Then there’s the cost: You can sign-up for a free 7-day trial at any time, and then pay $9.99 for the first month. (The text is very small in the app games look normal.) The PSNow app does not handle high DPI well. It seems to work just as well, albeit on a much smaller and high-DPI screen that the PSNow app in no way accommodates. But I also tested the service on the new Surface Pro, which uses mobile parts (though admittedly on the high-end of the scale as well). And, as noted, the results are excellent. Second is your PC: I’ve been playing via PSNow using my desktop PC, which is fairly high-end, with a 2.9 GHz Core i7 processor, Radeon RX 460 graphics, 16 GB of RAM, and fast SSD storage. Granted, Sony only streams in 720p, but I find that to be acceptable. And in my experience so far, the performance has been excellent and lag-free. We’re currently using an 80 over 80 Mbps FIOS connection, which is, of course, fine for this usage. There are a number of things to consider here if the thought of playing (many) PS3 and (some) PS4 games on your PC intrigues you.įirst, of course, is Internet speed: You are literally streaming the games in real-time from the cloud, so a pokey DSL connection isn’t going to cut it. (Yes, I know there are smaller players too.) But Sony is the only major service provider to stream games directly to your PC from the cloud. You can stream games from a console (or PC) to another screen using an Xbox One or via Steam. That last bit is particularly interesting to me. It’s a streaming service, for starters, so it’s more akin to Spotify or Netflix than is Xbox Game Pass. But Sony’s offering is unique in a number of ways. I’ve covered the differences between the two services, Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now, respectively, in the past. In the video game space, we now have major console players like Sony and Microsoft weighing in with their own games-based subscription services. But the value of any subscription service-Office 365, Spotify, Netflix, whatever-will depend on your personal needs. Can Sony’s PlayStation Now service replace your video game console? It depends.
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