CES 2014: PlayStation games go console-free
 

Sony has announced plans to rollout its cloud gaming service.

PlayStation Now will allow subscribers to play some of the platform's greatest hits without the need to own a console.

It works by streaming data from the company's servers. The firm's latest smart TVs will be among the first devices to support it, but Sony also intends to offer the facility to other third-party products.

One expert said the firm had a rich back catalogue to draw on.

"It's a pretty big asset," said Brian Blau from the tech consultancy Gartner.

"You can imagine the hundreds of years of manpower that went into building it up, and now they can get value from it for a long time into the future."

Sony said it would launch a restricted test of the service in the US later this month before a wider launch in the summer.

It has not provided details of plans for other markets yet or information of which smartphone and table platforms will be the first to get apps to run the facility.

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some old games would be fun to play again :thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

Sony is doing it because in the future you won't need a console to play games, just a internet connection and a TV.

yes

plus tv's are getting smarter.

one suspects new sony tvs will have platstation built in them too.

the question is will sony let others have the teck too.

the mini disc died as sony seemed to be a pain at letting others licence it. its like the sony memory stick. sony always seems to have great ideas but kills them by keeping the teck to themselves.

this will be huge, just a tv and good internet and you can play all the shit without console! and you cant pirate anything so you need to pay for all, finally something to use in porn biz

Woot woot! It was inevitable..