Sony Starts Advertising PlayStation Now in Stores on Bravia TVs: Shows Availability in Fall 2014

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setsunatenshi on 18 May 2014

sully1311 said:
The subscription will be at least $10 a month.

i'd probably agree with that... I guess by E3 they should let us know what this subscription gets us exactly. Netflix type of system? Who knows...

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SWORDF1SH on 18 May 2014

Do not expect it to be too cheap. If you look at Sony's other streaming/renting services you will find you pay a premium price but also get vast choice and quality service. Music Unlimited is £15 a month and you get access to a huge library of music. I think movies are around £2.99 to rent and £4.49 to rent in HD.

With games being a more expensive medium than movies and music, I would guess about £4.99 to rent a game. and because the library wont be huge to start with, a monthly subscription will be about £14.99. (I say £14.99 in relation to their Music Unlimited. Even though games cost a lot more than music, the library available will be tiny in comparison to Music Unlimited offerings so I think they will cost about the same.)

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Mr Puggsly on 18 May 2014

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you are aware that vita means portability, and some might argue it could work the other way around. would be great to play some PS3 games on the vita by way of Playstation Now. Demon's Souls on Vita.................................................. yummy

That sounds dandy, I just don't think there is wide appeal for that. Maybe more in Japan.

Furthermore, streaming games requires wifi and Playstation Now may require more bandwidth speed than the typical hot spot offers. Hence, there are some barriers for portable play.

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setsunatenshi on 18 May 2014

Mr Puggsly said:

setsunatenshi said:

you are aware that vita means portability, and some might argue it could work the other way around. would be great to play some PS3 games on the vita by way of Playstation Now. Demon's Souls on Vita.................................................. yummy

That sounds dandy, I just don't think there is wide appeal for that. Maybe more in Japan.

Furthermore, streaming games requires wifi and Playstation Now may require more bandwidth speed than the typical hot spot offers. Hence, there are some barriers for portable play.

that is a fair point, regarding the hotspot speeds, except for Japan, surely you won't find 5mbs speeds on your local MacDonnalds. Though one important thing, at least in Europe, is that a ton of people in big cities (aged around 20-30) don't have big flats or live most of the week in rented rooms where they don't have space to put a big media center with HDTV's and PS4, but instead would find perfect use for a small handheld that would not only stream the PS Now games while at home with good internet speeds but also having a solid library offline in the commute to work.

Basically it would turn the Vita into a much more worthwhile system to own, rather than playing sudoku on their smartphones.

The broadband speeds at least in Europe and Japan are pretty damn good by now to make this a viable option, so count me as carefully optimistic.