Starting today, the PlayStation Now Open Beta will be available on both the PS Vita and PlayStation TV systems in much of the mainland U.S. and Canada, in addition to already being available on PS4 and PS3*.
Our vision for PS Now is to make it possible for more people than ever to have quick and easy access to PS3 games, making it as easy to stream these games as it is to stream TV, movies, and music.
PS Vita is an important part of that vision, as you’ll be able to rent a game on one device, like PS4, then continue playing on your PS Vita or vice versa. That’s possible because of our cloud technology, which lets you play select PS3 games from our library of over 150 PS Now titles including God of War: Ascension on both a home console and a handheld device without the need for game downloads, installs, or patches.
PS Now makes the value of PS TV even better. The system, which launches today and starts as low as $99.99 MSRP, also provides one of the most affordable ways to get access to our library of PS3 games available on PS Now.
In order to get access to the PS Now Open Beta, you’ll need to download the PS Now app from PlayStation Store.
We’ll continue to collect feedback from PS Vita and PS TV users – keep it coming, and we hope you enjoy!
*Service not available in all areas. A steady broadband connection greater than 5Mbps is highly recommended. See us.playstation.com/playstationnow for details.
Also PS Now stream works great, the only consoles Ive owned are a gamecube, ds, psp (traded my ds for it), wii, and now my vita. I have never owned nor played a PS3 (except thos in store demo ones). The fact that I can now enjoy Infamous on my Vita is awesome! Thanks Sony!!!! And I know you guys can’t do really do a subscription, but that’s ok since PS Now prices will drop soon. This service is going to take off! I just wish GTA 5 was on PS Now………
Couple of issues here, one I’m not sure if I want to rent games, especially at the cost they are offering them at. Secondly, I have bought literally over 200 digital games but I’m unable to play games that are tied to my PSN account and instead I have to “rent” them in order to use the streaming service from PSN? I currently subscribe to iTunes Match for $25 a year and with that cloud based service I can access all the music and movies that I have ever purchased from them. They don’t make you rent movies that you already own, they don’t lock the apps you bought years ago and make you rent them again to play them. Why would I rent all the pixel junk games if I own them already? The most troubling part about Now is that it appears some on the PS+ games that they have offered us subscribers are on Now and we even have to rent those to stream them. As far as your rental prices I don’t see the value at all I can go to a local Redbox and rent a game for $2 a day. So why would I rent a game like Saints Row for 4 hours for $2.99? The pricing structure is not gamer friendly it’s the worst of micro-transactions.
My question is regarding portable devices. I just bought PlayStation TV and I’m getting an error that says I have 3 portable devices on my account already does that include my Vita my playstation 3 PlayStation 4, or does this mean I have to eliminate my PSP Go or PSP 3000?
@ Vasillio08 yes it means you have too many devices connected to your account I’m in the same boat, I have my PS3, PS4, Vita and PSP (God of War Red) and I can’t connect any more devices. You have to deactivate one of them.
If SONY can get every PS1 & PS2 & PS3(inc. PS3 PSN games) on PS NOW then PS NOW would be the best thing EVER :P
Please, for the love of all that is Playstation, charge me a monthly fee so I can access all of the titles I already own digitally using this service. Please! I’m asking you in the nicest way possible to TAKE MY MONEY!
Playing Final Fantasy XIII now from my bedroom, wireless router is in the next room, and the game is running excellent. I can get used to it. lol
I guess is ok to beta test with paid games, otherwise wouldn’t represent the real traffic of the service in the final state. Sadly this is a horrendous idea. Too expensive. I have all the platforms and my physical games to play whenever I want. If I want some game I can buy it very cheap, used, for the eternity.
Thanks ice cold! They need to allow for us to now be able to have at leave 4 devices for those that are committed to the brand as we are. If they are going to let use use 1 ps plus subscription on 4 platforms we should be able to have access on all 4 devices not 3. Hopefully it changes soon with the addition of ps tv.
@BlackNIndian That just means there is only a disc version available on PS3. If you rent it on PSNow you will still be able to play it on your Vita or Playstation TV. You do not need the PS3 disc.
I was super amped to play Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment on my Playstation TV today, only to find out it’s not on the compatible list… 400k + units sold world-wide, c’mon Sony I needs this! ^_^
I’ve tried the PS Now a few times and it works like a charm on Google Fiber here in Kansas City. Please please please pass the word along to whoever you need to that there are at least 20 games I would love to own – that’s right OWN – through the PS Now service. Even though I paid for them originally, I would be willing to pay to own them again and play them on my PS4 and Vita. I mean, why wouldn’t they do this??? ;)
Oh and for the record, I also want to note that I am not the type that will “rent” games. If I play a game for any amount of time (outside of 5 min) it’s because I really love it and want to own it. That’s why I made my last comments about giving us the option to own. I won’t use the service otherwise.
Is there a way to change to controller layout on the vita. I rented Dead Island which runs great but with major control issues. The L2, L3 (located on the front left touch screen), R2 and R3 (located on the front right touch screen) are on the front touch screen. considering the L analog is used to move and L2 (located on the bottom of the front left side touch screen) is used to run, there is no way to move and run at the same time unless you cross your right hand over to do so and in which case you cannot fight anymore.
i must say, i was really excited for this streaming service when i first heard about it a long time ago, but now that ive seen how its being priced, im seriously dissapointed because theres NO WAY it will be used by someone like me that already has a hefty ps3 disk collection and still have my ps3 and will never pay for the same game i already own and can play at will for free!! i …why is it that these game companies constantly try to make u buy there same games u already bought,again and again?! and now like in this case its even worse because they dont even want to let you “own” the game !!! we cant let these companies get away with this crap.!….if we do, say goodbye to buying games ever again cuz itll be a” rent only” future in gaming once they see that well go along with it!!!…a set monthly subscription for the ps3 library sounds good to me..could you imagine how much you would pay to rent AND BEAT SKYRIM plus all side stories?!?! it would probly come to about 20x the retail price it was to buy it when it was first released!! think about that,…is that what we want to pay?
I Really want you to put GTA Series up here on PS Now, GTA V should be good. Anyway, some free game or free demo are really appreciated
I’m sure this is a good service but I feel taken that you have console games working on the vita and yet you don’t have ps3 remote play for any of those games. The vita’s huge selling point for me when I bought it close to launch was the ability for remote play through ps3 and you had only a handful of games compatible. Not like I can buy a ps4 to remote play my ps3 games either. Just seems like you waiting on psnow and rake in more money. Would b excited if could play previous bought games on psn on psnow for free. Otherwise not interested…
I’ve rented two games on the service, one on a 90 day rental, the other a 7 day rental. The quality of the service is great, however, this service needs to have a Netflix like subscription option where all the game.eon the service are available on a unlimited basis for a monthly fee. And the sedvice needs to include PS2 games as well, especially SOCOM 2 with multiplayer servers working. Lots of users will pay a monthly subscription for this kind of service.
Well, if nothing else it’s nice to have some more options for the Vita now that it’s getting essentially no Western retail releases(even from Sony themselves).
I might try some of these out, but it feels more like a novelty until we get an option to purchase the game rather then just renting.
Also, here’s hoping that sometime down the line PS+ will be tied in to offer some deals or discounts with PS Now.
wait, so you can play PS3 games on the vita now?
I really want to play FFIII on the vita… Dont know bout anyone else…
Played God of War Ascension on the Vita via PS Now. All I can say is that I’m blown away with how beautiful it looks and how well it plays. PS Now is the real deal :D
So what’s going on with MGS4? It doesn’t show a rent option. Just says disc only… If it’s not on Now, give me remote play at least.
Sony has completely IGNORED all questions about how PS PLUS will function on these new platforms. Given how many PS PLUS members are out there, with lots of download lists gathered up over the years, this is an important question to address.
If you have a particular game on your download list, will it be “free” to play over PS NOW? I did a chat with a Sony customer service rep and he had no clue!!
Please, get it together and give us some real info about how PS PLUS will be integrated into these new services….instead of having us question ill-informed Sony employees who have no idea!!
Quick question…
If I rent a game via PS Now on PS4, would I be able to play that rental on PS3 and Vita too without having to rent it again per platform?
…where’d MGS4 go from the PS Now Beta?
Really needs option to buy the games or a subscription service to access PS now content as well as a trial version to see if its suitable for game play. Without options to purchase or flat fee for access to games; I plan to keep my ps3 and games. I see no benefit to the PS now service at the moment. The idea behind it is great, especially for those who hadn’t had ps3 and the chance to play the ps3 titles. Be nice if Playstation plus digital games from ps3/ps vita transferred to ps4 using playstation now along with other digitally purchased games.
You guys should add at least one free game in ps now and i think with dc universe online being on ps3 and ps4 ps vita users will be able to get in on the action through ps now on the vita
Well I have had my vita for 2 years now and have all the games i would want that have come out for the vita. There are a lot of games I would love to have on the vita that are on the Ps3 but have never came out. I have to say that when I paid $400 plus dollars on my Vita when i got it I thought there would be a lot more games than there are. I am completely disappointed at sony at this point. When I saw the games for the PS NOW i thought OMG it has happened, I can play some good game on my vita… THERE IS NO! WAY! i would ever pay to rent a game over a cloud EVER!… This just seems more like a money scam more than anything. I want games for my Vita, not to just rent a lot of games… The games I buy now for my Vita are old PSP games… thats sad… Sony please do something about this, it is because there are no games on the Vita, that I don’t have a PS4!!! I got a XBOX ONE instead…. I love Sony but will NOT be SUCKERED!!!
Played God of War last night…this app is EPIC…THANK YOU SONY!!
God of War and Epic….sounds about right! Glad you are enjoying the streaming version of it!