PlayStation Now Subscription Service Starts January 13

[Grumman]

It hasn't even been a fortnight since Sony proved they can't keep the network up, and now they're adding more load for a service that fundamentally cannot function without the network?

 

[Strazdas]

Clicking Playstation Now link does not bring me to Playstation Now. why?

So to clarify - this is only working for PS4 owners right now, correct?
I will try out the service once i can stream it to a PC. It does seem to be on their plans in the future, so ill just have to wait.

This is B.S. If you Nintendo has the ability to SELL you a game on eShop there is no reason whatsoever you should have to stream a PS3 game to your PS4. Do they really expect us to be happy they get to charge us every month for something we should only have to pay for once.

They would have to port the games over to the PS4's architecture or write up some emulation software to cover every game, but that could be buggy and a hassle. It's their way to make money off of peeps that either don't have a PS3, don't want to pay full price on a game they won't replay, or can't find those discs second hand. It's benefits some and others should stay far away from it. Although, I don't really like the pricing, either.

from what i understood he wanted you to be able to buy the games in streaming service. as in pay once, stream that game forever.

 

[Hairless Mammoth]

Clicking Playstation Now link does not bring me to Playstation Now. why?

So to clarify - this is only working for PS4 owners right now, correct?
I will try out the service once i can stream it to a PC. It does seem to be on their plans in the future, so ill just have to wait.

Are you being redirected away from the US site? You might have to manually go to the US portion of the PS Blog or trick it into thinking you're in North America. I searched the European PS Blog and the last entry mentioning PS Now is a year old. They might have forgotten about you guys and don't want to admit it's going to take longer to get the Now working over there yet.

But yes, the link only mentions PS4 users will be able to start using it on Jan 13th. "The subscription service will be available first on PS4 across North America, and will come to other PlayStation Now enabled devices in the future." There's no mention of PC support anywhere (and that is sad).

from what i understood he wanted you to be able to buy the games in streaming service. as in pay once, stream that game forever.

I don't think that's want he meant, considering the complaint about having to stream and the Nintendo eShop analogy. It would take a miracle for a company to be willing to run servers indefinitely for a one time fee.

 

[Nathan Josephs]

i used my fibre connection to try this out in new zealand with a US account. the latency was horrible....so unless we get aus/nz servers i dont see this coming our way.

 

[Hyperstorm]

Remind me again why Sony needed to release a PS4.

So far all they have done is rehash and repackage the previous generations' games.

 

[ShakerSilver]

Ah yes, a game streaming service, because they've always turned out well - just ask OnLive. The fact that there's a mandatory amount of lag involved between inputs and display means action games will be all but impossible to play. Also, gotta hand it to Sony. Cutting corners by doing away with native backwards compatibility and finding a way for users to pay for it.