‘PlayStation Now’ For PC Goes Live, 400 PS3 Games Now Available

Sony’s solution to bring a wider crowd to its watering hole finally went live. With “PlayStation Now” on the green, PC gamers will be able to stream PlayStation 3 games and choose from a library of over 400 titles. These titles include the first three games in the “Uncharted” series, “The Last Of Us,” “God Of War”, and many others that used to be exclusive to the console. Gamers will need to pay the subscription fee before they can play, however, which goes for $19.99 a month or $99.99 for one year.

For those who aren’t sure if they want to shell out the $20 that Sony is asking for, there’s an available one week trial period, PC Gamer reports. This should provide PC owners with some idea as to what they can expect from the streaming service and if their rigs or their internet connection speed can take it.

To get started, players will need to go to the PlayStation website to download the “PlayStation Now” client app. The 7-day free trial period can also be found at the site, should anyone wish to give the service a try. For those who want to simply sign up for the service and play, the client will provide all the games available via boxes on a scrolling page. Anyone who has ever used Netflix will quickly get used to the interface.

As for actually playing the games, players simply need to tap the title they want and the client will connect to a server to retrieve any data saved on the cloud before launching the game. However, it should be noted that there are those who are experiencing connectivity problems with the servers and availability issues with some of the games, Forbes notes. These could simply be typical launch problems, however, and could be fixed given time.