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jnemesh on 13 August 2014
vivster said:
jnemesh said:
vivster said:
fireburn95 said:

It really is essentially free money. It can be competitive in the PC Market and feature just console or ps3 exclusives. Most PC players, especially your dedicated battlefield/skyrim players have rigs powerful enough to run gaikai and have internet connections which are excellent, and usually more often than not, wired.

Also, those who own xbox one / 360 and don't own ps3/ps4 could go to their decent pc's to play the uncharted, or the heavenly swords and decide "Hell, I like Heavenly Sword, I'm gonna buy a PS4 for the spiritual sequel Hells Blade"

You can even shove it with advertisements for the games sequels, and ps4/vita console ads. It's your platform there to make money from a new market, the PC market.

Sony, DO IT!


And another one who has no idea how PSNow works. Why would you need a powerful PC to run PSNow when it is easily able to run on 10 year old PCs.

Your whole argument doesn't work. PC players are PC players because they have higher standards. Streaming games is pretty much the lowest quality you can have. Way lower than actual consoles. You will have to deal with massive input lag, downgraded visuals and compression artifacts. No PC player would want this.

If anywhere, Sony should put PSNow on Smart TVs. That's where it belongs. That's where people can play without owning the hardware.


It sounds like you haven't actually tried the service.  I played Dynasty Warriors (cant remember which exact one) on the service, via my PS4, and found it to be INDISTINGUSHABLE from playing on my PS3 "natively".  No discernable input lag, no pixelization of the graphics.  I am running a 35mbps down/15mbps up Frontier Fios connection, connected via Wifi to my PS4 (effective speed, as tested via the settings on the PS4 is 16 down/3 up).

I would not hesitate to use PS Now on a regular basis if and when they fix the pricing!

Are you own a powerful gaming rig that you regularly play on? Do giant 720p pixels hurt your eyes? Do you think 30fps are almost unplayable?

If you answer any of these questions with "no" then  you're probably not in a position to judge what PC gamers would consider bad.

30fps have a bad enough input lag inherently. You can't tell me it doesn't get worse when you send it through the internet and WiFi no less.


I'm not buying into the "master race" argument (you guys always sound pretty foolish anyway, you don't need help from me)...but the 720p graphics looked GREAT on my 64" plasma TV.  Lag was not an issue, and the game looked and played just as good as it does on my PS3.  If you want to play stuff at 4k resolutions on your $3000 gaming rig, go right ahead....but you won't be playing "Uncharted", "God of War", or any of the other Sony EXLUSIVE titles that never made it to PC...in ANY resolution...on that rig without PS Now.  With that, I am done with this conversation.  Have a nice day.



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VanceIX on 13 August 2014

It's bound to happen if the service takes off on PS4/Vita.



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vivster on 13 August 2014
jnemesh said:


I'm not buying into the "master race" argument (you guys always sound pretty foolish anyway, you don't need help from me)...but the 720p graphics looked GREAT on my 64" plasma TV.  Lag was not an issue, and the game looked and played just as good as it does on my PS3.  If you want to play stuff at 4k resolutions on your $3000 gaming rig, go right ahead....but you won't be playing "Uncharted", "God of War", or any of the other Sony EXLUSIVE titles that never made it to PC...in ANY resolution...on that rig without PS Now.  With that, I am done with this conversation.  Have a nice day.

And that pretty much defeats this whole conversation^^

BTW I own all gaming platforms that have interesting exclusives for me. That includes, PS3, PSVita, PS4 and Wii U. So not only am I gonna enjoy high end graphics for PC games I'm also gonna enjoy any exclusive I want without having it to be streamed through the internet and thereby ruining the experience.

That's because I'm neither a PC only douche or a console only douche. I'm part of the all platforms gaming master race. So move along peasant fellow limited gamer.



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binary solo on 13 August 2014

There are plenty of PC only fans who live Dark Souls and would love to give Demon's souls a try. And lots of people who want to play the PS exclusives but don't want to own a console. Question is whether Kb+M will be supported or if you have to use a controller.



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BeElite on 13 August 2014
binary solo said:
There are plenty of PC only fans who live Dark Souls and would love to give Demon's souls a try. And lots of people who want to play the PS exclusives but don't want to own a console. Question is whether Kb+M will be supported or if you have to use a controller.


hmm potential sales of controlers could go through  the roof.  



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S.T.A.G.E. on 13 August 2014

PC gamers want Sony exclusives on the PC so badly they can taste it. I think they want you to buy their platform.



JOKA_ on 13 August 2014

If PSNow takes off Sony is going to stop being a hardware manufacturer



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binary solo on 14 August 2014

Actually thinking about it PS Now only really makes sense on non-PS devices. People will be far more willing to pay for games they never owned in the past and have no hope of every playing except for the existence of PS Now. OTOH PS owners will always be able to bitch about the fact that PS Now is a shitty and expensive alternative to backwards compatibility.



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jnemesh on 14 August 2014
binary solo said:
Actually thinking about it PS Now only really makes sense on non-PS devices. People will be far more willing to pay for games they never owned in the past and have no hope of every playing except for the existence of PS Now. OTOH PS owners will always be able to bitch about the fact that PS Now is a shitty and expensive alternative to backwards compatibility.


The pricing isn't set in stone and the service is still in beta...I am VERY interested in PS Now IF they 1) allow me to play my previously purchased digital games without additional charges, 2) allow me to purchase (not rent) new games, 3) offer a subscription service (which they are apparently "working on"). 

I will also add that the service is not "shitty".  It IS overpriced, but the service itself is GREAT.  I litterally could not tell the difference between playing on PS Now on my PS4 and playing the game natively on my PS3.  No lag, no pixelization of graphics, it just worked, and it worked WELL.



fireburn95 on 14 August 2014
binary solo said:
There are plenty of PC only fans who live Dark Souls and would love to give Demon's souls a try. And lots of people who want to play the PS exclusives but don't want to own a console. Question is whether Kb+M will be supported or if you have to use a controller.


Even with a controller, i'm sure they could add standard pc controller functionality so people can use their xbox 360 / ps4 controllers (hopefully)