It's already grim here in muggy old England, but things are about to get a lot more cloudy. Sony has announced that it will launch a PlayStation Now beta in the UK this spring, marking the service's first steps outside of North America. PlayStation Plus members will be given preferential treatment, but you'll need a PlayStation 4 to be considered for the private stress test at first. You'll also need to fill in the form through here.
Don't worry if you don't fit the aforementioned criteria, as later phases of the beta will involve the PlayStation 3, Vita, and various Bravia television models. The initiative will be free initially, but the firm does state that the latter stages will include "rental periods and pricing models, which will require payment". You'll obviously also need a pretty decent Internet connection – a minimum of 5mbps is recommended – in order to get things working.
Should you gracefully leap through all of the hoops and land on your feet, you'll be able to play through the likes of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, God of War: Ascension, and Just Cause 2. There'll be a fairly small selection of software to start with, but if the US is any indication, this will gradually grow over time. Are you going gaga over the service formerly known as Gaikai? Share your weather report in the comments section below.
[source playstation.com, via eurogamer.net]
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Registered. It's about time Sony started working on bringing the service to our shores.
Why only UK? I wanted to try it out to
hopefully it comes to nz soon
Shame the PS3 Games i got on disc(& PS3 PSN Games) i can't play for free on PS NOW Maybe PSN could read your Trophy List & any game on that Trophy List you could play for free(Yeah i know why would SONY do that because they want your money etc etc) I really won't pay again to play a game i still got on disc for my PS3(i will just play them on my erm PS3) Even tho it would be cool playing them on my SEXY PS4 Oh well, i still would like to be in the Beta tho
Or better still bring out a PS4 that can play my PS1 & PS2 & PS3(disc & PSN) Games SONY. Can it really be that hard(that's what she said) to do???
Mentioned this in The Order forum page - The Order should have been put only on this service when it launches properly. Charge a tenner for it for a week and it would have sold like hot cakes. All the people put off by the length, lack of game play, repetitiveness that they've read about would be much more willing to try it and Trophy whores would've jumped on it like Alizée (thank you @Scollurio). People would have been able to play the game for themselves after all the bitching about it and make their own minds up. More importantly for Sony, it would have made them God knows how much more money than it will at retail after all the bad press, got PS Now a lot of attention and would have been an exclusive to launch it. Seems like a missed opportunity for good press and easy money.
On topic, still not convinced this thing will work out in the long haul but registering now to hopefully have a goosey.
@darkswabber I guess they'll start in the UK then extend it to continental Europe and further afield over time.
I would like to give it a go but the internet in my village isn't very good we get 4mbps MAX so I doubt I could even run it
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