Sony Announces PlayStation Now, His Service Games In The Cloud (CES 2014)

Since the acquisition of Gaikai in 2012, was expected that Sony unveils its offering in the cloud. From the outset, indiscretions indicated that the Japanese giant could use this acquisition to ensure backward compatibility between the console then in become the current PlayStation 4, and its catalog of older titles.

PlayStation Now At CES 2014

And is in outline that Sony announced at a conference in the CES in Las Vegas. This new service in the cloud, is baptized PlayStation Now and allow you to play PS3 games (and maybe PS2) without installation under the console.

For PS4 & PSVita

In beta testing of the service should begin as soon this January, for a final launch in the U.S. in mid-year. PlayStation Now is compatible with the PlayStation 4 and will be in a second time with the PlayStation Vita it might even be with other Internet-connected devices, such as smartphones, tablets and therefore by televisions, said Andrew House, president of Sony Computer Entertainment.

Now with PlayStation, which thus deports the game is running in the cloud, Sony wants to ensure that users can "play as they want, anywhere and anytime, "said Andrew House.

From television in the cloud

But the game is not the only concerned media in terms of cloud Sony. Andrew House added and in the course of the year a television service in the cloud should be tested in the United States. It will combine broadcast live programs and access to on-demand content. This service should also be accessible from smartphones or tablets, manufactured by Sony or competitors.

Near Future

Currently no date European launch has been provided and no fee has been submitted. So we do not know what the pricing formulas. Similarly, it was not indicated whether the owners of PS2 games and PS3 have free access to their version in the cloud ... Sony is in any case demonstrated the technology at its booth at CES. It is possible those present to play four PS3 titles (The Last of Us, Puppeteer, BEYOND Two Souls and God of War Ascension) on PlayStation Vita and Bravia TVs, Sony.