Playstation NOW - It's happening

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osed125 on 07 January 2014

pezus said:

osed125 said:

I won't have to buy a Playstation 5 for example (if there ever is one). I have a Sony Xperia so I could just play the games in there.

Basically I will only have to buy one Sony product and that's pretty much it, going to the my original point where (if this becomes more than just old games) it could potentially hurt hardware sales (phones, consoles, PCs, TVs, whatever).

They won't allow PS4 games on this, I'm sure. When PS5 releases they'll probably add PS4 to it but until then PS4 game streaming will be PS4 exclusive (or it might include Vita to try to boost its sales lol).

That would make the most sense, but is extremely too early to really say anything about it.

Edit: for the first time I somewhat agree with Kowenicki, this will either really push Sony's hardware on all fronts, or will (at the long run) hurt at least one the Sony's division. But again, is way too early to really say anything.

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Digi30 on 07 January 2014

So I have 2 questions.. What does this mean for the online MP of games that use the service since things in general will be working different and will have to use the gakai service which means costs to reconfigure online. My second question is based off history these services usually require a monthly fee and a individual purchase fee per game/rental fee per game as it runs purely of their server.

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superchunk on 07 January 2014

Nice.

Now Vita actually makes sense. Though I'd rather just have it on my phone/tablet with a dualshock controller sync'd. Likely what I'll do so I can play Last of Us.

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J_Allard on 07 January 2014

Cool to see them unveil it, though we all knew it was coming. Wonder what the selection and prices will look like. Only Bravia TV's and Vita's to start though? Lame.

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Arcturus on 07 January 2014

Digi30 said:
So I have 2 questions.. What does this mean for the online MP of games that use the service since things in general will be working different and will have to use the gakai service which means costs to reconfigure online. My second question is based off history these services usually require a monthly fee and a individual purchase fee per game/rental fee per game as it runs purely of their server.

What is your second question? Are you asking if it will cost money to use this service?

From what I've read, you can rent individual games or you can subscribe to the service.