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chapset on 07 January 2014

THE CLOUD?



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fauzman on 07 January 2014

The idea of game streaming going beyond just your normal consoles is pretty interesting. I think it is a good move - if you are going to make games available on the ps3, ps4 and vita, then you might as well tap into the greater casual audience (or potentially attract new gamers to playstation) by allowing them to play games. Though I am not sure how successful this will be.



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TheGhosts on 07 January 2014

Does they not hurt their own PlayStation Hardware sales with this when their games are directly available over the Sony Bravia TV's?



oldschoolfool on 07 January 2014

it's happening indeed.



Rafux on 07 January 2014

Could this actually save the Vita?



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sully1311 on 07 January 2014

PlayStation Now really works!


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>I just had my first hands on with the newly announced PlayStation Now streaming service here at CES 2014, and I'm here to tell you that it seems to work beautifully.

It took me several minutes to wrap my head around that I was playing a perfect copy of The Last of Us on the Vita on the CES show floor. It was exactly like a Remote Play experience, complete with triggers being mapped to the rear pad. Gameplay was very responsive and completely lag free. Sony told us that a Gaikai server from down the hall was running the game.

What's neat is that multiplayer works between proper console games and cloud games. I learned that Sony was testing Journey with console players with them having no idea they were paired with cloud players.

Sony is also showing PS3 game Puppeteer being played via the cloud on a Bravia television. Again, this works flawlessly. It looked maybe a bit less impressive than the Vita experience, but still great. God of War: Ascension and, Beyond: Two Souls are also available to play on the show floor via PlayStation Now.

Sony says that PS3 is a focus right out of the gate, but PS2 and PS1 games are also slated.

We are hoping to try out tablet and smartphone play soon. Stay tuned.

http://www.destructoid.com/playstation-now-really-works--268582.phtml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Pinch of salt. Server is down the hall!



walsufnir on 07 January 2014

Pinch of salt. Server is down the hall!

Well done :)



TheGhosts on 07 January 2014

This is the beginning of the end of the PlayStation Home Consoles!!!



Fusioncode on 07 January 2014
TheGhosts said:
Does they not hurt their own PlayStation Hardware sales with this when their games are directly available over the Sony Bravia TV's?

They're not streaming PS4 games, this is for people who want backwards compatiblity without having to buy an older system. 



Sigs are dumb. And so are you!

eFKac on 07 January 2014
kowenicki said:
eFKac said:
kowenicki said:
pezus said:
osed125 said:

Didn't Kaz made fun of the cloud to announce...a cloud service?

Anyway I'm with eFKac on this one, but it depends on how many games are available on this service. Why would I ever buy more than 1 device when I can just buy 1 and play all games in there? I honestly don't understand this. Depending on how they manage this it could potentially hurt some hardware sells. 

Edit: is it just to play old games?  well in that case this doesn't matter.

It's basically BC.

The two main announcements today are all to push sony hardware.

That is the only reason for this.

Now, the question is.  Is it enough to pursuade the buying public to buy a sony tv, a vaio or a tablet.

THAT is what this is about.  This is the end game of what sony has been trying to do for the last 5 years.

if they succeed and people start buying sony hardware to get to this content then sony is back

if they fail... they are fucked.  Its really that simple.

 

 

 

...In addition to PlayStation platforms, most 2014 US models of Sony’s BRAVIA TV lineup will support PS Now. Eventually the service will expand beyond PlayStation platforms and Sony devices, allowing you to stream PlayStation games across a broad range of Internet-connected devices... 

 

From the press release. Aaand this whole post was wrong.


eventually.

as in... never.

as in... if they do they are idiots.


Why exactly? 

What I take from it is, they want to infinitely broaden their market to sell games too. You won't need a PlayStation, which they don't really make that much money on hardware anyway (if at all, at launch for example), after a while, (if this takes off, but I don't see a reason why it wouldn't) you won't even need to own a Sony device. Sony may potentially lose about 100 million devices (PlayStation consoles) sold over a 7 year timespan, for X ammount of potential software sold.Let's say that sales of peripherals and gadgets related to consoles also are smaller, cause there is less of a reason to own a PS4 stand if you don't own a PS4, I imagine DualShock controllers will be mandatory though and their sales will rise.

In my opinion, it's a matter of, is having a exclusive PlayStation Now app on your Bravia enough to convince a consumer to buy it over a cheaper Samsung TV? I don't think that it would be enough for many. Same for Xperia's vs Galaxy's, etc. They still will have the PlayStation Now on Sony devices (maybe with some exclusive features?), they are just risking loosing a lot from their PlayStation hardware sales, only that. Other branches of hardware will still need to compete for the consumer with quality, price, etc. etc. just without an ADDITIONAL selling point of a PlayStation Now app. 

But the chance of a total non-gamer, or a casual, checking the app on their Samsung, LG, Panasonic, iPad, Galaxy S6 or anything other and renting a game is decent. I think that's a fine trade off.

 

Edit. It's hard for me as a die hard Sony hardware fan, a conservative fan, who can't imagine Sony stopping production of TVs and so on, but that is a potential gold mine, even if Sony is heading towards being a software provider. They worked hard to collect their entertainment assets, and this looks like the right direction to use it to their best business result. For me? Well, I'll just need to find a new favourite consumer electronic hardware manufacturer



So it is happening...PS4 preorder.

Greatness Awaits!