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sabvre42 on 15 June 2015
BasilZero said:
Lastgengamer said:
Sony really needs to catch up on this one, especially now. There were rumors that mentioned they are working on PS1 and PS2 at least.


That would be awesome if PS1 and PS2 are b/c at least but something tells me that they might announce PS1 and PS2 PSN titles.

I've been trying to tell people that for the last 3 days on vgchartz.

I personally think Sony is gonna announce the completion of their PS1/PS2 emulator (possibly PSP and vita too). This would allow them to start getting additional revenue from people buying old games for $1-5 a pop... and drastically expand their libarary.

They quietly announced that the emulator was in the works like a year ago.



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Lastgengamer on 15 June 2015
BasilZero said:
Lastgengamer said:
Sony really needs to catch up on this one, especially now. There were rumors that mentioned they are working on PS1 and PS2 at least.


That would be awesome if PS1 and PS2 are b/c at least but something tells me that they might announce PS1 and PS2 PSN titles.

Even if they only worked on PSN titles, that would fine. If that means that that ones alreadly bought on the PS3 store would carry over, it would be great.

Edit: I was still talking about PS1/PS2 digital games and not PS3.



sabastian on 15 June 2015
sabvre42 said:
sabastian said:
So couldn't Sony just allow a gamers who has already purchased the games on PS3/PSN free access to be playable on PS4 ? And call it,,, WAIT FOR IT, WAIT FOR IT........Backwards Compatible on PS4.

Mega BOMB.


That won't happen. For the love of god stop asking people.

This isn't mp3 or video streaming... this isn't only hard drive read access. PS Now requires a dedicated server blade to run the game for you. EACH and every click... or cycle of the thumbstick action requires the CPU to compute a reaction... and the GPU to compute the frame (30x per second).

If everyone got to play their games for free -- it would clog up the servers for paying customers. It would also bankrupt sony as they need to pay upkeep costs for people that aren't paying upkeep costs themselves.

The closest thing you may get -- is allowing you to play your games for free on PS Now if you are a paying member of the subscription.


^ Did not know that you had your hands in Sony's pockets as to see what they can or cannot afford to pay for. Nor did I know you know EXACTLY how many servers Sony has running currently. My apolegies kind sir..........



sabvre42 on 15 June 2015
sabastian said:
sabvre42 said:


That won't happen. For the love of god stop asking people.

This isn't mp3 or video streaming... this isn't only hard drive read access. PS Now requires a dedicated server blade to run the game for you. EACH and every click... or cycle of the thumbstick action requires the CPU to compute a reaction... and the GPU to compute the frame (30x per second).

If everyone got to play their games for free -- it would clog up the servers for paying customers. It would also bankrupt sony as they need to pay upkeep costs for people that aren't paying upkeep costs themselves.

The closest thing you may get -- is allowing you to play your games for free on PS Now if you are a paying member of the subscription.


^ Did not know that you had your hands in Sony's pockets as to see what they can or cannot afford to pay for. Nor did I know you know EXACTLY how many servers Sony has running currently. My apolegies kind sir..........


Use logic buddy. Its common sense.

Giving you a download (XB1) costs fractions of pennies. Giving you free access to a dedicated server (PS Now) costs dollars.

They would BLEED money giving you free access to a PS Now. Also, supply and demand demonstrates the idea that people would use it -- and they aren't cheap to build (theres articles explaining how they build them). This means that i'd be forced to wait for hours to get a blade to play a game i pay for ... while you are sitting there playing Resistance 2 for free.



RenCutypoison on 15 June 2015

I don't get the point. Just don't throw away/sell for 20 bucks your consoles and you don't need backward compatibility.

Also psnow is far more the backwards compatibility. I have no use for this service either, though.



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sabvre42 on 15 June 2015
BasilZero said:

 

sabvre42 said:

I've been trying to tell people that for the last 3 days on vgchartz.

I personally think Sony is gonna announce the completion of their PS1/PS2 emulator (possibly PSP and vita too). This would allow them to start getting additional revenue from people buying old games for $1-5 a pop... and drastically expand their libarary.

They quietly announced that the emulator was in the works like a year ago.

Source on that?

If there's b/c with PS1/PS2 with PSP/Vita titles....MEGATON xD.

The Vita/PSP part was wishful thinking :D

I'd have to dig to find the actual info that they mentioned they were pursueing the idea... but heres something for now:

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/179164-ps4-may-soon-play-your-favorite-ps1-and-ps2-games-in-native-1080p



0815user on 15 June 2015

wait till they announce the last of us 2 campain or something similar, timed exclusive on ps now. calling it now: something like this will most likely happen in the future.



fireburn95 on 15 June 2015
bevochan said:

At least give free PS Now on PS4 for games already owned on PS3.  


Never gonna happen. It costs to host and run servers. What they could do however, charge a small amount (maybe 20 bucks yearly) and then allow purchased digital games to be played through NOW.  Doubt theyd do that though



sabvre42 on 15 June 2015
fireburn95 said:
bevochan said:

At least give free PS Now on PS4 for games already owned on PS3.  


Never gonna happen. It costs to host and run servers. What they could do however, charge a small amount (maybe 20 bucks yearly) and then allow purchased digital games to be played through NOW.  Doubt theyd do that though


They'd probably include it as a perk for the $15 a month subscription honestly.



FentonCrackshell on 15 June 2015
Crableg said:
I could careless about either one.I want NEW games built for the console.Hopefully that is Sony's focus unlike Ms.


Agreed! Why would I want to play last gen games on my new console? Furthermore, why would I buy a new console because I'm excited to buy games that I can buy on a console that's a fraction of the cost?



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