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cmay227 said:
This will b garbage

Cool except every single reviewer so far has been amazed with it. Don't worry the X1 is just a few days away from unleashing the power of the cloud just wait a little longer.



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so my next tv will be a sony. but i dont see a big market in the next years, u need realy good internet for streaming in realtime..



ethomaz said:
That's what I call Revolution.

Give me PSN profile and trophies and I will send my PS3 to my little brother in my homeland.


A revolution you say? I played streaming games via OnLIve years ago.

What's the next revolution? Emulation?



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cmay227 said:
This will b garbage


Having used services like this in the past, its great stuff. People that didn't own a PS3 or older consoles may really take advantage of this service.

However, its a crappy experience if you don't have a fast internet connection.



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prayformojo said:
bananaking21 said:
prayformojo said:
pezus said:
prayformojo said:
I'll just buy the discs for cheap off ebay and play them on my PS2 and PS3, thanks.

Gotta love options


My problem is how they were intentionally coy about the double subscription BS until AFTER launch. That was intentional, BS and you know it. I am so pissed off right now, its boarding on rage. There's a reason I jumped ship back to Sony from MS, and having MORE paywalls for things that should be free (BC) is not one of them.


i see your point. however, they said you can subscribe if you want, or just buy game by game basis. basically, you will see their subscribtion and the games they offer, if you do not want to pay for it, you dont have to, and you can buy what ever game you want and play it. nothing is forced behind a paywall. the subscribition is just another option, it is not forced. 

Ahh, but they didn't use the word "buy". They used the word "rent". Think PS+ games here. If you pay yet ANOTHER subscription, you can probably keep the games. If you don't, you'll probably pay $4.99, and it will only be yours to play for a limited amount of time. You're not "buying" anything.

This whole service should be a part of PS+ and the fact that it isn't is just pure BS. I am not a fanboy, of any company anymore. I know the Sony fanboys are eating this up with a spoon, but the fact is, while it's a really nice feature tech wise....it's a total middle finger as far as cost. No one should put up with this kind of business practice and the fact that people DO, only makes things worse.

So the instant game collection with PS+ that basically gives you a butt load of games for the price of a single new release each year isn't enough? Sony never said game streaming would be included in PS+. It actually seems pretty obvious that it would cost extra. They are actually separate services. I could see PS+ perhaps offering one streaming title per month, maybe, but certainly not the full service. Of course if you run out of room on your HDD you can always cancel your PS+ sub and just do streaming.

What would piss me off is if Play Now is behind the PS+ pay wall, but that's not likely because you can have Play Now without owning a single playstation device. So this will be like Netflix on PS3/4. It's a separate service that isn't behind the PS+ paywall, and you can subscribe to one or other or both at will.



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If in that fixed environment there was input lag I'd hate to see how bad its gonna be in people's homes...



Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Hmm... the only thing that makes me worried is what happened to onlive when they did their streaming crap... Granted Sony has a shit ton of better servers and more money but people like me have shitty internet speeds of 25 mbps down and 1mbps up + Datacap (even though shaw(isp) doesn't actually care but most isps in Canada do), are probably not gonna get the full experience

And since it depends on your internet speed, I am guess that is what will make the difference between latency and you gaming looking good vs looking like ass.. I hope it goes well cause I would love to play Playstation games on my phone/tablet but I am quite doubtful until NA upgrades its shitty internet infrastructure


25mbps is probably more than enough.  I have 16mbps, and streaming HD movies are a lot better quality than live cable TV.  Datacap will be a problem.



My 8th gen collection

Well...that's gonna be a hit here, in developing European countries. The bandwidth options we're being offered around here border on the ridiculous. Greatness awaits it seems.

I'm thinking of switching to a 200 Mbps connection soon. 10 Euro per month isn't a bad deal.



I am not impressed. If you already own the console I see no real value to this.... and people who were never interested in buying a console before are not simlpy going to change into dedicated gamers just because there is a new offer available.



pezus said:
prayformojo said:
pezus said:
prayformojo said:
I'll just buy the discs for cheap off ebay and play them on my PS2 and PS3, thanks.

Gotta love options


My problem is how they were intentionally coy about the double subscription BS until AFTER launch. That was intentional, BS and you know it. I am so pissed off right now, its boarding on rage. There's a reason I jumped ship back to Sony from MS, and having MORE paywalls for things that should be free (BC) is not one of them.

Is it confirmed as a double subscription? I mean, I don't see why they wouldn't offer it on a game-by-game basis for Plus subscribers.

I seem to remember reading there would be a subscription plan AND the ability to purchase/rent individual titles a la carte.