Yesterday, Sony dropped the bombshell that PlayStation Now had been updated to allow PS4 and PS2 games to be downloaded directly, a huge change that has been met with an almost universally positive response. With both streaming and download options now available, Sony's service is now a much more attractive proposition for most players. However, this news only applied to those in the USA.
Now, Sony has announced that PlayStation Now in Europe is getting exactly the same treatment. Via a PlayStation Blog post this morning, PS Now members in the Old World also have access to the download feature for PS4 and PS2 titles. It seems to operate identically to the US service -- you don't need PlayStation Plus to download games from PS Now or play them online, but you will have to stay connected to allow Sony to verify your subscription. As for PS3 games, they're simply not compatible with PS4, so aren't available for download.
This is great news, and we're glad that Sony clarified the situation in Europe quickly. Will you be making use of PlayStation Now following the recent overhaul? Get downloading in the comments below.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
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How often/if ever does PSNow subs get discounted?
I don’t recall ever seeing a promotion, outside the free trial period.
@LaNooch1978 Yeah I can see that happen. Probably best to not impulse buy just yet... .
@Fight_Teza_Fight During the days of play sale a little while ago think PS now was discounted to £60 for a year sub or something like that
@Fight_Teza_Fight At the moment it’s discounted to £85...roughly equivalent to £7.50 per month...for the year!!
PS1 Classic might need to take a backseat in favour of this!!
Activated trial and don’t have the download button. Seen the game I tried does on youtube. Anyone have any ideas if have to buy the subscription to unlock it?
Now this sounds really nea-
"UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Austria and Switzerland."
Oh, never mind. But cheers for those leaving there, at least.
I wish we had ps now in nz....
@B-I-G-DEVIL I think they’re slowly rolling it out, right?
@get2sammyb yes you’re right, I missed the paragraph on the blog saying
“This feature will be gradually rolled out to users in September, so if you don’t see the feature on your PS Now app today, make sure to check back again soon.”
@Fight_Teza_Fight actually they just recently added a yearly subscription for Europe which was only available in the US for the longest time. This is already almost a 50 % discount compared to the monthly option.
I'm happy to see it now allows us to download games but I still won't be paying for it.
There are two things that would get me using PS Now and one of those is adding the service to PS+ when they remove PS3 and Vita games. I don't have the time to replay most of the games enough to get my money worth out of the service. If it was included with PS+ to be our backwards compatibility then I may play the occasional game
The other option that would get me buying the service if it never joins PS+ is that if they add brand new games to it like the Xbox game pass.
So...f Portugal right? D:
Any word on it going live? I'm UK and wanting to download that Abzu before my £1 month expires. I'm that tight you see...
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