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PlayStation Now Subscription Program: All The Details
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Deft Beck
Member
I'm not sure if all of the PS Now games are included in the subscription plan. Might be more safe to assume that all of the games in the image (98 and a few more) are included, until we find out for sure next week.
otaku-asia
Member
It's definitely moving into the right direction. Price is debatable but I'm sure there's still room for price breaks or special offers.
Dirtyshubb
Member
Oh so Sony have no plans to release this anywhere other than US? The more you know.........LOL
Dr. Black Jack
Member
You could buy a PS3 and both games for less than the yearly cost of PS Now.
If you want to burn money to play a streamed version of TLOU, go right ahead. It just means that you're not good at shopping for video games.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Awesome they are putting up Red Faction Armageddon
I also saw a pic for Ico / Shadow of the Colossus HD in the pic of the game cases didn't I?
I have a feeling they will use big marquee titles like Uncharted 2 and Demons Souls and Ratchet and Clank: Crack in Time and such like that as ways to up their monthly subscriptions. So you'll see those slowly release over time.
I also saw a pic for Ico / Shadow of the Colossus HD in the pic of the game cases didn't I?
I have a feeling they will use big marquee titles like Uncharted 2 and Demons Souls and Ratchet and Clank: Crack in Time and such like that as ways to up their monthly subscriptions. So you'll see those slowly release over time.
feint_ruled
Member
I guess he means you should be so savvy as to not to even want to do this in the first place. Which is more elitist than savvy to me.
Seems a good deal for those who don't have a PS3 (so it's not surprising that in the blog post they seem to be targeting that group explicitly).
Also Samsung should formally announce/showcase its TVs with PSNow support at CES, so the timing of the announcement isn't surprising either.
Point is that for those who already own a PS3 it's just better to keep the console. PSNow is not the ideal solution to backwards compatibility because the infrastructure costs are too high, it's more a way to bring and sell Playstation games to people without console hardware and prepare for the cloud gaming future.
Also Samsung should formally announce/showcase its TVs with PSNow support at CES, so the timing of the announcement isn't surprising either.
Point is that for those who already own a PS3 it's just better to keep the console. PSNow is not the ideal solution to backwards compatibility because the infrastructure costs are too high, it's more a way to bring and sell Playstation games to people without console hardware and prepare for the cloud gaming future.
jmaine_ph
Member
Please believe it!
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Wheres XCOM? They advertised it in the video.
No but it's gonna take time, a expansion of the service hasn't even been teased.
and a expansion probably wouldn't cover places like denmark etc for a while, it will probably only cover UK, France/Germany etc like most services do
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
There's trophy support?
For sure. Seems like it would've made a heck of a lot more sense. It's mystifying to me that if you're a PS4 owner you also need a PS2 and/or PS3 to play previous PS games. At the very least I would think all PSX games that were released on PS3 would also be on PS4 as Virtual Console/PSN-type releases.
Or it means i don't want to clutter my home with another plastic box under the tv, want access to 100+ games at all times both on the PS4 and Vita.
Maybe you are just not good at earning money if you think 20 bucks a month is too much...
feint_ruled
Member
And the other 207 games? The appeal of this is
1) A large library of games you can impulse play
2) Games playable on the device of his choice
Your solution is certainly cheaper, but doesn't address either of those. It would be like telling someone not to use Netflix, but only buy a DVD player and the DVDs they want. It might be cheaper, but rather misses the point. (Admittedly Netflix is better value than PSNow)
Generic 2015, starting with UK and probably limited to the 3-4 biggest markets. I've heard Italy might not get it this year :/
Yes it was removed 2-3 months ago, I don't know why...maybe Konami wasn't happy with the pricing structure and thought it wasn't worth it?
Nice of them to list Infamous AND Infamous 1.
Also I feel very sorry for anyone trying to play Megaman 9 or 10 with this. (yikes).
1st Course
Member
Show me where i can find PS3 + TLOU for $20.
I didn't say it had to be free. Considering the console doesn't have BC, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for a substitute.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I think that would be a fantastic UK price point. I'd pay that all day long.
I really like the sound of this. My only criticism is that there's no sort of discount for PS Plus members. I think a discounted sub for Plus members would have been great.
Dr. Black Jack
Member
Damn right it is. People acting like this is a "good deal" don't know what the fuck they're talking about and deserve to be called out on it.
For what it is, PS Now is a decent service, but don't act like you're not paying a premium price for convenience.
AkelisRain
Member
I am scared of PSNow, how many more years before we end up just paying to use a service like this, Instead of the traditional purchase of a physical copy.
Triggerhappytel
Member
You get trophies from PS Now games, right? Do we know if these add to existing trophy lists, or if they'll be a new trophy list? The only reason I ask is to try and ascertain whether I can abandon some of my backlog with the intention of picking it up again next gen, or if it'll screw up trophies maybe I'll just try to finish up these games while I still have my PS3 set up.
He said for the price of a yearly subscription.
Anyways, assuming your subscribing to this, you have a PS4 (since the service is PS4 only ATM), then get TLoU Remastered from the thread I linked earlier for $18.50
You can't even 100% half of these games because of no DLC. That makes it worthless to me straight away
EDIT: @TriggerHappy
This will combine into the trophy list of your current games, but they have no DLC so you can't get any DLC trophies so it will fuck up trying to go for 100% anyways
Mikey Jr.
Member
Yes sir.
$15 a month, I can dig it. Much better than the current individual prices.
It will be a long time before internet speeds are fast and reliable enough to support this as our primary method of playing games. ISPs in America being 100 years behind everyone else only helps from that standpoint.
It will be a long time before internet speeds are fast and reliable enough to support this as our primary method of playing games. ISPs in America being 100 years behind everyone else only helps from that standpoint.
It's on PS3 and vita too. Oh just the sub service you mean. Well it will be rolls sout soon I imagine.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
But who is using Gamefly for old PS3 games? Most people I know use Gamefly for new games, so the price point should not be the same based on the date of the product you are getting
Mihos
Gold Member
This isn't too bad at all, but I think I will wait a bit to see if there is any PS+ Platinum deals that include streaming, I would just by an annual if it was there. Being able to stream these to my Vita, Vita TV, and PS4 is pretty damn good. Does this work with the Sony phones also?
The quality for me has been decent on what I have played, but I am really wanting more RPGs more than anything actiony. I wish hotel WiFi would be up to the challenge, but it never seems to work out.
The quality for me has been decent on what I have played, but I am really wanting more RPGs more than anything actiony. I wish hotel WiFi would be up to the challenge, but it never seems to work out.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Well I imagine the direction will be more like Steam than Netflix.
Not yet
From OP
"The subscription service will be available first on PS4 across North America, and will come to other PlayStation Now enabled devices in the future."
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
This is going to be much much bigger than people on forums think, especially when it hits other TVs, pads, phones and Blu-ray players.
Yeah I misinterpreted what you were saying. Sony needs to focus on rolling it out to more non ps devices.