The streaming wars have officially arrived: except Sony’s been the sole competitor for eons now. While tech giants like Google and Microsoft make lots of noise about their impending cloud gaming services, it’s always struck us as odd how PlayStation Now has been treated like some kind of forgotten stepchild – it is, after all, the only streaming option available right now.
Jim Ryan, the current PlayStation president, reckons that it all comes down to the Japanese giant not being loud enough about PlayStation Now: “I think maybe we've been a bit guilty of not talking about it enough,” he told CNET. “Now we're in 19 countries, we have 170 publishers on board, 780 games in the [United] States. We've actually achieved a lot, and probably a lot more than people realise.”
The company’s not too worried, though, as it recognises that it’s ahead of the curve. “Our intent is to build on those learnings and really look to try to take PlayStation Now to the next level later this year and then in the years to come,” he said. We reckon you can expect to see the service brought front and centre over the coming months – as well as a big focus on it with PS5.
[source cnet.com]
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They'd be right on that one 👍
Playstation blog every week is full of complaints about it
It's a great service, hope to see it evolve going into next gen
Well, before they start talking about it more, maybe they should pay a bit more care and attention to it. The UI and search function on there is a complete mess. Games go missing without any kind of warning as to when or why. In fact, according to the PS Now reddit, Metal Gear Solid 4 and 5 have both been taken off, despite only being added in April!!!! I mean, how can you trust a service like that?? Hopefully that is an error but if it isn't, it's rather disturbing that they can advertise new games being added each month, and then remove them before the digital ink has dried.
Oh, and it needs to be way cheaper as well. And have newer games added, as well as all PS4 exclusives within a year. No excuse for not having Last of Us Remastered, Uncharted Collection, Shadow of the Colossus all PS4 versions, as well as the likes of Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy, The Order, Infamous Second Son, Driveclub, Knack 2, The Last Guardian, MLB The Show, Little Big Planet 3 and Wipeout. Hell, in a years time I'd expect HZD and GoW on there as well really.
It is a good service but they post a single blog entry a month with no reply from the blog staff.
You cannot talk to anyone about it. Heck, even if you ask the support team for help they have no idea what to do regarding PS Now
They need to take a page of GamePass book with their Twitter account. The communicate with the gamers, post teasers and just have general fun.
This is what Sony needs to do. They ran a promotion earlier this year where if you signed up for Now, you got it at £8.99 a month for 12 months. This was advertised ONLY inside the App. They are idiots sometimes
Sony's always been guilty of this. They're almost always first to new technology like this, but they always allow other people to establish it.
PSVR is one of the few exceptions where they've actually put a stamp on it.
For some users, it's probably better if they don't go crazy advertising it yet. Some of their streaming data centers are absolute garbage. Even with a 1-2ms dual gigabit fiber connection, it tells me MY speeds are too slow most of the time. When it does work, the latency is generally too high for anything short of a turn based RPG.
I think the other problem it has is the cost is to high if it was priced more reasonably reckon they would get more people interested in it.
Gamepass has it beat hands down 😂 especially on game selection.
Maybe they promote it but nobody knows what it is with that stupid name. I had to read the title 3 times before I realized they weren't talking about either the Playstation brand itself or the PS5.
And yes I feel the same way about HBO Now. HBO Go was fine but HBO Now just adds confusion.
The problem is we aren't getting as good a deal in the UK as the US is. They get far more (and better) games.
I like PS Now a lot but the price is a bit steep for me. I'm waiting for some AWESOME game that makes me buy 1 month only so I can finish it along with the other awesome games that interest me (Asura's Wrath and Wet for example I started in the free trial)
@tomassi - metal gear solid 4 is on PS Now in the UK. MGS 5 is there as well, and 3 other metal gear games.
I’d like to see Sony give the PS+ user the option each month of choosing the PS+ games offered or going with a month of PSNow. For example, SonicMania and Borderlands are great games that reviewed well and were well received, but I already have Borderlands and Sonic—meh. But a month of PSNow instead? Heck yeah I’d give it a go...and if I like it, I’d probably pay for it as a separate service alongside PS+ because I nearly always want at least one of the PS+ games anyway.
@leucocyte Yeah they are on mine as well, hopefully was just a glitch then. Would be bad form of Sony to remove them that quickly!
At present I don't think it provides a good enough service for the price. The streaming is glitchy too. I have great internet, speeds shouldn't be an issue but Games were largely unplayable on it.
Who cares about US? They should care about Europe.
@Elex Who cares about Europe?
Any I suggest next time watching the language please.
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@Tasuki everyone. Europe is center of the modern world. Us is just some country on the west.
Rome cant even clean its garbage. Uk has boris johnson as leader. Lmfao @ Europe
Drop the price of a subscription, offer Plus members more benefits, extend the free trial period and definitely talk about the service more. I love PlayStation but Xbox Game Pass is doing it right.
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