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PlayStation 4 games will be playable on PC
Sony has announced that users of its service, PlayStation Now, will be able to play PlayStation 4 titles on all platforms which support the service.
Sony also boasted about how the service now feature 500 titles across two console generations. Even though the starting library is small relating to PS4 games, Sony will continue to add more games to PlayStation Now as they go along. From today, you will be able to play the following games.
I’m excited to announce that as of today, the PlayStation Now library includes PS4 games! This lineup is just the start, as we’ll add more PS4 games in the coming months alongside our regular monthly content drops.
On top of that, PS Now’s library has now ticked to over 500 games. That’s a massive range of games to explore and play, all with one subscription, the push of a button, play on your PS4 or Windows PC. With PlayStation exclusives like Killzone Shadow Fall and The Last of US, hit blockbusters such as Red Dead Redemption and Batman Arkham City, indie games like Journey and Broken Age, and many more, the PS Now library really has something for everyone.
Now is the perfect time to try PS Now, or upgrade your existing subscription. By popular demand we are bringing back our $9.99 intro offer for the first month (new subscribers only), and the 1-year subscription for $99.99. That’s less than $9 a month for a full year of on-demand access to an ever-expanding library of PS4 and PS3 games to stream any time you want. Start streaming today because this offer is only available until September 22, 2017.
Here is the full list of all of the new PS4 games available as of today on PlayStation Now. We’ve got a variety of genres, from FPS, action adventure, RTS, fighting, racing, and more.
- Killzone Shadow Fall
- God of War 3 Remastered
- Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
- WWE 2K16
- Tropico 5
- Ultra Street Fighter IV
- F1 2015
- Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
- Evolve
- MX vs ATV Supercross Encore
- Resogun
- Helldivers
- Broken Age
- Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition
- Grim Fandango Remastered
- Akiba’s Beat
- Castlestorm Definitive Edition
- Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky
- Nidhogg
- Super Mega Baseball
We already have 100 publishers in the service, with plenty more great PS4 and PS3 content coming this year and next from SIE and other top publishers such as 2K, Aksys, Capcom, Codemasters, Deep Silver, Double Fine, Kalypso, Loot Interactive, MESSHOF, Metalhead, NIS America, Ripstone, SNK, THQ Nordic, XSEED, Zen Studios, and more.
Regardless of the platform, PlayStation Now is all about great games. Some of the best games ever released were on PS3, many of which are available on PS Now. Here are the top most popular 20 PS3 games on the service so far this year.
- Red Dead Redemption
- Mortal Kombat
- WWE 2K15
- Injustice: Gods Among Us
- The Last of Us
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Mafia II
- NBA 2K14
- Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
- Sonic Generations
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- Batman Arkham Origins
- Saint’s Row IV
- BEYOND: Two Souls
- Saint’s Row 2
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
- LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
- God of War III
- Sonic Adventure 2
Streaming games via PS Now allows you to access other cool PlayStation features. Unlock both PS3 and PS4 trophies, send and receive multiplayer invites (PlayStation Plus not required for online multiplayer within PS Now), and your gameplay status updates will be seen by your friend list. You can also copy your PS4 save files back and forth between your PS Plus cloud storage (PS Plus subscription required) and the PS Now cloud save storage. That way, you can continue your game where you left off if you end up buying it later, or want to finish playing a game on PS Now with your own save file.
If you haven’t given the service a try yet, now’s the perfect time to give it a spin with the seven-day free trial on PlayStation 4 and Windows PC. Note that in order to take advantage of the $9.99 intro offer, you will need to purchase that directly, as the 7-day trial will transition into the standard monthly subscription.
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#5450257 Posted on: 07/07/2017 07:52 AM
Perhaps I can finally try out Metal Gear + Killzone without buying actual consoles.
Sounds great, lets see how well it will go down the road.
As kcajjones stated above, that is the most common problem with streaming services, however im sure they will polish and improve it along the way.
Sounds good!
Perhaps I can finally try out Metal Gear + Killzone without buying actual consoles.
Sounds great, lets see how well it will go down the road.
As kcajjones stated above, that is the most common problem with streaming services, however im sure they will polish and improve it along the way.
Sounds good!
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#5450281 Posted on: 07/07/2017 09:53 AM
ohhh ps4 games on pc .. im in! .... wait?.. streaming ... im out -.-
ohhh ps4 games on pc .. im in! .... wait?.. streaming ... im out -.-
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#5450285 Posted on: 07/07/2017 10:18 AM
Demon Souls on PC
Demon Souls on PC
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#5450307 Posted on: 07/07/2017 11:32 AM
Demon Souls on PC
*On a PS4, streamed to a monitor, like youtube, with console control input support, no keyboard/mouse.
Honestly, there's nothing about playstation now that makes these games available on a PC, because that implies the benefits of using a PC, of which it has none. You don't get to control your resolution, you don't get to choose your type of controls, you don't get to choose your graphics quality. All you get to do is stream a PS4 image onto a PC screen, and have a console controller controlling that PS4 image from very, very far away. Basically, all playstation now is, is a PS4/3 - hardware costs of the PS4/3 + latency = worse experience.
Demon Souls on PC
*On a PS4, streamed to a monitor, like youtube, with console control input support, no keyboard/mouse.
Honestly, there's nothing about playstation now that makes these games available on a PC, because that implies the benefits of using a PC, of which it has none. You don't get to control your resolution, you don't get to choose your type of controls, you don't get to choose your graphics quality. All you get to do is stream a PS4 image onto a PC screen, and have a console controller controlling that PS4 image from very, very far away. Basically, all playstation now is, is a PS4/3 - hardware costs of the PS4/3 + latency = worse experience.
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#5450310 Posted on: 07/07/2017 11:45 AM
They will be "streamable", not "playable".
They will be "streamable", not "playable".
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#5450311 Posted on: 07/07/2017 11:47 AM
PlayStation Now as a SmartTV app is something very interesting, but not on a PC.
I could live with the latency, but not the image quality.
Is it not 720/30 and compressed to hell?
Yep, looks to be, stereo sound as well.
PlayStation Now as a SmartTV app is something very interesting, but not on a PC.
I could live with the latency, but not the image quality.
Is it not 720/30 and compressed to hell?
Yep, looks to be, stereo sound as well.
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#5450336 Posted on: 07/07/2017 01:11 PM
Is it not 720/30 and compressed to hell?
Yep, looks to be, stereo sound as well.
Shame they're still are doing this, I tried it a couple of years ago and didn't find it too bad tbh playing Last of Us where lag wasn't really an issue but the fact they've kept resolution so low for PS4 stuff makes it not even worth a trial account for me.
Is it not 720/30 and compressed to hell?
Yep, looks to be, stereo sound as well.
Shame they're still are doing this, I tried it a couple of years ago and didn't find it too bad tbh playing Last of Us where lag wasn't really an issue but the fact they've kept resolution so low for PS4 stuff makes it not even worth a trial account for me.
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#5450346 Posted on: 07/07/2017 01:39 PM
*On a PS4, streamed to a monitor, like youtube, with console control input support, no keyboard/mouse.
Honestly, there's nothing about playstation now that makes these games available on a PC, because that implies the benefits of using a PC, of which it has none. You don't get to control your resolution, you don't get to choose your type of controls, you don't get to choose your graphics quality. All you get to do is stream a PS4 image onto a PC screen, and have a console controller controlling that PS4 image from very, very far away. Basically, all playstation now is, is a PS4/3 - hardware costs of the PS4/3 + latency = worse experience.
. It doesnt imply you can set everything like a native pc game. its pretty clear to me its a streaming service. just like spotify.
I dont need to to control resolution, quality is ok-ish. its not terrible as people make it out to be tbh.
Building a emulator for pc gives a lot of problems. One of the reasons why microsoft chose their way of backwards compatibility. (which is download the game when you got the disc inserted).
looking at emulators, well ps2/gamecube ones still have problems. that just says all about it.
it stands and falls with people's internet connection though.
Would be nice if they would create a benchmark test to see if it makes sense for people to get it at all.
in case people start to blame sony, when they should look at other things.
Things will improve as well over time, better compression, less latency. This is the future when it comes to playing anything you want.
*On a PS4, streamed to a monitor, like youtube, with console control input support, no keyboard/mouse.
Honestly, there's nothing about playstation now that makes these games available on a PC, because that implies the benefits of using a PC, of which it has none. You don't get to control your resolution, you don't get to choose your type of controls, you don't get to choose your graphics quality. All you get to do is stream a PS4 image onto a PC screen, and have a console controller controlling that PS4 image from very, very far away. Basically, all playstation now is, is a PS4/3 - hardware costs of the PS4/3 + latency = worse experience.
. It doesnt imply you can set everything like a native pc game. its pretty clear to me its a streaming service. just like spotify.
I dont need to to control resolution, quality is ok-ish. its not terrible as people make it out to be tbh.
Building a emulator for pc gives a lot of problems. One of the reasons why microsoft chose their way of backwards compatibility. (which is download the game when you got the disc inserted).
looking at emulators, well ps2/gamecube ones still have problems. that just says all about it.
it stands and falls with people's internet connection though.
Would be nice if they would create a benchmark test to see if it makes sense for people to get it at all.
in case people start to blame sony, when they should look at other things.
Things will improve as well over time, better compression, less latency. This is the future when it comes to playing anything you want.
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#5450379 Posted on: 07/07/2017 03:16 PM
I got all exited until I got to "streaming" part.
I got all exited until I got to "streaming" part.
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#5450383 Posted on: 07/07/2017 03:23 PM
You had to know Sony would stick it to us PC users somehow
.
I got all exited until I got to "streaming" part.
You had to know Sony would stick it to us PC users somehow
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#5450403 Posted on: 07/07/2017 04:56 PM
PS4 games playable on PC via streaming service is a huge disappointment.
PS4 games playable on PC via streaming service is a huge disappointment.
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#5450409 Posted on: 07/07/2017 05:21 PM
Oh, that means I can watch a video of myself trying to play a video game. Oh, wait... Nah, thanks.
Oh, that means I can watch a video of myself trying to play a video game. Oh, wait... Nah, thanks.
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#5450412 Posted on: 07/07/2017 05:26 PM
You just assume streaming is a bad thing. I personally played through Red Dead Redemption in December without a hiccup.
I got way more use out of psnow than 100 bucks. Once all your internets catch up (100/10 here) psnow isnt that bad. Competitive FPS is out tho.
You just assume streaming is a bad thing. I personally played through Red Dead Redemption in December without a hiccup.
I got way more use out of psnow than 100 bucks. Once all your internets catch up (100/10 here) psnow isnt that bad. Competitive FPS is out tho.
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#5450413 Posted on: 07/07/2017 05:26 PM
PlayStation Now as a SmartTV app is something very interesting, but not on a PC.
They are in the process of killing that service
. Pretty soon, it will only be available on PS4 and PC.
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Tried it and the lag was too bad. It must be a couple of hundred milliseconds at least as there was an easily noticeable delay in controller input vs game movement.
Also noticed an obvious lack of video quality vs playing on a ps4 without streaming.
Wasn't impressed at all.