Sony wants to archive every important PlayStation game in the cloud – but it's going to take a little while for it to get there. PlayStation Now, the platform holder's ambitious cloud streaming service, currently provides access to a pretty impressive pool of PlayStation 3 titles, but many have been pondering when PSone and PS2 releases will join the party.
"There are some amazing games for the PSone and PS2, and our longer term vision is to go back further into the PlayStation generational library and offer those with PlayStation Now," director of marketing Peter Jamshidi wrote on the PlayStation Blog. "Right now, however, we are focused on bringing to users experiences from the amazing PS3 library."
As long as it's able to keep the service's recently announced subscription fee the same, the Japanese giant's streaming platform should increase in value over time. The biggest challenge that it's going to face, however, is licensing; many retro releases have yet to even hit the PlayStation Store, so the odds of them joining the PlayStation Now catalogue are low.
[source blog.us.playstation.com, via gamespot.com]
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I feel sorry for the few consoles under that Fat PS3 That was a heavy thing + All sounds good but how long will it take SONY? It's taken years to get PS1 & PS2 games on PSN(for the PS3) & there are still loads that still haven't come out yet(if ever) on PSN Just think how much more money SONY could make if 'Every' PS1 & PS2 game was on PSN for the PS3 in the past. Oh well see how it goes. I got my PS2+PS3 out still so no need for me worry about it Oh yeah erm SONY Hurry up & bring PS PLUS to the rest of the World to;)
PS Now will be well worth it when PS One and PS2 classics hit. And its not like you have to subscribe every single month.
Greatness awaits? Greatness delayed
I could care less about PlayStation Now. My PS3 plays PS1 and PS2 games and I have always held onto games I loved from the past. In my opinion both next-gen consoles should be backwards compatible as standard and the main reason they're not is so Sony and Microsoft can squeeze more money from us. More money for games we've already purchased.
I have asked most of my American friends what they think to PlayStation Now and they all say the same, its too expensive. I doubt Sony will ever be able to offer an ever growing library as the price will be an issue for alot of people so they won't see a large enough return to keep investing. Also the American average Internet speed is nowhere near high enough.
I wish Sony all the luck with there endeavor but I can't see it being as big of a success as they would like or hope for, atleast not yet.
@Carl-G it's not up to Sony. They don't hold the rights to every game on their platform, they have to negotiate deals with each rights holder individually. Some of the companies are no longer in bussiness, others have sold to other companies, and others still refuse to allow digital copies of some of their games (like Square Enix). It's a big complicated mess.
Even games they own may have had music, voice overs, or other content that was licensed for a particular system in a particular format in a particular time frame, which brings us back to negotiating new deals with rights holders.
Wonder what the criteria for what games are included. I hope suikoden 1 and 2 are added and star ocean 3, also legend of dragoon. The brrath of fire games when it comes out in the uk
Noooooooooooooooooo... I was hoping for psone/2 local emulation
That's great to hear...while I still have my PSOne Slim and PS2 Slim, any game I want that's not on PSN usually costs around $50+ used, $100+ new lol.
If it's just ps3 titles I will pass for now ps3 games sell for pretty cheap at the moment and I have got plenty of ps3 backlog to clear if it was ps2 and ps1 games I would be much more interested in Ps now
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