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Sony's game streaming service PlayStation Now could get PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 1 games in addition to the PlayStation 3 games it's currently offering, the company has said.
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What is PlayStation Now?
Playstation Now is a cloud-based service much like Netflix or Spotify, but for gaming. It hosts a wide collection of PlayStation 3 archive titles initially (around 100 games), with the potential to include PSOne, PS2, PSP and PS Vita games too in the future. You will be able to access them at your leisure, eventually playing them instantly on any device that has access to the service and a half-decent internet connection. At the moment that's restricted to the PS4.
"In our plans going forward we’re looking at everything so there’s the real possibility that you’ll see PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 4 titles available," VP of Sony Network Entertainment Eric Lempel told Game Informer in an interview. "Right now it’s just PlayStation 3, but these are all options for the future."
How much does it cost?
Eventually there will be two payment options. However, for the launch of the Open Beta it is only offering games for rental. You can rent single games for four hours from a fee of $1.99 for certain titles, $2.99 for more recent ones. The fees go up to $14.99 for 90 days rental of a single game.
Eric Lempel, VP of Sony Network Entertainment, said that Sony is currently looking at making changes to PlayStation Now's pricing model based on user feedback. As we've pointed out before, with rental prices that run as high as $49.99, and no way to access digital games you've purchased previously on PSN, prices are currently way too high. Lempel didn't specify future prices, but PlayStation Now did recently introduce game rentals for as low as $1.99.
Sony plans to introduce a monthly subscription too, but the price is unknown. As is whether all games will be included or just a package of titles.
Finally, Lempel said that so far PlayStation Now is going "tremendously well," with "overwhelmingly positive" feedback from users, 80 percent of which said they're having a good experience with the games on the service.
PlayStation Now has been in open beta since the end of July.