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Great news for Canadians excited by Sony’s PlayStation Now announcement at CES. Sony had originally announced that the service, which allows the company to stream games to tablets and smartphones, in addition to PlayStation devices and Bravia TVs, would launch first in the United States. However, in a recent interview with IGN, Sony’s VP of Marketing, John Koller, confirmed that PlayStation Now would also launch in Canada this summer (check the 3-minute mark in the video below). No word on whether Canadians will get to participate in the January beta.
I’m on record with my excitement for PlayStation Now, not only for its gaming potential, but as an end-run strategy to win back revenue lost to Apple and Google as smartphones and tablets replaced handhelds as the dominant mobile gaming platform. Koller’s comments to IGN only reinforce my suspicions that Sony will use PlayStation Now to disrupt mobile gaming.
We said philosophically we need to look at this in a bigger sense. There’s other places to be able to play games.
“We said philosophically we need to look at this in a bigger sense. There’s other places to be able to play games,” Koller said to IGN. “We’re trying to solve immediacy. Getting people into games quicker is really our goal. If you notice, obviously, tablets and smartphones have a really quick way to play their smaller, short-form games. Something like PlayStation Now is very quick, very immediate, low latency, and it allows you to jump into the gameplay experience so fast – on tablet, on smartphone, on Bravia, and on our PlayStation platforms. That’s a big, big thing. “
It will take time for Sony to offer the service on enough mobile devices to be truly disruptive, but if the price point and selection is right, it could quickly become the Netflix of gaming (Sony has indicated that PlayStation Now will have a similar subscription-based model). How Canadian carriers respond to an influx of cloud gaming on their networks is another matter, entirely.
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Source IGN
The numbers have all been tallied and it appears as though Sony’s PlayStation 4 has won the first battle in what will be a long running console war. Sony recently revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show that they sold 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles as of December 28, 2013 compared to just three million Xbox One systems sold by Microsoft through the end of the year.
There are a number of factors that could be analyzed as contributing factors to each systems’ sales. Brand loyalty and launch titles aside, price and availability are perhaps the two biggest factors. Sony’s next generation system retails for $100 less than the Xbox One at $399 versus $499. Microsoft’s console does include a Kinect motion sensor, however, if that sort of thing matters to you.
The PlayStation 4 launched in North America on November 15 followed by the Xbox One a week later on the 22nd. Hitting the market a week earlier than the competition certainly helped Sony jump out to an early lead. As of writing, the PS4 is available in 53 countries and territories compared to just 13 for Microsoft’s system.
Sony may have dealt the first blow in the next generation console war but that doesn’t really mean too much at this point considering the battle is likely to carry on through most of the next decade. Ultimate success will likely come down to exclusive titles, online content and perhaps even some new features that haven’t even been conceived yet.
(via TechSpot)
Here it is! Congratulations to the winner of the 2013 GameTrailers Game of the Year!
At CES 2014 in Las Vegas, we announced that PlayStation Now (PS Now), our new streaming game service, will be available in the US this summer. With PlayStation Now, you will be able to stream popular hits and classic games from the PS3 library, first on PS4 and PS3 systems, followed by PS Vita.
In addition to PlayStation platforms, most 2014 US models of Sony’s BRAVIA TV lineup will support PS Now. Eventually the service will expand beyond PlayStation platforms and Sony devices, allowing you to stream PlayStation games across a broad range of Internet-connected devices.
Leveraging Gaikai’s advanced cloud-based technology, PlayStation Now will allow you to:
We want to offer you choice when it comes to how you want to access content on PS Now, so you will be able to rent by title for specific games you are interested in. We’ll also offer a subscription that will enable you to explore a range of titles.
PS Now will begin a Beta program in the US at the end of January with an expected full roll-out in the US this summer. Be sure to check the PlayStation.Blog regularly for more updates on the PS Now service.
Sony announced it’s sold 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles worldwide as of December 28, 2013. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House revealed the figure, which is estimated by SCEI, at his company’s keynote at the CES trade show. The PS4 data was once again stipulated as “sell-through,” meaning it represents units sold to consumers.