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PS NOW: Playstation games flow like water

The cloud gaming of Sony turns up in France

11/02/2017

Having been available in beta since July, 2017, Playstation Now (or PS Now) is finally accessible in the final version in our regions. It was launched on the occasion of  Sony conference in Paris Games Week which is kept on Tuesday, October 30th. Playstation Now is a service of cloud gaming or "game in request”. Now, there is no need to download the contents dematerialized or insert a Blu-ray. An Internet connection is enough. The game turns at a distance on Sony servers which send back the video of what played in continuous reading: it is what we call collectively the "streaming".

Where you want, when you want

The PS now is situated in this trend of the ubiquitous game allowing to play wherever, all the time following the example of what proposes la console Nintendo Switch in its way. In fact, if you can use Playstation Now on your Playstation 4 (PS4), it is also possible to do it with your PC or your laptop. For that purpose, you have to install the application of the same name and have levers Dualshock 3 or 4.

It is also a question to continue its part on these machines after having started its console on the protected condition in the cloud. It’s ideal when you are away from the office and when you would like to have fun with your mobile without having to lug a cumbersome PS4.

A transgenerational game library for all

The Japanese manufacturer boasts of offering less than 400 titles for the launch of the platform in France. Initially made up of games Playstation 3, now it welcomes a part of Playstation 4 library game as the remake of The Last of Us, Lords of the fallen or even Soma. However, do not expect to find the last hits of the year at the moment. The interest of Playstation Now is to ride the wave of the retrogaming and of (re) discover classics of the generation previous as Shadow of Colossus, Ico, the series of God Of War, that of Uncharted … even if this interest has a lesser reach with the mania of the developers to make remakes of their key titles (all those quoted previously, alone Ico was not the object of one taken out again on Playstation 4). Note that the service also offers independent games.

Generally, there is for all the tastes: action, adventure, narrative games, games of fight, sport, motor racing, strategy, games of shooting … The bare interface offers more original categories as "made in Japan", a ranking according to the developer (Capcom, 2K, Telltale), the  angle viewing of the game … We just regret that Playstation Now is not endowed with a search engine. It is advisable to go at the bottom of the page to have an alphabetical order ranking. Redundant.

A functional service

On the contrary, the service works in proper order with an ADSL connection. Once the game was selected, you have a deadline of more or less one minute before it does launch. In the case of reduction in flow of your Internet connection, an icon displays you to protect your part to prevent any disconnection. Only a drawback: it seems that certain games (as Mortal Kombat during our trial) are removed from the catalog while they are always shown available.

Finally, Playstation Now offers a service of cloud gaming of quality for 16.99 euros a month. It is a reasonable price list if you plan to play only by the intermediary. It can be there other differently if you continue to buy games close by and if you pay a subscription to Playstation Plus. To make your decision, Sony offers you seven days of free trial.

Article written by Thierry Randretsa

 

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