Have you been anti-PlayStation Now from the outset? Well, the service now has an opportunity to win you over if you're in the UK, as Sony's just rolled out a subscription option with a free trial. For the not-so extortionate price of £12.99 per month, you'll be able to stream hundreds of PlayStation 3 games to your PlayStation 4 or Vita as you please. You'll also be able to rent individual titles for £2.99 a time.
Of course, if you're not willing to spend your hard-earned cash, then you can give the service a try as part of a week's trial. One thing to note is that this will auto-renew if you don't tell it otherwise, so make sure that you toggle that option if you don't want any unexpected bills heading your way. You'll need a decent Internet connection to get the technology to work, but having a pool of great games on-demand is a decent reward.
Will you be giving PlayStation Now a go now that it's out of beta in the UK? Stream your opinion into the comments section below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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They need to try and get this down to £9.99 in my opinion. It's a tricky one because people will expect to pay the same as Netflix, but there's obviously a bit more going on than video streaming here.
@get2sammyb £9.99 was my sweet spot. I was honestly expecting it be around £15.99 per month, so it's nice to see it's not that high. I've been very optimistic for PlayStation Now from the outset. I honestly wouldn't have a problem with £12.99 a month once PS1/PS2/PSP/PS4 games begin making their way to the service.
I think they need to stop adding games to the library if they're not going to be a part of the subscription plan. People will just get annoyed when they find out that some games they wanted to play aren't covered by the fee.
12.99 is ok for me, but only if there's some decent games on it.
So far, most of the good games are ones I already own.
I'd rather buy a cheap PS3 and second hand games as out of the list there's only a handful I'd care about. Makes me laugh Sony saying EA Access isn't value for money and then come up with this price point.
Each to their own though I'm sure some people will be willing to pay that price.
Had the beta trial and it was pretty impressive, and whats £12.99 packet of cigarettes and a pint(i dont smoke so its 4 pints) a month, pretty good i think, i would give it another go especially as my ps3 and all 90 odd games (not including ones on hdd) are in manila now
Seems like great value to me! Add in PS1/2 and I am sold.
Still not available in ROI unfortunately. I would love to try it.
Great value, but only if ALL the games are available to the subscription option. Otherwise it's just not worth it.
Yeah and like always it's US and UK that are getting everything first It's not like people in other countries are using a playstation platform D:
The price is good. Trouble is for me I've played all the vita games I want and I struggle to get the time to play the ps4 as much as I want, so I can't see I'll ever use the ps now, also I still own my ps3, ps2, plus kept the games I liked for them and the ps1. Unfortunately when you have wife, kids and an engrossing job, time is worth more than money. I Think it would suit a teenager but do they have the money or parents willing to spend out.
They should put a bargain for those who are PS+
I'll dip in every now and again, been wanting to play Tokyo Jungle for ages!!
About a year ago I was incredibly excited for this since I only had a Vita. Now that I actually have a PS3 though...
Who knows, if they ever add PS4 games I'll consider it.
I didn't realise that what I was playing was a beta! I thought the service has launched, faultless execution is what I can say about it!
I'm in the states, but I've tried the trial and I'm just not a fan of streaming full games. Not a fan of it shutting me down in the middle of an important gaming session, due to the connection. Have no connection issues with PS4 games so, go figure. Plus the audio sounds like a messed up cassette tape. Until they/someone makes a way for older games to be fully downloaded, I'll never get on board. Good thing I still have a PS2 haha.
I would pay £12.99 a month to play Anna Kournikovas smash court tennis again online. Lets make it happen Sony.
Had a go on the trial. Crazy Taxi and Killzone 3. Gotta say I'm pleasantly surprised, can see this being a good thing. I really want to play Xcom so thinking about keeping a subscription active for that and then seeing how I feel. Kinda thinking I might play through the God of War games too having never played those.
Yeah, not bad at all!
@stevie85 it's pretty annoying that it's not available here for trial really want to test it out as someone who jumped from Xbox last gen and also missed a couple of big games last gen (I'm one of those people who loves all these remasters coming out )
PlayStation now isn't here in nz yet
@Hego It's kind of annoying having to wait while people in the UK have it already. Yeah PS now would be great for you considering you swapped consoles. Welcome to the dark side now
Been playing Everybody's Golf too, ace!
@SteveButler2210 exactly. My paid sub started the month they added mass effect, i was like sweet. Only to find i had to rent it separate. Now sub cancelled that day and wont be resubbed till that changes
Price needs to be lower. NVIDIA's Geforce Now (cheeky name) is much cheaper and, from my experience, just plain works better.
Once I can get a yearly subscription and they stop holding back games that are really old just to make a few more quid I will sign up. I just don't understand why they've chosen the games they have to hold back.
I've had the trial running great and my download speed is only 10mbps. If they decide to do a yearly subscription and its around £100 I can probably get on board with that price, although, they're going to have to add way more games.
Problem is, I don't see how they'll be able to add too many games and keep the price were it is. Surely the more games they add, the more they'll have to pay out to publishers.
I hope it succeeds as I actually like the service, much to my surprise.
This service is utter crap.
I would rather pay £9.99 for one ps3 game that I download to my ps4 and keep.
After a year of PlayStation now I've paid £156 and I own NOTHING.
Digital distribution I've paid £120 and I own 12 of my favourites games.
What would be even better, seen as the ps4 can obviously run ps3 and is signed into the same psn+ account on my ps3, would be to allow me to download any/all of the 100+ games on ps3/2/One I already own on my psn account onto to my ps4.
I've paid over £1000 for digital media over the years on playstation, now they want me to pay them £160 a year to borrow them all over again?
Drop dead. A complete joke and tant amount to robbery.
£12.99 is a good price compared to other streaming services, Netflix charges £8.99 in the UK to access HD streaming & has an absolutely dire selection that gets worse every month
@DESS-M-8 ownership of digital media is an illusion and a myth. You don't own any of that content you've bought, you've just purchased the right to access the content. That's how it works. It's the distributor that owns the content
@MadchesterManc I know, right? Netflix has become awful now.
I've been playing this today and had very few issues. Some slight lag on sonic generations but God of War III and Crazy Taxi seemed to work fine.
Include PS1/2 games and I'd be bloody tempted. A PS Plus discount would seal the deal too! Either way glad to see the monthly subscription finally arrive, so much better than paying for timed rentals.
@MadchesterManc no. I own the content the same as I would on a disc. the access to that software is attached to my account, I can download as many times as I like onto different machines and I never have to pay another penny once I buy my licence to that software.
Disc is same principle but you are accessing that software with a disc instead of a file on your hardware. What yown is the same software, the medium you own it on had just changed.
Playstation now is an illusion, charging you over a £100 annual to play games you have NO licence to, you just borrow them.
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