PlayStation Now is
a cloud-based streaming game service that brings you PS3 games on a
variety of devices like the PS4, PS Vita, PS3, new Sony TVs, and in the
future, on a lot more devices. The only thing you need to bring to the
party is a DualShock controller.
How does this work? It’s simple: Your TV or PS4 or PS Vita will need to have the PlayStation Now app installed, just like having the Netflix app today. That will connect to the internet and the games will actually be played in the cloud and streamed to your TV — obviously this requires a pretty decent internet connection, but for those that have one, it works well.
In our testing, the games work almost like you were playing them locally, with no lag between pressing the controls and seeing the action on the screen. One would imagine they will continue to refine it, and over time the internet will grow to handle that type of thing, but it was so fast that using it in person we didn’t know that the actual game was being played on a cloud server somewhere.
What makes this such an impressive feat, beside the obvious fact of PS3 games being played off a cloud server with nothing but a controller in your house, is that it brings backwards compatibility to the PS4, in a way. The games will be subscription-based, and you can login anywhere to play your games, assuming you have a controller.
How does this work? It’s simple: Your TV or PS4 or PS Vita will need to have the PlayStation Now app installed, just like having the Netflix app today. That will connect to the internet and the games will actually be played in the cloud and streamed to your TV — obviously this requires a pretty decent internet connection, but for those that have one, it works well.
In our testing, the games work almost like you were playing them locally, with no lag between pressing the controls and seeing the action on the screen. One would imagine they will continue to refine it, and over time the internet will grow to handle that type of thing, but it was so fast that using it in person we didn’t know that the actual game was being played on a cloud server somewhere.
What makes this such an impressive feat, beside the obvious fact of PS3 games being played off a cloud server with nothing but a controller in your house, is that it brings backwards compatibility to the PS4, in a way. The games will be subscription-based, and you can login anywhere to play your games, assuming you have a controller.
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| This game was actually being played on a cloud server somewhere |
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