crimsonidol38 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) Quote We’d like to share an important update on compatible devices for PlayStation Now. From 15th August 2017, you will no longer be able to use PS Now on the following devices: PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV All Sony Bravia TV models* All Sony Blu-ray player models All Samsung TV models You will still be able to enjoy PS Now on PlayStation 4 and PC. From 15th March 2017, you will no longer be able to sign up to PS Now through the affected devices. If your subscription lapses, you will be able to sign up again for the service on PS4 or PC. After thoughtful consideration, we decided to shift our focus and resources to PS4 and Windows PC to further develop and improve the user experience on these two devices. This move puts us in the best position to grow the service even further. https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2017/02/15/playstation-now-service-update/ http://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/02/15/playstation-now-service-update/ And in most of Europe it's not even possible to use that service up till now. Edited February 15, 2017 by Crimson Idol Fixed typo in title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigressLion Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I'm on the fence about this, I mean it seems like a great service and all that, I'm not here to reiterate what ps now is but let me get back to my point. PS3 had a free 7-day trial; I have 250MBS internet speeds so no errors on my front, but I would get disconnected every hour and it took like 5 restarts to even get into a game. So from my personal exper, maybe it wasn't well handled on the ps3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Uuuuum... How about it ACTUALLY starts working somewhere in EU before they start killing off devices? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordguwa Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) that is FTL, took down more of my own personal boosting opportunities :(. Edited February 15, 2017 by kingdrake2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intresseklubben Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 It never even released in continental Europe, so I'm a bit bummed that it has been cancelled already. I'm still keen to try it sometime (although on PS4 now of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chellesan Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 that is bad, i really wanted to try it on the vita, but it seems its dead before it even came out here, i don't now for what sony is doing this, they lose like million of customers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav9834 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 This actually kinda sucks. I was using it with my pstv in a different room and it worked really really damn well. I don't use psnow anymore but it was nice it was there, and it really was worth the price. I have a feeling Microsoft has a hand in this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A12 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 CoughNowwasaBetaCough This means their R&D is done. This means they have made their decision about the next generation of console. Coughps5wontbeaphysicaldeviceCough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPolydeucesx Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Great. Just great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kishnabe Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I have no words, not that I would ever use the service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameoncomrade Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Come on... Did you really expect anything else from SONY PLAYSTATION? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheYuriG Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Disappointed and surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) 22 minutes ago, A12 said: CoughNowwasaBetaCough This means their R&D is done. This means they have made their decision about the next generation of console. Coughps5wontbeaphysicaldeviceCough @PS5 So because PS Now has been such a roaring success or perhaps because Vita's mostly-digital sales has been a roaring success, they're going in full-digital on PS5? Well... I'll be sure to print this out and reference it when PS5 releases. Edited February 15, 2017 by DaivRules 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Clown Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Cutting it out of their own TVs and blu-ray players is a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) PS Now on PS TV and Vita actually made a ton of sense, killing those off seems kinda sad. Edited February 15, 2017 by DaivRules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameoncomrade Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I would totally use the service on my PC if I could, but it's only god damn possible in Belgium, Netherlands and UK in Europe & US and Canada in Northern America. If you want your service to do well why not make it available to at least most of the big European countries? Germany? France? Italy? Spain? The countries in Scandinavia? It's like they're not even thinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A12 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 16 minutes ago, DaivRules said: @PS5 So because PS Now has been such a roaring success or perhaps because Vita's mostly-digital sales has been a roaring success, they're going in full-digital on PS5? Well... I'll be sure to print this out and reference it when PS5 releases. No, this had nothing to due with sales. It was to test infrastructure. E.g. how well they are able to stream and control across the planet via isp services. And also to test the needed hardware to run everything. Which can now just be built into tv's. So all we need now is a PSN app. Because no one ever remembers - Quote I said, "Well, what does the PlayStation 5 look like?" And he said, "You mean if", And I was like, Whoa. That's a quote from an interview with Shuhei Yoshida from a long time ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 22 minutes ago, gameoncomrade said: I would totally use the service on my PC if I could Not to mention W8+ limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowStar83x Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I can understand they won't support PS3 indefinitely, but I wonder what that means that PS3's online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 12 minutes ago, A12 said: Because no one ever remembers - That's a quote from an interview with Shuhei Yoshida from a long time ago... I remember it but my first thought was "I love it when decision makers fuck with nosy bastards who are just trying to pry where they shouldn't" and my second thought was "Oh! Maybe he was referring to what he did with PS4 Pro and how they could prolong the life of the "PS4" indefinitely. Yeah, they're able to stream PS3 titles, largely not in 1080 and make them playable. I'm highly skeptical that they're looking to go to a streaming-only next gen. The infrastructure in much of the world choked on Now and short of new build-outs or places where Google Fiber forces competition to shit their pants and upgrade their network as well as their costs to recoup those upgrades, they'd be limiting their audience to a much, much smaller audience than have PS4s now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav9834 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 7 minutes ago, DaivRules said: I remember it but my first thought was "I love it when decision makers fuck with nosy bastards who are just trying to pry where they shouldn't" and my second thought was "Oh! Maybe he was referring to what he did with PS4 Pro and how they could prolong the life of the "PS4" indefinitely. Yeah, they're able to stream PS3 titles, largely not in 1080 and make them playable. I'm highly skeptical that they're looking to go to a streaming-only next gen. The infrastructure in much of the world choked on Now and short of new build-outs or places where Google Fiber forces competition to shit their pants and upgrade their network as well as their costs to recoup those upgrades, they'd be limiting their audience to a much, much smaller audience than have PS4s now. I agree We can only presume what shu meant back then. But I highly doubt they'll go back in the red after just getting in the black for an infrastructure that won't work for a large group of the population of the world. That's not business. 26 minutes ago, Satoshi Ookami said: Not to mention W8+ limit. Ugh it doesn't have win7 support? Ew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Quote This move puts us in the best position to grow the service even further. Cutting the support for a bunch of devices puts you in a better position to grow the service... How does that work? Honestly, i don't know anyone who uses PS Now. It was a premature move on their part, much like OnLive was back in the day. Good internet infrastructure just isn't widespread enough to make this sort of thing viable. Maybe something like this will replace the need for consoles one day, but that day is a long way off. I mean many console gamers still drive to the store and pick up physical copies of their games. We don't like change. I have no doubt that we'll see a PS5 in around three years and it will be fully backwards compatible with PS4. It would be dumb of them to force this on us even further when people clearly aren't taking to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 48 minutes ago, A12 said: No, this had nothing to due with sales. It was to test infrastructure. E.g. how well they are able to stream and control across the planet via isp services. And also to test the needed hardware to run everything. Which can now just be built into tv's. So all we need now is a PSN app. Because no one ever remembers - That's a quote from an interview with Shuhei Yoshida from a long time ago... I doubt it, there's way too many countries that have too poor of internet to stream games. Even in the US there's a lot of places where internet is not fast enough for ps now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstarmaste1r Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 47 minutes ago, ShadowStar83x said: I can understand they won't support PS3 indefinitely, but I wonder what that means that PS3's online. The online of ps3 won't never be closed. Game servers of different parts it depends, but most won't disclose as much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_87 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 1 hour ago, A12 said: CoughNowwasaBetaCough This means their R&D is done. This means they have made their decision about the next generation of console. Coughps5wontbeaphysicaldeviceCough They said the very same thing about PS4. Anyway LOL @ this massive flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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