Sony's "Playstation Now" Subscription prices revealed.

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make the ps4 backwards capable for fukks sake....just no ps3 games....i have a few ps2 games without a ps2
 

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but gamefly requires you to buy a system..Playstation now will work on Playstation TV, Android, IOS and Samsung smart Tvs.

You can start a game on one system and be able to pick up where you left off on a different system.

I did this with Dead Island: Riptide when I used the PSNow beta on PS3, I was able to continue my last save when I used PSNow on PS4.
 

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when will you be signing up?

i wont be, said so in the first post you quoted...hell, i've said that since the service was announced...think it's a cool service, but it's not for me....i buy all the games i want to play...when you signing up?
 

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but gamefly requires you to buy a system..Playstation now will work on Playstation TV, Android, IOS and Samsung smart Tvs.

that's swell and all, but most folks don't have playstation tv or a samsung smart tv with playstation now capabilities. as for playing PS3 games on android or ios, that's wack.

hell, you can't even get the dual shock 4 to work with the iphone bluetooth without jailbreaking the device.
 

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Netflix with movies is $8 a month so $15 for games isn't a bad deal if you have a TV and laptop to play on.

Needs more triple a titles but I guess publishers ain't letting there shyt get steamed like that.
 

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To allow one to "buy" something that is rendered remotely is akin to having giving lifetime access to server compute resources for a small upfront cost, which is just plain bad business. Say you buy that ps3 game (which takes good resources to stream) for 30 bucks to own forever...that will mean they would be giving you lifetime rights to demand that they render your game...which makes no sense



Because the game is being rendered on their server farm and not on the system. It is not possible for the ps4 to emulate the cell CPU in the ps3...

Very good point. I didn't think of it from that angle at all.
 

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SONY throwbacks > MS Throwbacks

After reading both sides of the argument I'm cool with admitting that my opinion has changed. $15 a month is not bad for what they are offering. I wish you could buy the games a la cart and keep them on your hard drive but I understand why that isn't currently possible as well. That image on the first page alone has some great games on it and I can imagine they will continue to add more. I still own all of my old systems so this isn't a huge deal, but for some people that may have never played some of these games, this is a great opportunity to be exposed to something they may never have been otherwise. If you are a video game collector like myself this may not be the option for you, but for the casual gamer that doesn't care about collecting disc art and what not, this is great. I'm sure the Xbox One has some great games and the library will get stronger, but you can't sit here and front and act like if Xbox One was to put out this service at this same price the only games you would see worth renting would be the Halo series, Jade Empire, Doom, Mass Effect, and Gears of War. Sony is giving us options that it really doesn't have to at an understandable price. That library stands on its own.
 

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SONY throwbacks > MS Throwbacks

After reading both sides of the argument I'm cool with admitting that my opinion has changed. $15 a month is not bad for what they are offering. I wish you could buy the games a la cart and keep them on your hard drive but I understand why that isn't currently possible as well. That image on the first page alone has some great games on it and I can imagine they will continue to add more. I still own all of my old systems so this isn't a huge deal, but for some people that may have never played some of these games, this is a great opportunity to be exposed to something they may never have been otherwise. If you are a video game collector like myself this may not be the option for you, but for the casual gamer that doesn't care about collecting disc art and what not, this is great. I'm sure the Xbox One has some great games and the library will get stronger, but you can't sit here and front and act like if Xbox One was to put out this service at this same price the only games you would see worth renting would be the Halo series, Jade Empire, Doom, Mass Effect, and Gears of War. Sony is giving us options that it really doesn't have to at an understandable price. That library stands on its own.
id pay just to play blinx the cat on microsofts service :troll:
 

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Most expensive rental service, with the shyttiest selection of games, all at a lesser quality than the originals :scust: I'll pass
Now this is a valid opinion of the service. I'd agree completely except on the lesser quality, for older games I'm sure streaming them at full quality is quite easy cause they graphics are basic
 
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