate the heaviest things.
Emulation is expensive to do accurately, because you're using much more powerful hardware to pretend it is the original hardware. You have to do this because you want to use the original games and appear as the original platform. However Sony's using this, I'm figuring it's some sort of abstraction layer, combined with alterations made to their games, so they can utilize newer hardware better.
Nymphae
Banned
LOL Gies is amazing as usual!
Right Gies. Might as well forget this whole venture.
LOL Gies is amazing as usual!
Yeah who wants to play Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragoon, Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Killzone, The Last of Us, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, Journey, Flower, Gran Turismo, Jak and Daxter, Legend of Dragoon, and Infamous?
EU broadband speeds are a bit flakey, with some parts, mostly the urban centres, having good quality broadband. However for those of us who's only access to the internet is shitty mobile "broadband" then the likes of PS Now, Netflix and other streaming services are out of reach for many Europeans.
I expect PSNow will require a minimum of fibre to the home for it to work effectively.
I expect PSNow will require a minimum of fibre to the home for it to work effectively.
Baleoce
Member
Yeah, so for The Verge; PSNow latency + HDTV latency made it noticeable. And that's on a server that was located just down the hallway, on a third person action game. It will be interesting to see how the beta goes.
Twenty7KVN
Member
Pretty much,and it would get even worse for vita,since wifi is the only way to connect.
In the UK we're doing fine, many companies are moving towards fibre-optic.
America's size obviously causes problems with regards to rollout for you guys.
BronsonLee
Member
I'd bank on them putting a Bluetooth receiver in so it can... SmartTVs are really just TVs with a built in Raspberry PI esque PC
Internet speeds are part of the problem, but the other parts are physical traveling distance (and all the middlemen along the way) and how much can the servers take before they're overwhelmed. It's why I have 0 confidence as a primary way to play games going forward though I definitely see value in it as a supplemental service. Also the fact that by the time we reach a point where it can safely replace hardware I kind of figure local hardware would be dirt cheap to make and so STILL it'll be more pragmatic to not waste bandwidth and servers having everyone run games over the internet rather than at home.
What does this mean then? :
"Full rollout" is only america + asia then?
My guess is that the "range of titles" you get with a subscription will be broken down by console. So a separate sub for PS1, PS2, and PS3.