PS Now's January 2022 Update Includes Mortal Kombat 11, Final Fantasy 12, More

Can I subscribe to ps now and download the titles onto my ps5 via the phone app? Or do I need to have the ps now app installed on my ps5 and download games via that

It seemed like Now was on roll for a while with impressive additions, but it has slowed down quite a bit recently

@UltimateOtaku91 You can do it on the phone app, yep!

As always there’s always some “Meh” months with these type of services

@get2sammyb Are you planning a separate article for games leaving the service? I don't see any game here worthy of replacing TLoU2 which leaves tomorrow.😝

I dunno, that’s a pretty good month. Kerbal Space Program, FF XII and Mortal Kombat. Not bad.

Now is still decent for the price, I just hope the rumours of the new service are true and they step it up a bit.

Of course, they need to get it to way more countries. The amount supported is pretty weak.

Definitely give Super Time Force Ultra a try if you missed it when it was a PS+ game way back when. It's surprisingly good.

The Zodiac Age is one of the best remasters out there, incredible game. Although you have to like FF12 in the first place, I suppose...

Great month if you don't already have FF12. Not so much if you already have it. Next best game is Super Time Force Ultra, but everyone will have already played it on PS+.

@Alduin smart delivery is bad, it would prevent you from playing the PS4 version of a game on PS5.

@Milktastrophe Other than the odd rare occasion such as playing non mixed PS4/PS5 MP modes why would you want to? Not many games that perform worse surely?

FFXII is a good addition. It's a fun time.

@solocapers The only reason I can think of is PSVR in Hitman 3 but even then, I can’t imagine being bothered enough to connect PSVR to a PS5.

@Alduin
Hopefully no day one big budget games please!!! As my backlog is so large I won’t get to them for months anyway so the increased cost I’d have to pay would be a complete loss for me.

Bought PS Now to go co-op on whatever game I could find with the misses but I still have issues with quality of streaming even thought my internet is amazing with anything else. Weird.

I might stick at both subscriptions for a couple of months in the hope that the merging is true and I get a sweet little deal/some free months for already being a member of both.

Looking forward to MK11 and FF12 so good month for me.

i only use now to play ps3 games since $ony forgot how to do backwards compatibility across multiple systems .

@BeerIsAwesome The difference is you can actually download those games onto your Xbox with Game Pass. There are loads of great PS3 games including older ports on the service but the cloud puts a lot of people off.

@nessisonett plus no FPS boost and enhancements like the new xboxes do to 360 games .

it really sucks , not gonna lie . the quality drop in streaming ps3 games and the frequent lags is disheartening.

Unfortunately, I have had mk11 forever. I’m looking forward to trying so of the indy games though. I will be glad when they stop with final fantasy every month. I just don’t care for it

@nomither6 i dont think its a case of forgetting its more of a case that the ps1,ps2 and 3 were all different machines in terms of architecture and the code used in each machine..ps2-emotion engine and the ps3 was cell..the ps4 and ps5 whilst different machines are pretty close in the code used in the operating system etc (or so i'm led to believe) so backwards compatability is fairly easy to implement..the time,effort and money required to get ps2 and ps3 games to run would be far better spent on ports and remasters so you have to double dip...this gen has never had it so good in terms of backward compatability..

@Northern_munkey Yes, the PS4 and PS5 are fairly closely related as they're both based on the (fairly ancient) x86/x64 CPU and are both running a custom BSD(?) Linux variation.

I think PS1 and PS2 emulation should've been included on the PS4, never mind being missing on the PS5.
The PS3 Cell architecture is a weird beast for the push/pop x86 architecture to emulate but it is getting more credible on Windows machines via RCPS3 - not sure about any Linux port of the emulator though?

Trouble with Now is the lack of anything pre-PS4 and even if it is included, the lack of DLC with the game is a joke. My son still likes playing on the F1 All Stars kart-racing game but half the content including some tracks is included in the DLC so you'd lose a lot of content.
Personally, I'm keeping my PS3 Slim and due to the lack of available good PS2 titles, can't say I've ever been tempted to subscribe to Now.

If they go for tiers of PS Now as rumoured, where the Classic range is on the top-tier, people will be worse-off for that change than they are now. It needs to be PS+ and PS Now available separately (as is the case now) and a 'PS++' tier where both are included for a slightly discounted price and some games get a period of exclusivity on the higher tier before coming through to the main PS Now membership.

Now has really lost its identity, I still use it for ps3 I think they need to focus on getting that back catalogue up.

@Northern_munkey the early ps3 models could play ps1 and ps2 games though ?

Yes you are right but the cost of keeping that emulation software and lets be clear here it was emulation not true backwards compatability was too expensive and was discontinued..so no the ps3 did not support backwards compatability but did use emulation to run ps1 and ps2 games..

MK11 is a PS4 version, but it is Ultimate edition - nice!
Also, i can still play my installed TLOU2, although it left the service today - is it always like that with PSNow/PSPlus games? I thought it’s like free weekends on steam - even if you have the game installed, once the free period is over, you can’t launch it.

@Northern_munkey @nomither6 If memory serves, the original US PS3 has a small version of the PS2 motherboard inside.
By the time it reached dear old Blighty, only the Emotion Engine chip still resided in the fat one and software emulated the rest. The EE chip was removed (thereby killing PS2 back compatibility) with the arrival of the 40Gb unit and that's how it stayed for the 80Gb fatty and the slim models thereafter. Funny thing is that the later PS3 fat ones or slims know that it's a PS2 disc when you put it in the drive, it just apologises that it can't play it!

PS1 and PS2 emulation should've been a doddle for the PS4, never mind the 5. Sony didn't want to do it as they thought they could sell them to you again on the PS Store. They just forgot to add any games that anyone cared about...

@sanderson72 exactly

@Northern_munkey well , it was better than nothing and , what the ps5 has to offer in my opinion .

@nomither6 @sanderson72 ahh yes thats right..i knew there was a reason but couldnt remember exactly what...anyhow there really shouldnt be a reason that sony cant offer full backwards compat at all but they aint going to..

Is it just me or Furry Unleashed is no longer in PS Now? Didn't even last a month.