Forum - View topicNEWS: Sony Ends PlayStation Now Service for PS Vita, PS TV, Other Devices
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Spike Terra
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Ah Playstation Now, you were a good idea that Sony went out of their way to hide. So, your idea of growing the service is to cut it off from most of your platforms now and eventually just ending it later this year.
Edit: yeah I realized I misread this article and assumed that Sony was also getting rid of the service for PC and PS4, so whoops. Last edited by Spike Terra on Thu Feb 16, 2017 4:26 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Ambimunch
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This isn't a surprise, cut old devices nobody uses and focus on current gen and PCs. I'm surprised it took them this long.
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Zin5ki
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While I am indifferent to this particular service, I do hope that ordinary Playstation Network access remains on the PS3 for the near future. Overly pertinacious though it may be to do so, I plan to replace my inoperable model to resume playing the very game that caused it to break.
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LinkTSwordmaster
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I'm not cool with this move. The PS3 rendition of PSNow actually worked really well for even such games as BlazBlue CP when I had it active. I suppose my PC could likely handle all that just as well, but having 1 less device to play that type of stuff on is not cool if it's not broke.
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BadNewsBlues
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Most of them people likely weren't using it on.
If they were going to end it this year I would like to think they'd have announced that here not announce it somewhere later on down the line before the year is through. |
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IanC
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The gradual snipping of Vita services carries on…
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CatSword
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What a shame. I just bought a Smart TV and was thinking about trying out the PS Now service.
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cloud8100
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Poor vita, had so much potential
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EricJ2
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It wasn't even that good an idea-- PC Steam fans need games, even indie-developed ones, since there basically ARE no CD-Rom games anymore. But Playstation Store already allows its users to download purchased games without the constant need for high-speed streaming, and if you're on the Playstation Plus+ membership for $60 a year, most of those indie games already show up for free permanent-purchase. Yes, everyone (ahemsony) was jealous of Steam, but what were we even supposed to like about temporary streaming on a console, even if we did have high-speed gamer connections? I never could figure that out. 
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yuna49
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I don't really see that happening, otherwise video services on the PS3 like Netflix, Hulu, and Sony's own Playstation Vue would cease to function. In the case of PS Vue, Sony is actually going in the opposite direction, expanding the variety of devices that can use the service. I dropped the television portion of my Verizon FiOS service, kept the Internet connection, and subscribe to PS Vue. I can also watch it on smartphones, PCs, Roku devices, etc. On Android Vue supports Chromecast so I can send the programming to my upstairs television from my phone. |
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Zin5ki
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Thank you for reassuring me, yuna49! On reflection it does make sense to continue to support older devices, lest the income from premium services be jeopardised.
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yuna49
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I suspect one reason why Sony puts its own Playstation Network between users and premium video services is so it can log every such event. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Sony gets some smidgen of referral income from those connections.
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