PlayStation Game-Streaming Service Comes To Samsung Smart TVs In 2015

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PlayStation Game-Streaming Service Comes To Samsung Smart TVs In 2015

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 25, 2014 @04:09PM from the all-in-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes Sony and Samsung are jointly launching the PlayStation Now game streaming service on select Samsung Smart TVs next year. The service will allow users to play PlayStation games without the need of a gaming console. From the article: "...Sony says some 200 PlayStation 3 games will be available to stream, and that the service runs at full functionality, specifically mentioning things like trophies, online multiplayer and cloud-saves for game-progress. Sound familiar? It should because that's how the service works on Bravia TVs and PlayStation game consoles. What's more, all you'll need is one of Sony's DualShock 4 gamepads to control the action."

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lots of lag and will eatup your download cap. by Joe_Dragon · 2014-12-25 16:17 · Score: 1, Interesting

lots of lag and will eat up your download cap.
1. Re:lots of lag and will eatup your download cap. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-12-25 17:27 · Score: 1
  
  if you use netflix without waiting for buffering, you likly have the bandwidth rate to game remoatly.
  badwidth monthly volume caps can be pinfull, sorry.
  I live in canada ontario and have used the nvidia shield to game remoatly.
  There was some lag like ~90ms... but the host server was likly around austen texes.
  over all it was impressive.. but not going to replace my computer when it comes to fast reflex games like FPS.
2. Re:lots of lag and will eatup your download cap. by donaldm · 2014-12-25 17:54 · Score: 1
  
  Or Australian? Or New Zealand? Or British? Or pick any other country in the world apart from the US?
  Actually you can add the USA to that list as well since around 65% of ISP's (a quick search will confirm this) do have caps or the service is expensive. Actually in Australia you can get unlimited bandwidth relatively cheaply however unless you are close to the exchange then it won't do you much good since the speed of the network is allot slower than broadband and fibre.
  
  Of course the bottom line is how much do you pay for the service and what does that service provide? A bit like all ISP's throughout the world.
  
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3. Re:lots of lag and will eatup your download cap. by ernest.cunningham · 2014-12-25 17:55 · Score: 2
  
  I have 200/200Mbit Fibre with no data cap in New Zealand. Whats your point.
  Low latency and no caps at this end. As long as the Sony servers can stream quick enough, there will be no problem here in NZ.
4. Re:lots of lag and will eatup your download cap. by antifoidulus · 2014-12-25 19:30 · Score: 1
  
  if you use netflix without waiting for buffering, you likly have the bandwidth rate to game remoatly.
  
  I keep on trying, but the black knight who guards the socket on the other end of the moat won't let me plug in my TV.
  
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5. Re:lots of lag and will eatup your download cap. by future+assassin · 2014-12-25 20:35 · Score: 2
  
  I'm Canadian using cable internet from Lightspeed,ca and have no caps. I've downloaded quite a bit 500+ GB and no complaints from the company.
  
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6. Re: lots of lag and will eatup your download cap. by Anonymous Coward · 2014-12-25 22:42 · Score: 1
  
  Unless they do like Sega Channel and download the whole game. A DVD would be quick at 200Mb.
What a terrific idea by msobkow · 2014-12-25 16:23 · Score: 2, Interesting

What a terrific idea for the most-hacked media company on the planet who's servers have been down the most often of any of the gaming companies. :(

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1. Re:What a terrific idea by Marginal+Coward · 2014-12-26 03:44 · Score: 1
  
  BTW, do people still release video games to go with movies? If so, we can look forward to "The Interview" game, coming soon on the PlayStation. Won't it be fun to assassinate a little cartoon Kim when you get to the boss level? He's easy to recognize because he's the only fat person in the whole game.
2. Re:What a terrific idea by sir-gold · 2014-12-26 05:44 · Score: 1
  
  If there was a companion video game to go along with the movie, there would be some mention of it in the leaked Sony emails.
3. Re:What a terrific idea by Marginal+Coward · 2014-12-26 06:44 · Score: 1
  
  Just a joke, Son, I say, a joke.
4. Re:What a terrific idea by sir-gold · 2014-12-26 06:55 · Score: 1
  
  I was making a joke too (at Sony's expense)
DRM... by blahplusplus · 2014-12-25 17:29 · Score: 1

... by another name.
1. Re:DRM... by NotInHere · 2014-12-25 17:46 · Score: 1
  
  The "best" (as in most effective) DRM ever, in fact.
2. Re:DRM... by Opportunist · 2014-12-26 02:03 · Score: 1
  
  In the way that it will make the content secure by nobody even WANTING to touch, let alone copy, it?
  
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3. Re:DRM... by sir-gold · 2014-12-26 05:52 · Score: 1
  
  In related news, home rental is increasing, while home ownership is decreasing, despite the fact that a mortgage is cheaper than rent.
4. Re:DRM... by ToasterMonkey · 2014-12-26 15:41 · Score: 1
  
  ... by another name.
  It's called renting. That is literally what this service is marketed as and used for.
  It's not as easy to drive down to Hollywood Video or Blockbuster as it used to be, so what's your problem with streamed renting?
  I don't like the rental periods/price points yet, and I think it's all PS3 games right now, but the concept is solid.
  In the future, game streaming could be used for promotions like XYZ 2 on sale tomorrow, play XYZ 1 free for a day, or you could try a fully functional demo for a few hours before plunking down $60 for the whole thing.
  Tell me what's wrong with any of that.
In 20 years by future+assassin · 2014-12-25 20:38 · Score: 3, Interesting

Ill be telling my grand kids about the days of dumb box tv's with out the need to run the tv behind a firewall, game console and computers you owned and could modify and game disks you could lend to your friends with out the authorities breaking down your doors for illegal game lending.

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1. Re:In 20 years by Opportunist · 2014-12-26 02:06 · Score: 1
  
  You can tell that story along with the one of the internet where you were allowed to just connect anything you want and not need a federal license (which surprisingly every insecure fucking toaster can get but it takes a written test and handing over any and all information about you if you want to use anything that allows some kind of interaction).
  
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"on the net" is not always a good thing by Endymion · 2014-12-25 22:25 · Score: 1

Download cap? It's a "smart tv", so I expect the upload for the microphone-related features to be a pain in bandwidth caps. Really, though, anybody who buys into these spy^H^H^H "smart" (networked) products has no right to complain about the 1984-style future. "voice activated"? Yes, only after uploading the room's audio to a remote server for processing. It turns out it only took rebranding surveillance devices as "smart", and consumers will pay money to have their house bugged.
I like the internet, and have spent a lot of my life working on parts of it, but.... it is a very bad idea to put everything on a network.

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1. Re:"on the net" is not always a good thing by seanvaandering · 2014-12-26 01:19 · Score: 2
  
  it is a very bad idea to put everything on a network.
  
  I agree. Who controls what is where this future is heading. The consumer doesn't realize it, but who are they going to complain to when Sony decides to turn off the feature - or discontinue a game because Sony determined that the game is no longer worth supporting. It's all fun and games when things are working, but when they don't... who ya gonna call?
  
  It's amazing, I work for a satellite TV company in Canada, and the amount of calls i'm ALREADY getting from customers trying to set up their Smart TVs is making me shake my head - we didn't sell it to you, so we don't support it - go call Samsung.
Re:please open apis and standards by Opportunist · 2014-12-26 02:02 · Score: 2

Open APIs? What's next, interoperability? Compatibility?
We're talking about Sony here. The company that brought you not only their own memory cards (memory sticks) for their appliances which are incompatible with anything but even their own audio codec in ATRAC, again for their own appliances, incompatible with anything else in the world.
What are you dreaming of at night?

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Re:Magna Carta by sir-gold · 2014-12-26 06:05 · Score: 1

I doubt anyone has forgotten.
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