Playstation Now coming to PC soon

shankly1985 · 23 Aug 2016 at 19:11

Excellent news for the master race

but I do have my concern about its IQ, atm you can use PS share on PC but this is limited to 60hz 720p, I do hope this service will allow 1080p

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016...pc-dualshock-4-usb-wireless-adaptor-unveiled/

kinger8938 · 23 Aug 2016 at 19:13

shankly1985 said:
Excellent news for the master race but I do have my concern about its IQ, atm you can use PS share on PC but this is limited to 60hz 720p, I do hope this service will allow 1080p

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016...pc-dualshock-4-usb-wireless-adaptor-unveiled/

The prices were very off putting when this service launched, wonder if they have adjusted it?

Malevolence · 23 Aug 2016 at 20:04

So let me get this straight, even though I own the titles on the PS I'll have stump up more money and buy them again?

Sod that for a game of soldiers.

montymint · 23 Aug 2016 at 20:10

Malevolence said:
So let me get this straight, even though I own the titles on the PS I'll have stump up more money and buy them again?

Sod that for a game of soldiers.

It's the PS3 game streaming service already offered.

If you are wanting to play your PS4 via your pc, you can already

Malevolence · 23 Aug 2016 at 20:13

montymint said:
It's the PS3 game streaming service already offered.

If you are wanting to play your PS4 via your pc, you can already

No, I have loads of PS3 games sitting in a cupboard. I don't have a PS4.

montymint · 23 Aug 2016 at 20:16

Malevolence said:
No, I have loads of PS3 games sitting in a cupboard. I don't have a PS4.

Then you're stuck I'm afraid

For some reason they didn't allow the PS4 to read PS3 game, nor will they let you used owned games on the streaming service.

I'm in the same boat as you, I don't want to pay again for my self's worth of PS3 games. I still keep it (the ps3) plugged in on a spare TV fr when I fancy it.

AWPC · 23 Aug 2016 at 20:31

Streaming only no thanks nice try should just give us the full monty games run locally.

Easy to protect that nowadays with Denuvo.

Twirlywoos · 23 Aug 2016 at 20:45

Atleast OnLive lives on.

Marky · 23 Aug 2016 at 21:34

Am I right in assuming you'll be able to use this without a Playstation 3 or 4?

I've been thinking about getting rid of my PS4, as I only keep it around for The Last of Us and any other exclusives that are out in the future...

Mr.Cookie · 23 Aug 2016 at 21:49

shankly1985 said:
Excellent news for the master race but I do have my concern about its IQ, atm you can use PS share on PC but this is limited to 60hz 720p, I do hope this service will allow 1080p

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016...pc-dualshock-4-usb-wireless-adaptor-unveiled/

cheers for that i didn't know i could share to pc, have done it with my vita though

shankly1985 · 23 Aug 2016 at 21:56

Marky said:
Am I right in assuming you'll be able to use this without a Playstation 3 or 4?

I've been thinking about getting rid of my PS4, as I only keep it around for The Last of Us and any other exclusives that are out in the future...

Am sure you won't need a console for this service. It's the main reason for it, to get more people that don't have the cash or needs for the console but don't mind playing the odd game.

It's a good idea for the people out there that don't have ps4 now they can have access to Uncharted series for example.

mahius · 24 Aug 2016 at 00:01

Considering streaming the PS4 itself to a PC within my home all on wired connections is shoddy at the 720p limit... how on flipping earth are they going to manage it from a server across the internet? It most certainly won't be buttery smooth 1080p60 with no glitches/lagging. Not to mention it's less ownership of games. This BS is why I bought a used PS3 in the first place. At least I own the games I have on it and there's no issues playing on it without internet connection.

nashathedog · 24 Aug 2016 at 15:41

What does this mean for someone who has not owned a Playstation since the PS2?

Will I be able to set this up and then buy whatever games are available to play on my PC?

Okay having read the posts in the thread it's not the good news I thought it was

In other news, I just completed Inside, That ending? Screwed up or what!

Sargatanas2511 · 24 Aug 2016 at 17:35

It's missing a lot of the bigger titles for me, like Gran Turismo 5/6. I might consider it further down the line.

Besty · 24 Aug 2016 at 18:10

mahius said:
PS4...won't be buttery smooth 1080p60

got that right ! I live in hope that the new ps4 will run the current games at that frame rate

Newbfail · 24 Aug 2016 at 18:20

wait what......I can play my ps4 games on my PC?!

how do I do this?!

iv-tecman · 24 Aug 2016 at 18:50

I signed up for the 7 day trial and cancelled the auto payment and deleted my CC info to give it a go, see if this is actually any good, first impressions with Injustice gods among us, well it played perfectly fine, which is odd.

As the PS4 remote app using my own 1GB network was utter pants.. so dunno what sort of wizardry this is.

I never noticed lag, game was clearly not 1080p, appears to have some sort of smoothing, and its clearly not 60fps either, but it worked.. Its pretty much a PS3 on your PC streamed.

Did need a PS4 controller attached, X1 pad failed to work. I used a PS4 controller attached via a USB cable.

NightSt@lk3r · 24 Aug 2016 at 18:56

I played about an hour of Beyond: Two Souls and it worked great, next to no input lag using a 360 pad, only issue is as expected you can't do any of the motion control stuff without a PS3-PS4 controller.

FloppyPoppy · 24 Aug 2016 at 18:57

iv-tecman said:
I signed up for the 7 day trial and cancelled the auto payment and deleted my CC info to give it a go, see if this is actually any good, first impressions with Injustice gods among us, well it played perfectly fine, which is odd.

As the PS4 remote app using my own 1GB network was utter pants.. so dunno what sort of wizardry this is.

I never noticed lag, game was clearly not 1080p, appears to have some sort of smoothing, and its clearly not 60fps either, but it worked.. Its pretty much a PS3 on your PC streamed.

Did need a PS4 controller attached, X1 pad failed to work. I used a PS4 controller attached via a USB cable.

Wait you mean you are doing this now on the pc?

Winky_The_Winking_Turtle · 24 Aug 2016 at 19:01

I've been told that 360 pads work with the service, DS3 too.

Good thing is that games that originally ran at 60fps actually play back at 60fps, so no streaming cap there. Though the resolution seems to be capped out at 720p, as expected though, seeing as this is "original" PS3 hardware and just being streamed. Doesn't look too hot with the limited bitrate also, but still perfectly playable imo, quite surprised actually

Will definitely be giving Journey a shot, seems like a perfect game for the limited trial period (seeing as you can probably play all the way through it!)

Playstation Now coming to PC soon

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