Sony’s PlayStation Now is a subscription service that has, for a long time now, allowed you to play most of the greatest PlayStation 3 games on your PS4 or PC for a flat monthly rate (or yearly rate). The service is pretty expensive at $19.99 a month, but Sony has just made a few huge changes to the lineup that might make this well worth it — especially if you’ve never subscribed before. For the first time ever, PlayStation 4 games are being added to the service, and new reduced rates are being offered for a limited time. Check out the announcement video above to get the details.
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Well heck yeah. PlayStation Now was already a pretty tempting service, but the addition of PS4 games is going to make it almost impossible to resist. Why wait around for those AAA PS3 and PS4 games to come to PlayStation Plus when you can stream them to your console or PC any time you want?!
Here’s a list of all of the PS4 games available as of today:
- Killzone Shadow Fall
God of War 3 Remastered
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
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Tropico 5
Ultra Street Fighter IV
F1 2015
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
Evolve
MX vs ATV Supercross Encore
Resogun
Helldivers
Broken Age
Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition
Grim Fandango Remastered
Akiba’s Beat
Castlestorm Definitive Edition
Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky
Nidhogg
Super Mega Baseball
Free Trial and PS3 Games
As noted in the trailer, if you’ve never subscribed to PlayStation Now before, you can take advantage of a one-time 7-day free trial. This should give you a good idea of whether your connection is strong enough to make this worth it. Basically, you don’t need a high-end PC to play these games, all you need is a basic laptop or PC, or a PlayStation 4, and a stable, high-speed internet connection with low ping. Since you’re streaming these games and not downloading them, you may notice very slight latency from the time you push a button to actually seeing the action on-screen. Typically the latency is negligible, but for competitive fighting games and first-person shooters, it may be enough to throw off your competitive edge.
In addition to the free trial and an introductory rate of $9.99 (for the first month), Sony has brought back a limited time offer which allows users to sign up for an entire year of PlayStation Now for only $99. It sounds like a lot of money, and it is, but you’re basically getting an entire year of “Best Of” titles for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. If you have the time to play even three of these games to completion, then you’re saving money compared to what you’d spend buying these games new or used.
There are already hundreds of PS3 games available on the service, these are the top 20 most played by current subscribers:
- Red Dead Redemption
Mortal Kombat
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Injustice: Gods Among Us
The Last of Us
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Mafia II
NBA 2K14
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
Sonic Generations
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Batman Arkham Origins
Saint’s Row IV
BEYOND: Two Souls
Saint’s Row 2
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
God of War III
Sonic Adventure 2
Who does it better? Xbox or PlayStation?
Now that PlayStation 4 games are available on PS Now, which subscription service sounds more appealing? Xboxย Game Pass, or PlayStation Now?
