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Have you enjoyed what you've seen from PS Now thus far?

Yes. 23 38.98%
 
No. 10 16.95%
 
Haven't tried it, but I might. 26 44.07%
 
Total:59

I just got PS Now for the first time this morning.. I was mostly bored and had downloaded the App on my Vita and I decided to open it and see what it was all about... I have since been playing Uncharted 2: Among Theives on my Vita and it is quite amazing!! I had just completed Golden Abyss on Vita the other week and now playing Uncharted 2 on my Vita I realize the quality of UC2 is off the charts and it losses almost nothing in translation to stream. The graphics did feel a bit dumbed down but the game was still absolutely gorgeous and blows Golden Abyss away, gameplay was fluid and intuitive and I loved the mapping of R2 and L2 to the top right/left of the touch screen. I wish more games did that instead of using the back track pad. 

I'm about to stream Bioshock Infinite on my Vita since I've never played that before and always wanted to. The games list is pretty damn long and I was really shocked at all of the high quality games available. 

Another thing I love is when I first picked a game to play I didn't know what to expect, did it have to load forever, download something extra? Nope! I picked my game and it started instantly! From picking the game to being in game was about 15 seconds! There is a boat load of reasons I would keep this and cancel my GameFly... but the list of games just isn't big enough to allow that. Also for 3 months for $45... Sign me up!!! I spend $60 on some games that have played a handful of times.. at least this way I can try 30 different games in a month and all for one low (ish) price!



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Yeah its pretty badass. Like netflix for games.



"Say what you want about Americans but we understand Capitalism.You buy yourself a product and you Get What You Pay For."  

- Max Payne 3

alternine said:
Yeah its pretty badass. Like netflix for games.

That was my exact thoughts. Streaming PS3/PSP/PSN games on my portable, my tablet, my tv... I'll be honest 10 years ago I never would have thought this was possible. 



So to all of you users who have fast enough internet, how good is the integration? How well does the program execute what its intended to do? I'd love to read a thorough impression on the service.



aLkaLiNE said:
So to all of you users who have fast enough internet, how good is the integration? How well does the program execute what its intended to do? I'd love to read a thorough impression on the service.


It tests your connection before it lets you stream all you need is a 5Mbps connection. Although even with a 60Mbps speed I disconnected twice from my game in about an hour. It was slightly annoying but it took me about 2 minutes to get back in and get my save loaded. I could see disconnects being a complaint, but I'd equate it to being disconnected from an MMO (if you've played one). I'm not sure exactly what your question is regarding how well does it execute? I'm not super tech savvy so I can't get into all those details.. But you download the App onto your PS4 or PS3 or PS Vita (or any other TV or Tablet or compatiable phone) and then you can browse the games. Do a connection test. See the games you've currently been streaming. It's a pretty simple and fast lay out I had no complaints. My only complaint would be the games list is lacking.. Although I think this is still an Open Beta? For instance I was streaming NBA 2k14 but isn't 2k15 already out? What's that about? I don't play basketball games much, but being a sports fan I really wanted to play with the current teams and rosters. 

Overall it might be around a 7/10 for me right now, but that could easily move to 10/10. The potential still has me shaking my head, I never thought this kind of stuff was possible. I never thought I'd be sitting on my bed playing Bioshock Infinite on my PS Vita, no downloads, no wait times, and it's silky smooth. I'm extremely impressed with it. Which is kinda why I wanted to see if it was just me, or if others have felt the same. 

 

*oh and I thought this was super cool.. You can stream the games from your Smart TV and sit there and play with your PS4 controller! You don't even need a PS4 in the same house. Just the controller. You can also use the PS4 controller on like 5 other devices while streaming I just can't remember off the top of my head. I just remember I was really surprised at that and how cool it was. 



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I will never use streams for gaming, not even from sony



I beta tested it. It works great.



I use PS Now pretty much daily. I never have any issues at all on my PS4, and experience some random issues on my vita. However, the vita issues are rare and only seem to happen when my router.gets overloaded with my wife and kids both streaming stuff (my ps4 doesn't have that issue as it's on a cat6 line).



I liked it during my free trial. I'll probably end up using it when I have nothing to play, so during drought months.



I used it during the trial and played most of god of war: ascension and tested Ultra Street Fighter. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it ran on my 25mbps down internet. Played it on the vita as well and it was almost just as good. I can see how this may be part of the future, but the subscription is just a tad bit too much for me right now for what it offers. Maybe when they add ps2 and ps1 games.