Video Games: PS4 to stream PS3 games?

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Not surprisingly, the PlayStation 4 rumors have been flowing as of late. With the expected reveal of the console coming this Wednesday, February 20 in New York City, it only makes sense that little bits of information would begin to emerge about what we’ll be seeing.

The newest rumor is in regard to the next PlayStation’s ability to stream games. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that “Sony Corp. is planning to offer technology to stream games to its next videogame console,” according to its own sources.

The new technology, to be unveiled Wednesday along with the new console, will allow users to play games delivered over the Internet, these people said. The streaming service, they added, is designed to use current PlayStation 3 titles on the new console; the new device is also expected to play new games stored on optical discs.

As WSJ points out, such a move on Sony’s part would be unsurprising. Even when it was drowning in red ink, it still took a massive risk when it bought streaming service Gaikai for $380 million. There is absolutely no doubt that, with an investment that significant at such a difficult time for Sony, Gaikai's technology will be poised to play an important role in Sony’s future.

Streaming games to PlayStation 4 (and perhaps other Sony devices) would be significant, giving gamers access to a wide array of titles that they never had to purchase outright. This could suggest that Sony may have a game rental-like service on its next PlayStation, or perhaps even a new subscription service that would give gamers access to a library of offerings. At this point, everything remains speculative.

We've reached out to Sony for official comment and will update when we hear back. In the meantime, catch up on all of the pertinent PlayStation 4 news and rumors, including (but not limited to) information on PS4's controller, word of a new LittleBigPlanet and the possibility of Killzone 4 being a launch title.

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Hmm.

Living Legend

No reason to buy it if that's not possible tbh
I wish they could release bigger stuff for PS3 before they start releasing a new console though

NikkiFloresFan

I wouldve been more impressed if they said PS2 games.

manwhore

That's some crazy stuff there. Streaming from our hard drive cloud? Hmm intrigues but scares me.

Artemisia

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Originally posted by man*****

That's some crazy stuff there. Streaming from our hard drive cloud? Hmm intrigues but scares me.

It's a good compromise imo.

I mean physical backwards compatibility is nice and all, but I think it must be hard to manage. I remember when the older PS3 models were backwards compatible and had some trouble playing games.

Hoetenks

I hope this isn't going to be in place of backwards compatibility. It'll be a nice feature if ur not lookin to fork out the money to buy the game itself, but i am gonna need to be able to play my discs.

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Originally posted by Artemisia

It's a good compromise imo.

I mean physical backwards compatibility is nice and all, but I think it must be hard to manage. I remember when the older PS3 models were backwards compatible and had some trouble playing games.

The PS3 decided to slowly phase out the Emotion Engine that was used for the PS2. Early PS3s also had that chip, which was removed but emulated with the software, and then removed entirely.

Not sure what caused the trouble with some games, but it was a small minority that had problems and some games even had their problems fixed with firmware updates. I fagged out when i found out they managed to fix whatever problem Silent Hill 3 had.

Poe Dameron

I don't think my Internet would be fast enough to stream it