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[jimbojim]

Maybe indeed overhaul and expansion is coming



As a reminder, last week was advertised on Brazil PSN

 

[Neo Blaster]

And if Brazilian ads are any indication, there's nothing to see here.

 

[KiNeMz]

About time.

 

[fourfourtwo]

I was under the impression that Australia has amongst the worst internet in the first world. Surely there won't be much demand for such a service there?

 

[hemo memo]

I never thought Sony know what the country UAE is short for let alone support it. Progress I guess.

 

[EverydayBeast]

PS Now never gets talked about but to me it’s one of the most important features this generation

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Fucking finally

 

[USF]

Nothing on UAE

 

[hemo memo]

PS Now never gets talked about but to me it’s one of the most important features this generation

At its current state it’s bad also not available globally and in a serious need of an overhaul. We are far away from a viable streaming service for video games. They should merge it with PS+ and focus on selling both as a subscription service + playing online games.

 

[jimbojim]

Nothing on UAE

Like it says: rumor "now is expanding"

its current state it’s bad also not available globally and in a serious need of an overhaul

That's quite a stretch. PS Now, for what it is, is good. And streaming works fine.
Compared to Gamepass, it's slightly less global, for a 3 country less.

 

[GHG]

I never thought Sony know what the country UAE is short for let alone support it. Progress I guess.

They've got a PlayStation office here and a local marketing/comms team. They have done for a while.

 

[Birdo]

UAE?

Will be interesting to see what Sony do on LGBT Month.

 

[hemo memo]

Like it says: rumor "now is expanding"




That's quite a stretch. PS Now, for what it is, is good. And streaming works fine.
Compared to Gamepass, it's slightly less global, for a 3 country less.

I disagree. It’s far from fine from everyone I have talked to who tried it.

 

[TLZ]

I never thought Sony know what the country UAE is short for let alone support it. Progress I guess.

Wha? Dubai is a well-known hub man. Also Emirates Airlines and Etihad are very popular.

 

[Tulipanzo]

Neat! Still holding on to those full BC rumours (like a fool)

 

[MrFunSocks]

I was under the impression that Australia has amongst the worst internet in the first world. Surely there won't be much demand for such a service there?

I get 105 down and 15 up. Not world leading but can’t really complain. Latency to the servers would be the only problem, but if they are using azure like they would have to them I get about 25ms-30ms ping to them.

 

[hemo memo]

They've got a PlayStation office here and a local marketing/comms team. They have done for a while.

No offense but you’ll probably get your problem resolved by a thread on NeoGAF than contacting Playstation UAE.

Edit: To be fair it’s not their fault or lack of training, they just gave them pretty much zero control.

 

[hemo memo]

Wha? Dubai is a well-known hub man. Also Emirates Airlines and Etihad are very popular.

I’m just talking about the lack of support on services and the lackluster UAE PS store. Of course they know.

 

[USF]

Like it says: rumor "now is expanding"

I meant I don't see ads anywhere even with that UAE link in the reddit thread

 

[GHG]

No offense but you’ll probably get your problem resolved by a thread on NeoGAF than contacting Playstation UAE.

Edit: To be fair it’s not their fault or lack of training, they just gave them pretty much zero control.

What are you even talking about? It feels like we are talking about 2 different things.

They are well aware of the country, they have a local team here specifically for PlayStation.

What's your beef with them exactly in the UAE? Do you even live here?

 

[hemo memo]

What are you even talking about? It feels like we are talking about 2 different things.

They are well aware of the country, they have a local team here specifically for PlayStation.

What's your beef with them exactly in the UAE? Do you even live here?

I was exaggerating. Of course they know the country dude. Everyone knows Dubai. My problem with the services and the lackluster store and a support team with no control.

 

[GHG]

I was exaggerating. Of course they know the country dude. Everyone knows Dubai. My problem with the services and the lackluster store and a support team with no control.

The store here is the same here as it is in the UK though? I also have a UK account because that's where I'm originally from and the only difference is the games that are available. Most of the ones that are omitted from the UAE store are the ones that didn't pass local certification here for reasons that you would be well aware of.

Support I can't comment on because I'm yet to experience any issues on PSN but when I first bought my PS4 Pro and wanted to exchange it for another one because the first one I bought was comically loud it wasn't a problem (I bought it from the Sony store in the Dubai mall).

 

[jimbojim]

I disagree. It’s far from fine from everyone I have talked to who tried it.

And you talked with how many people? Maybe you should try it alone instead.
I've tried UK an US PS Now. For what it is, it works fine. Streaming is good for a 720p. And i don't have a fast internet. 50/10. Only lag in some games is noticeable

 

[Bryank75]

Probably so they can roll it into PS+

 

[faisalasif]

PS now should be expending but they need to improve the service first .

 

[nush]

Why are you waiting? Make another account and pay for it with points cards and you can have PS Now in any country.

 

[Agent X]

I was under the impression that Australia has amongst the worst internet in the first world. Surely there won't be much demand for such a service there?

PS Now isn't just for streaming. A sizable portion of the game catalog (PS4 games and PS2 games) can be downloaded to a PS4 system.

PS now should be expending but they need to improve the service first .

They have been gradually improving throughout the years. The service isn't perfect, but it's noticeably better now than it was 4 years ago, or even 2 years ago.

I consider making the service available in new regions (where it was previously unavailable) to be a type of improvement.

 

[mejin]

I expect it to come to several more countries till the end of the year.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

If PS Now had all PS1, PS2, and PS3 games... that would be enough. Casuals would have endless licensed games to play. Use Ai Scanning to remove expired music or use Sony Music division;
, make deals with publishers where Sony gives them a percentage and Sony takes care of all licensing acquisition .......eh.

 

[Ozrimandias]

PS Now to become available worldwide will take forever.

 

[Pankratous]

Would be nice to see the service expand. To be honest, I don't know they don't just open it worldwide for downloads immediately.

Streaming can come later.