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[mohsinkhan]

That makes me sad. There must be some kind of licensing issue since most of our population lives close to the US border and could potentially use those data centers.

So you rent them or have a subscription service to access all of them?

You can't buy and own the content?

EDIT - No Canada? God damn it. WTF

Lets be honest guys, Rogers, Bell, Telus and Shaw have such shit internet, we can't expect to have this service unless we pay outrageous monthly internet bills.

 

[Kintaro]

Hmmm, reading the impressions about lag is concerning.

This seems like something that could be cool, but like in three+ years cool.

My concerns:

1) Price. Price of the subscription model and price of rentals. If too much, people will just continue to use Gamefly or Red Box.

2) Selection. For this to be the "netflix of gaming" it has to have a ton of content available all the time. Not a "selection of titles per month" type of thing. That's what PS+ is already.

3) Diversity in games. I don't want to agree with Gies, but if this is a Sony 1st party only service, he is right. This wouldn't compel me to use the service at all. Why would I stream TLoU when I can Red Box it and play in much higher quality? Can Sony afford to get 3rd parties involved? They couldn't when it came to PS1/PS2 selection on PSN, so this concerns me.

4) No mention of PC. Are you serious Sony? This tells me that you are not serious.

 

[curb]

I'm guessing Canada will be early 2015, after US has been tested and run successfully. Or could it be more of a rights issue? Usually we're counted as NA rather than a difference between Can. and U.S. for distribution.

Edit: Plus Netflix didn't come to Canada for a few years.

Hopefully this will be a different situation than Netflix. Didn't Netflix have issues in Canada because of all the legal licensing hoops you have to jump through? As I recall, there's a bunch of legacy deals in place that keep movie and TV licensing rights tied up in Canada. I would hope that gaming content should be different since Bell and Rogers aren't involved.

Lets be honest guys, Rogers, Bell, Telus and Shaw have such shit internet, we can't expect to have this service unless we pay outrageous monthly internet bills.

The Gaikai trial I checked out a few years ago worked well on my Teksavvy connection and I have a pretty big bandwidth cap.

 

[Itchy//Tasty]

guys guys

Dark Souls on Vita

Think about it.

 

[inm8num2]

Sony going big-time at CES this year.

 

[CrackPebbles]

guys guys

Dark Souls on Vita

Think about it.

How big is the window for the parry in Dark Souls? otherwise I guess it would not be that bad..

 

[kasane]

Lets be honest guys, Rogers, Bell, Telus and Shaw have such shit internet, we can't expect to have this service unless we pay outrageous monthly internet bills.

I pay ok money for 20mb dl. Its MTS btw

Hopefully this will be a different situation than Netflix. Didn't Netflix have issues in Canada because of all the legal licensing hoops you have to jump through? As I recall, there's a bunch of legacy deals in place that keep movie and TV licensing rights tied up in Canada. I would hope that gaming content should be different since Bell and Rogers aren't involved.



The Gaikai trial I checked out a few years ago worked well on my Teksavvy connection and I have a pretty big bandwidth cap.

Hulu isnt even on canada yet

 

[Kintaro]

guys guys

Dark Souls on Vita

Think about it.

Blighttown on Vita.

=/

 

[Figboy79]

This actually sounds pretty awesome. I told the folks in the office about it, and they were like, "Holy shit!"

 

[Septimius]

How big is the window for the parry in Dark Souls? otherwise I guess it would not be that bad..

The window might be short, but all attacks in Dark Souls are relatively slow. You just have to compensate your timing.

 

[2+2=5]

Is it known if i will be able to play my digital PS3 games without additional costs?

 

[RoadHazard]

EU "update" from the blog:

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/01/07/playstation-now-game-streaming-service-unveiled-at-ces/

Let us try it up here in Scandinavia at least, we have much better Internet connections than the US (and the same is true for several other EU countries).

 

[Mihos]

guys guys

Dark Souls on Vita

Think about it.

Man... there are a ton of games I wouldn't mind playing on Vita over PSNow, but using the back touch as R2/L2 on dark souls is not one of them.

 

[kevin1025]

Hopefully this will be a different situation than Netflix. Didn't Netflix have issues in Canada because of all the legal licensing hoops you have to jump through? As I recall, there's a bunch of legacy deals in place that keep movie and TV licensing rights tied up in Canada. I would hope that gaming content should be different since Bell and Rogers aren't involved.

That's true. Though I wouldn't put it past Bell and Rogers to try something due to bandwidth issues or the like.

 

[Dragon1893]

guys guys

Dark Souls on Vita

Think about it.

Persona 5 on the go!

I'm worried about latency though.

 

[BruiserBear]

This actually sounds pretty awesome. I told the folks in the office about it, and they were like, "Holy shit!"

"sounds" being the key word here.

 

[opticalmace]

Man... there are a ton of games I wouldn't mind playing on Vita over PSNow, but using the back touch as R2/L2 on dark souls is not one of them.

Sony should release an official Vita grip that adds L2/R2. Sell it for $24.99 and advertise it as the perfect accessory for PS Now. Easy money.

 

[mohsinkhan]

Hopefully this will be a different situation than Netflix. Didn't Netflix have issues in Canada because of all the legal licensing hoops you have to jump through? As I recall, there's a bunch of legacy deals in place that keep movie and TV licensing rights tied up in Canada. I would hope that gaming content should be different since Bell and Rogers aren't involved.



The Gaikai trial I checked out a few years ago worked well on my Teksavvy connection and I have a pretty big bandwidth cap.

I am concerned about bandwidth caps TBH, too many people in my house using the internet.

 

[bob page]

Oh wow this is awesome. So glad I got a Vita this holiday.

 

[harSon]

I think the only things I'd be willing to play on this service are RPGs

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Hmmm, reading the impressions about lag is concerning.

This seems like something that could be cool, but like in three+ years cool.

My concerns:

1) Price. Price of the subscription model and price of rentals. If too much, people will just continue to use Gamefly or Red Box.

2) Selection. For this to be the "netflix of gaming" it has to have a ton of content available all the time. Not a "selection of titles per month" type of thing. That's what PS+ is already.

3) Diversity in games. I don't want to agree with Gies, but if this is a Sony 1st party only service, he is right. This wouldn't compel me to use the service at all. Why would I stream TLoU when I can Red Box it and play in much higher quality? Can Sony afford to get 3rd parties involved? They couldn't when it came to PS1/PS2 selection on PSN, so this concerns me.

4) No mention of PC. Are you serious Sony? This tells me that you are not serious.

A subscription price close to the monthly price of Netflix would make this explode. But I think something closer to 39.99 a month is more realistic. No way this buffet is coming cheap otherwise they would be mentioning the price day one.

 

[Morfeo]

This is awesome if it works, is pretty cheap and includes more than firstparty games I sincerly doubt all three of those though, but hopeful untill proven wrong. Will definitely get an xperia for this if it works fine.

 

[TheMan]

streaming to phones is all well and good, but this is seriously making me consider buying a vita for the first time.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

I'm worried about latency though.

Everyone is, it will have latency

 

[cyberheater]

"sounds" being the key word here.

I see you are very down on this. Why?

 

[BruiserBear]

A subscription price close to the monthly price of Netflix would make this explode. But I think something closer to 39.99 a month is more realistic. No way this buffet is coming cheap otherwise they would be mentioning the price day one.

$40 a month? lol

It will be far less.

I see you are very down on this. Why?

Nothing is more important in a videogame than the connection of the player to the game. Adding latency to that connection is always shitty.

Some people accept lots of shitty things every day, so some people will be ok with this, but anyone who cares about gameplay will find the input lag unacceptable.

Then you've got the compressed image, which adds more shitty to the experience.

 

[SpaceBridge]

As exciting as the prospect is of playing (streaming) FF12 on Vita is, if I can't play it on my morning commute on the subway, then it voids the whole concept of a " portable". Doesn't it?

 

[muteant]

if this really works, why even bother with the PS4 hardware? why not just use these various platforms to stream games with ever-improving visuals? this is an experiment that could very well fail, that's why. i am not a believer in this tech for any video game that requires reflexes.

 

[JohnnyChase]

Please tell me it will be free for the games we have bought in retailers...

 

[LiK]

Don't play twitch games with it, imo.

 

[AgentChris]

PS4 on my PS3... much wow.

 

[Latvian Hitman]

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.

Bandwidth won't really matter so much after a certain point. Your ping time to the nearest Gaikai server is going to be the much more relevant factor in terms of performance. That, in general, will be better in population centers than in remote areas, for sure.

 

[Mihos]

Sony should release an official Vita grip that adds L2/R2. Sell it for $24.99 and advertise it as the perfect accessory for PS Now. Easy money.

I would buy it... throw in an extended battery and I woudl pay $50

 

[spikex]

I think you have Gies and Sessler mixed up

You are right my bad. He tweeted somebody though "i don't think microsoft has that line-up either."

 

[curb]

Hulu isnt even on canada yet

And it will stay that way as long as Bell and Rogers have the CRTC in their pocket.

 

[Dragon]

If you look at the json on Sony's site for something like Mass Effect 3:

This stuff is already in their API, I've been through a bunch of games and haven't seen any with an "is_streamable" equal to 1 though yet.

 

[serenewarfare]

A subscription price close to the monthly price of Netflix would make this explode. But I think something closer to 39.99 a month is more realistic. No way this buffet is coming cheap otherwise they would be mentioning the price day one.

Yeah, just like the PS4 was supposed to be expensive because they didn't announce price day one. Oh wait...

 

[QaaQer]

Shitty input lag and compressed image quality. You made the right choice buying a console. This will be no replacement for the true experience, regardless if how excited some people might be.

It will be for games that you cannot play on a ps4/ps3/psvita. That is the beauty of it. For example, I'd like to play one of the earlier Drakenguard games but I'm not buying an overpriced ps2 disc and a ps2 to do it.

 

[Lokbob]

Playing all the PS2 rpgs on my Vita will be amazing.

 

[jacobeid]

Everyone go hug their vita.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I think the only things I'd be willing to play on this service are RPGs

I wouldn't mind buying up the newest ps3 Jrpgs to play on my playstation 4.

 

[Ludist210]

Sounds cool, but...will every title be in there? Could I stream, say, Final Fantasy XIII (not in the PS Store) to my tablet?

 

[Bulzeeb]

well i am sure this was answered already but going trough 18 pages isn't an easy task, so do I need to have a ps3 and said game to play a game on a different service, right? or will this games be available to purchase from other devices?

 

[Septimius]

If you look at the json on Sony's site for something like Mass Effect 3:

This stuff is already in their API, I've been through a bunch of games and haven't seen any with an "is_streamable" equal to 1 though yet.

Is this some sort of online catalog for Sony's games?

 

[Skittles]

Like the name, will be interesting to see how well it works.

 

[opticalmace]

If you look at the json on Sony's site for something like Mass Effect 3:

This stuff is already in their API, I've been through a bunch of games and haven't seen any with an "is_streamable" equal to 1 though yet.

Nice find. I'm guessing they are all just set to the default value right now?

 

[TheLegendary]

guys guys

Dark Souls on Vita

Think about it.

Think about all the lag and frustration when theres lag and input delay ! It will be glorious!

 

[Septimius]

well i am sure this was answered already but going trough 18 pages isn't an easy task, so do I need to have a ps3 and said game to play a game on a different service, right? or will this games be available to purchase from other devices?

Think Netflix for PS games.

 

[jamsy]

Looking forward to seeing this tested out in a real world scenario (ie where the servers aren't 50 yards away from the Vita/tablet/whatever).

This is very exciting stuff on one hand. But on the other, I'm afraid that we won't have many titles that we'd actually want to play. Same thing happened for PS1 games on the Vita - different regions got access to different games, which were rolled out in different increments and we still are missing many, many titles. In addition, there are a whole bunch of games not even on PSN (ie Kingdom Hearts 1.5HD) in the first place, so yeah...

 

[Community Forum]

holy moly this is absolutely incredible