PlayStation Now Subscription Program: All The Details

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PlayStation Now Subscription Program: All The Details

You’ve been able to rent games through PlayStation Now for several months now, but many of you have asked –- what about a subscription? I’m pleased to announce that starting January 13th, we’ll launch a subscription service for PlayStation Now that will provide instant and unlimited access to a catalog of more than 100 PS3 games. And since you’re using PlayStation Now, you can enjoy the freedom to quickly discover and play a wide range of full games without downloads, installs, or patches (not to mention trips to the store). The subscription service will be available first on PS4 across North America, and will come to other PlayStation Now enabled devices in the future.

You’ll be able to choose from two subscription plans: one month for $19.99, or a three-month package for $44.99 (about $15 per month). The subscription provides access to a large and diverse catalog of PS3 games, ranging from action to RPG and everything in-between. Check out our launch trailer for a sneak peek.

PlayStation Now Subscription Program: All The Details

We know that there are many PS4 owners who never owned a PS3 or had a chance to play some of the great games it offered, and this subscription provides an easy way to catch up on games you may have missed.
Want to try before you buy? Well, good news! We’ll also offer a free seven-day trial to the subscription program when it launches.

PlayStation Now subscription will have strong and growing support from our publishing partners, and at launch you’ll find great games in your catalog from the likes of SCE Worldwide Studios, Warner Brothers, SEGA, and many others, including indie developers. Here’s a look at some of the key titles:

PlayStation Now subscription (US)

There’s strong value with the subscription, as you’re getting access to over a hundred great games and lots of hours of game time. What’s more, we will be adding even more games over time, so you will always have something great to play.

Also, to celebrate the launch of the subscription service, a free PlayStation Now theme will be available for PS4 users in early January. If you download the theme before January 31, you’ll be automatically entered into a drawing for a chance to win a one-year subscription to PlayStation Now. I hope you will give the new PlayStation Now subscription a try, and I look forward to hearing your continued feedback as we grow the service.

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  • ok i have been a ps fan for a long time i have all ready see some problems regarding it first is i am on the ps4 ok now you have a big game title called the last of us on there for the ps3 here is the problem ok for unsubscribe its 90 days for 30 dollars that’s US while you have the game in the store remaster version for 50 dollars who is going to pay 30 dollars for the 3 version when you have the game on the store for them to owned the digital copy of the game for only 26 dollars more. secondly for the subscription people will just about pay the same amount of money for the now game while the remaster version cost as much.an easier fix is instead a 3 month play for 44 dollars have it 1 year for 60 dollars. or get rid of the 90 days rental and just let people be able to by the game for 60 dollars that way people can can neither rent the game or by the game if they want. regarding the subscription part have it a discount if they want to by the game it solves so many problems.

  • Cant wait until the other devices that are in open beta are included in the subscription deal.

  • Hello Mr. +Peter Jamshidi ! I hope you’re doing just fine!

    I want you please answer me clearly. I have bought a PS3 game called (Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge) from the PSN a long time ago, which means that I already have it on my Sony/PS account (as a soft copy).
    And I don’t want to regret buying a new PS4 console because I am afraid that I may not be able to play this PS3 game anymore. At the time, I am not sure if I was just right about my concerns.

    The question is, am I gonna be able to play this PS3 game using a PS4 console by just signing in to PSN, download it and then just install it????

  • Hi, i was just wondering why do you need to have a credit card attached to your account to get the trial? See i once bought a free ps+ for like a week and i put my credit card, but then it started charging me so i looked for my subscriptions and turned auto-renouval to off and everything was going fine and then i start getting charged again… :(. just to not get this problem again i was just wondering if i could, not have to put my credit card for a trial. Thank you :).

  • Can you add an option to buy the games outright like iTunes? I’d rather own some of these titles in the long run and rent the others. Also please work on cutting that price down to at least half.

  • Not sure if this was answered already but, Will ps now be added to the Playstation app like live from playstation? This will be great so we can play ps now on the go.

  • ive seen alot about ps3 and the list of games offered…but where are the ps4 games list…anyone?? anyhone??

    thanks!:)

  • i dont understand all the complaining about the price 15 amonth is not bad at all it cost 7 to rent games from the movie store an 2 dollars a day at red box its pretty much the same as gamefly an if they do a 6 month or yearly its only gonna get better

  • Hello Sony! I’ve been waiting for this for months. I purchased the Ps TV micro console. Please make this subscription available very very soon!!!. I never got the chance to play Last of Us and so many others I wanna play now and not tomorrow. That’s why it’s called PS Now. lol :)

  • Only 40 percent of the PlayStation now catalog is only available on the subscription. The subscription catalog only has 13 games I would consider playing if I was extremely board and 3 games I always wanted to play. With the whole 256 games on now, there are a’lot more I would play thats not on the subscription. Why does the subscription get Infamous 1 when Infamous 2 is also available? Same goes with Uncharted. Subscription gets Super Street Fighter Arcade when Ultra is available ? Flashpoint 1 but not 2? Whats up with that? Are you guys hoping some person is going to buy the subscription and then turn around and rent the sequel? Only way I would buy a ” subscription ” is when you have all ps3 versions Battlefield and Call of Duty games available for subscription. Buy hey, thanks for the 7 day pass which is reusable with multiple accounts. I can play those 3 games I never got a chance to check out.

  • I was very disappointed that there were no hidden object games available, this is mainly why we were getting the now subscription. Also when playing the games the controllers are super touchy, very hard to play some games because of this. I think we need a patch so the controls sync to normal speed. Other then that i think this will be a good service.

  • i wonder if Sony will add-on any dlc packs in the future. I can understand not adding the small stuff like skins and single levels, but what about major dlc add-ons like Artorias of the Abyss for Dark Souls (if Dark Souls even comes to PS now)

  • Is it too late to enter the free theme contest to win a free year subscription? I believe it was 1/31/2015 but its a 404 in the store when you try to download. Am I missing something?

  • Awesome idea except I can’t even play my game that I rented because apparently my “network delay” doesn’t make ps now work even though my internet connection is fine and works with everything else

  • I honestly think that the rate is fair and I would be more than glad to support Sony with this, but I would definitely love to see what games are in store for the gaming community in the near future. Sony, any ideas on what could be on the horizon? I will accept the answer in a subliminal message if need be. Haha.

  • Need them kingdom hearts on there asap D:

  • So when could we expect a subscription for Vita users?

  • I have a question about current rentals. It says that I have my games for 90 days (listed both on the purchase emails and my psn account) even though I cancelled my auto-renewal (cannot afford 20$ a month right now) So do I still get to keep the 90 day rental(s) AFTER the 7 day trial or do they only count for the 7 days? (I am renting lego batman 2 and god of war 1 currently) I just want to know if I (we) don’t have to play them non-stop for 7 days if I have them for 90 like it says I do

  • I don’t think it is worth consider the fact that sometimes it lags despite the fact I have decent internet services. What if you’re system is down and we couldn’t access these games via playstation now cause I know you network has been taken down several times and I can’t understand why Sony aren’t doing something to avoid these kind of problems…I’ve been loyal to sony since ps1 came and I am one of those guys who endure when your network went down for several months back last couple of years. It is good that you made 6 games free for everyone and let them pick 2 to keep it forever…That thing over there is somewhat still hanging to me, but trust me I love the idea being able to stream these great games but I couldn’t find myself being able to trust Sony without putting their effort to improve/avoid network being taken down by hackers…. Oh wait what if you’re doing maintenance, will the ps now affected by this…

  • Just saw the email for free 7 day trial, which I will use. However, like others have mentioned. I too agree with the 15$ a month price point or 10$ a month if you do the 3 month option.

    However same time, I would suggest this idea or so be for PS+ users. (Which anyone with a PS4 should be anyways…) Since we do already pay monthly/yearly for that.

    Right now, I understand the content will increase, but for now, 20$ a month for what is THERE, is not too much of a sustained value for the long term. Once PS1 and PS2 start adding in, giving us some RPGs on PS Now (Suikoden!) add that to my save files I already transferred to the cloud from my BC PS3… I think I would enjoy playing stuff from my PS4 using my save files.

  • It’s frustrating that on the PS3, Playstation Now only works on the subscribing account when every user on PS4 can use it. It’s also annoying that the subscribing account can’t be a sub-account, while one can subscribe to PS+. It would also be great if we could move our saves from PS3 -> Now without PS+, but that’s not super helpful since the saves I’d use are a sub-account’s.

    Wish cloud storage extended to sub accounts, but that’d muck up the sub account’s more.

    Playstation Now runs excellently though.

  • Hi I want to purchase a couple of PS3 games to play it on my ps4. Not interested in subscribing,renting none of that. Just want to buy, download and play at my leisure and when I have time. My question is if I purchase the game and download is it line to play forever or do I have to get a subscription to play it and if I don’t get a subscription will it lock it and not allow me to play my already purchased game?

  • If I cancel playstation now will i still have to pay

  • I had to pick one of the subscriptions So I picked the 3 month but when I tried to play playstation now I figured out my wi fi speed was to low and I can do any thing with playstation now and I canceld it will I still have to pay

  • Pay $19.99 or more to have my PS4 temporarily downgraded to a PS3? I’ll pass on that. If I wanted to play PS3 games I would not have purchased a PS4, but lucky for me I still have my PS3 and all the PS3 games I like.

  • This needs to be added to PS+ or just let us play our Plus games on our PS4.

  • PS3 Plus games that is.

  • Well I’m excited that I don’t need to buy another ps3 after deciding to upgrade to a ps4 (a choice that I’ve never regretted! :-D ) but I’ve noticed maybe it’s the trial or maybe it’s something else but not all the ps now games are playable under this subscription based formula. I feel a little let down that the games I searched through and the games actually available is quite different. Is there a reason for this? Thanks…and I’m back :-P

  • For some reason I cant find the subs for PS now on my PS3.. =(

  • This should be INCLUDED with playstation plus.

    I tried it, even with my incredibly fast internet I was unhappy with the performance. Now many damn subscriptions do I need to play games. Plus subscription if I want to play online, Now subscription if I want to play my old PS3 games I already owned….

  • I have signed up for the 7 days trial but all the games in stream are not free when you go back into the playstation store ? There are only a couple games I wanted to play and they are not even free once I sign up. Do they all become available once the trial is over and you actually start paying ?

    Thanks

  • I do hear a lot of complaining over this PS now. I just Subscribed to it myself this month, not knowing it was a new subscription option. “20$ a month? this price is too high!” was not what I thought. I was over joyed to put my share in for such a great price. Paying over 100$ for the subscription of a year of an online game… 20$ covers 100+ games, plus an endless list of game titles Sony could By all rights add to PS Now for us. You may not be getting new titles, however you are getting a good deal of content for a mere 20$? and no clutter from stack of games, no scratched cd’s no late charges? O_O

    I’ve grew up respecting and liking what Sony has done, not always agreeing but knowing they are doing their best dang it!
    One last note….
    licensing third-party publisher games for digital streaming, Games with licensed music, trademarks..
    and piracy….. this may be our solution to piracy and give back the respect to the creator of these games.

    Good job Sony.

  • What about 1 free rental for ps plus?

  • I have the ps now subscription and I think it would be worth it if you added back to the future to the monthly service

  • I have a subscription, but there are still some games that it wants me to still ‘rent’. Is that what the subscription is? Only some titles are a part of it? If so, how is it possible to know which ones?

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