"Playstation Now" Streaming
- Thread starter pbsmgm
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- smcinnis
I guess it's possible, but as far as I know there is no official list of games coming to PS Now. It's just a wait and see type thing. In my experience, games that require quick reactions (FPS for example) didn't play well on Now.
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- GTP_skeeter23
It is technically possible 
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- I__like_oranges
*Laughs*It is technically possible
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- mclaren777
I hope they eventually bring GT3 to Playstation Now.
That's the killer app I've been waiting for.
That's the killer app I've been waiting for.
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- Rave2Grave
How does it work exactly? Do you have to buy the game all over again?
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- Solid Gone
- MeanElf
It's been rental in the Beta so far, not purchases. You have the option for various periods. I think I'd prefer if there was an option to buy unlimited access to any game you choose.
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- Rave2Grave
Well if you can't buy the game outright, it's useless to me.
Game developers and hardware manufacturers seem to think gamers are millionaires these days.
I'm hoping PS4 Slim has PS3 compatibility.
Game developers and hardware manufacturers seem to think gamers are millionaires these days.
I'm hoping PS4 Slim has PS3 compatibility.
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- Rustyhole_PSN
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- doc-shipman
It wont.
Not because Sony don't want to, but it's an architectural problem. The PS3 and PS2 run VERY custom hardware which is suited purely to their linux-based operating systems.
The PS4 runs on an 'x86' PC based architecture which is similar to a gaming PC or computer. As such you won't be able to emulate or run PS3 games directly on PS4 hardware.
It sucks, but it's true.
It's the same principle that my android phone (also linux based) has much more powerful hardware than a PS2 ever had, but actually getting the phone to run anything from a PS2 is nigh-on impossible (at a usable frame rate anyway) as it is run in a completely different way.
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I've tried to explain this simple fact to so many people that complain about the lack of PS3 backwards compatibility on the PS4 (and Xbox360/Xbox1 for that matter too).
Anybody else remember how much x86 power it took to emulate a N64 properly?
Without dedicated hardware to help in the emulation process you have to completely rely on software to do the emulation. The only time when this works well is when you're trying to emulate hardware on hardware that is sometimes orders of magnitude faster. This is the reason why emulation works when running PS1 games on PS3. I suspect that this may be possible to get maybe PS2 games to run on PS4.
Also, small correction to the OS that the PS3 runs. The actual OS is called CellOS, which is a fork from FreeBSD. So it's closer to Unix than Linux. I don't remember what the PS2's OS was, but considering it runs on a MIPS based processor, I'd bet it's another UNIX derivative.
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- doc-shipman
Haha, apologies on the linux, unix front. I'd put some spin on it saying "I thought more people would understand linux to unix" but the fact of the matter is I goofed
It is irritating that people complain about lack of backwards compatibility without truly understanding that, to move forward, you have to make sacrifices
