Fans will be able to play
any Sony-published games for PlayStation 1, 2 and 3 on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 or
PlayStation Vita handheld this summer, thanks to streaming service PlayStation
Now.
Andrew
House, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment, announced Sony Now at the
company's CES 2014 presentation on Tuesday. He said it
will give people instant access to games they loved from previous generations.
PlayStation Now will allow
gamers to rent individual title or pay for subscription plans to play multiple
games. The company did not elaborate on pricing. Big 2013 PlayStation 3 titles The
Last of Us and Beyond:
Two Souls were touted
on stage with availability on Sony Now.
A
closed beta of PlayStation Now will roll out at the end of January; House said
the service will become widely available in the summer.
Along
with the PlayStation 4 and Vita, the streaming service will work on
"Internet-connected devices" and Bravia TVs down the line. Cloud
saves will also allow gamers to resume play from different devices.
While
fans bemoaned the lack of backward compatibility when the PlayStation 4 was
announced last February, Sony touted its use of GaiKai streaming technology as
a solution to that problem, Sony said.
Source: Mashable
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