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Who is getting PS Now?

I plan to get the $19.99 option for 1 month. 20 12.82%
 
I plan to get the $44.99 option for 3 months. 15 9.62%
 
Waiting to see how the servers hold up. 17 10.90%
 
Interested, but do not li... 32 20.51%
 
Have no intererest in this service. 72 46.15%
 
Total:156

I'm interested to see which games will be included. So far the only games that are of interest to me are games I've already beaten. If I find it worrhwhile I'd subscribe for $19.99/month.



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Is there a site which shows all the games which are available?



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I play games slowly so I might just rent the games one at a time



not interested atm. as a "hardcore" gamer i'm more interested in new games than old games. i'm fine with being 5+ years late on tv (aka netflix) but i enjoy being more cutting edge with games and i'm willing to pay the premium to play new games now.

if they bring ps4 games sooner than later i could be interested. i'd pay a sub to have cross-buy with my digital playstation library on psnow. that's what i really want.



PS Now are for the husbands that like to game but have wives that hates gamers and does not want to see a single gaming console in the house lol. Course the husband has to sneak playing and hiding his Dualshock controller.



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No internet to do so. If I did have the Internet, probably not since its a subscription based service.



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Not interested. I still have my PS3 for those and PS1 games. Also, PS2 emulators have made it so you can play those games at better graphical fidelity than when they originally came out. I'll buy these old games generally at fairly lower prices and not have to worry about network latency or being offline due to the next inevitable hacker attack.

I also like to play games at my own pace, and in any order I want. With the subscription fee, I'll feel compelled to just play PS3 games in order to get my money's worth.



KBG29 said:
Sentient_Nebula said:
I pretty much don't rent games anymore. I feel that demos provide a good enough taste to determine whether a game is worth buying or not. And for games that don't have demos, I'll watch a Let's Play or two. But I'm starting to stray off topic.

I know many people like game rentals. But PS Now will have to cost less than competing rental services. Sure, there's the convenience of instantly playing a game you choose to rent. Unfortunately, the latency, degraded image quality, and inconsistency of real-time streaming will make many games far less enjoyable than if you just rented a disc.

Also, I'm worried that PS Now spells the end of those rumors of the PS4 getting PS2 emulation...


I am just curious to know if you use Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime.

I find it very interesting that so many are willing to use those kind of services, but see something like this as a threat or not adequate for their gaming experience. Perhapps, people on these forums are not users of these streaming services? I think I will make a thread and poll about this in around 6 months depending on how PS Now performs in that time.

1. Netflix is 8 bucks a month.  Not 20.

2. Watching video over the internet is very different from playing a game (that was originally designed to be offline) over the internet. If your internet is experiencing problems, it might cause the video to buffer for a longer time.  The movie remains exactly the same.  If you have slow internet while gaming, it could cause any number of issues like dying or losing progress.



Probably not. I think the price points are okay, but I don't see myself having enough time to play on it to make it worth my money. I also don't think there will be a consistent quality in the streaming... Which will cause drops in graphics quality, screen tearing, and lag. I'll just keep the game in my console for now.



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If I hadn't kept my PS3 and all the games I still wanted to go back and replay on it then sure! As it stands no real reason at all but it's a great alternative to BC where Sony can keep the cost of their next gen system down and make a lot more money on people who want to play old games.




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