PlayStation Now is available on 2015 Sony Blu-ray Players

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JustBeingReal said:

I agree for the most part, except I don't think PS4 games will come to PS Now until PS5 releases, although I think with Sony using X86/PC Processing architecture PS4 games will probably run on PS5 natively, whether you use a disc or just transfer your downloaded game to your PS5, because the architecture probably won't prohibit that happening.

A wider Playstation ecosystem does seem like a great thing for Sony from a profit POV and a real reason why Playstation could become a bigger part of Sony as time goes on.

PS Now for legacy content, with everything from PS1, 2, 3, PSP and Vita running through that, as a subscription based system, would be very cheap in the future, especially compared to a system made to run only 9th gen games.

The premium 9th gen console experience will continue to be a physical piece of hardware, just like this gen, options are the future, not limiting people into only using the cloud for everything.

 

Having physical hardware out in the wild, connected to a router means that can actually do what remote play does now with vita and Sony smartphones, except Sony doesn't have to foot the bill for internet bandwidth and they still give gamers that flexibility on the move gaming experience.

I'd say we're more or less on the same page then. I think consoles and PSNow can happily coexist for many more years simply because they cater for two different audiences. The problem with understanding PSNow is that Sony are obviously using PS branded hardware to promote it at the moment but that's isn't the audience PSNow is ultimately for. It's for those people who would not buy a console but may try something if it was available to them through other devices.