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Jaywood2010 on 05 May 2015

Sony has announced that its PlayStation Now game streaming service is coming to the PlayStation 3 on May 12. As detailed on the PlayStation Blog, the service will also be available on "select Sony Blu-ray players and TVs."

Sony also confirmed a list of games that will be added to PlayStation Now this month. This includes Fat Princess, F1 2014, Sanctum 2, Dynasty Warriors 2: Strikeforce, and Farming Simulator. More games will continue to be added each month. In response to fan questions, Sony also confirmed that the subscription service would be officially launching on the PlayStation Vita "soon." At the moment, existing subscribers are able to access PlayStation Now using the Vita by navigating to the rental menu.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps3-gets-playstation-now-this-month-vita-version-l/1100-6427087/




       

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Mr.Playstation on 05 May 2015

So Sony is putting a streaming service on a console which can play the same games natively, I don't know if I'm missing something here but it sounds stupid to me, atleast for now. Maybe one day they'll bring in Ps2 support but for now it's useless.



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Ali_16x on 05 May 2015
Mr.Playstation said:

So Sony is putting a streaming service on a console which can play the same games natively, I don't know if I'm missing something here but it sounds stupid to me, atleast for now. Maybe one day they'll bring in Ps2 support but for now it's useless.

The point is you don't have to download the games.



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Mr.Playstation on 05 May 2015
Ali_16x said:
Mr.Playstation said:

So Sony is putting a streaming service on a console which can play the same games natively, I don't know if I'm missing something here but it sounds stupid to me, atleast for now. Maybe one day they'll bring in Ps2 support but for now it's useless.

The point is you don't have to download the games.

Yet you enjoy an overall inferior experiance especially if you have a horrible internet connection. 



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Lafiel on 05 May 2015
Mr.Playstation said:
Ali_16x said:

The point is you don't have to download the games.

Yet you enjoy an overall inferior experiance especially if you have a horrible internet connection. 

according to Arstechnica PSNow can be "practically indistinguishable" from local play if your bandwith/connection to the service is good



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The Fury on 05 May 2015

I was in the UK Beta but only played Wolf Amongst Us before it ended. I saw very little issues with it, seemed to work really well, no delay and image was fantastic. No idea of pricing still but I think if they get the pricing right, it could be really good.



Hmm, pie.

Jaywood2010 on 05 May 2015
Mr.Playstation said:

So Sony is putting a streaming service on a console which can play the same games natively, I don't know if I'm missing something here but it sounds stupid to me, atleast for now. Maybe one day they'll bring in Ps2 support but for now it's useless.


To be fair its coming to the Vita and TV's as well




       

Ruler on 05 May 2015

It comes on every sony product its simple as that



Barkley on 05 May 2015
Mr.Playstation said:

So Sony is putting a streaming service on a console which can play the same games natively, I don't know if I'm missing something here but it sounds stupid to me, atleast for now. Maybe one day they'll bring in Ps2 support but for now it's useless.


You wouldn't subscribe to PlayStation Now if you only intended on using it on ps3, so if you're an existing subscriber and happen to own a ps3 you now have another device you can use it on which could be useful. There's no reason not to release it on ps3.



KLXVER on 05 May 2015

Is anyone using this service other than once for testing it...?