Ah. So PS4 IS backwards compatible with PS3 games

[Titan]

For a price. Sony unveiled a service called PlayStation Now in which they said that PS2 and PS3 titles can be playable on tablets, Bravia TVs, the PSVita and PS4s. The service is supposedly coming in the summer. No details on subscription fees or the fees of the games just yet. You cheeky bastards.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/444187/ps-now-revealed-sony-service-streams-ps3-games-across-devices/

[Paul2]

interesting.

[videoholic]

If only you could put your old disc in, let the ps4 know you have it and then open up streaming for real cheap.  I certainly don't want to pay a ton to play games I already bought. 

[Titan]

If only you could put your old disc in, let the ps4 know you have it and then open up streaming for real cheap.  I certainly don't want to pay a ton to play games I already bought. 

That's pretty much the way I feel. I'll just hold onto my old system thank you very much Plus if there's an old game I REALLY want, I'll go to eBay. The streaming will be useful for me if I want to play an old game and I don't have it.

[GmanJoe]

That's awesome. Except for when I'm on a vacation where there's 3rd World internet service or I'm next to a mountain (seems to happen a lot these days for me) and I have no internet service.

[Titan]

Then I doubt you would be the person they are trying to market to

[GmanJoe]

Then I doubt you would be the person they are trying to market to

Don't you know I'm VIP?

I'm like the Juggernaut, bitch!

[Titan]

Just caught this on GameSpot. Soon PS4 can emulate psx and ps2 games in full HD. I've been very mixed about upscaling classics but the more I read about PS Now the more I'm starting to come around. Though I still peg myself as a purist

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-4-to-get-ps1-ps2-emulator-report/1100-6417402/

A new report on Digital Foundry has said that the PlayStation 4 will gain the ability to locally emulate PS1 and PS2 titles.

The anonymous source, reported to be working on Sony's PlayStation Now streaming technology, says that the cloud streaming tech is only currently scheduled to support PlayStation 3 titles for now.

Sony's internal emulator is already used on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, but the incarnation in the works for PlayStation 4 is said to be aiming for the ability to run the games in native HD resolutions. This would offer a distinct visual advantage over the current PS1/PS2 upscaling, and open up visual options seen in emulators like PCSX2. Running classic PlayStation games locally on your PS4 would also mean that any of the potential downsides of streaming--such as input lag--would be non-existent.

PlayStation Now is expected to launch in the US this summer, and was announced at the start of 2014. So far the service has been only been shown running PlayStation 3 titles, predominantly Naughty Dog's excellent The Last of Us