Sony Drops PS Now Support for PS3, Vita, PS TVs & More - News
by VGChartz Staff , posted on 16 February 2017 / 7,934 ViewsOn August 15 of this year, Sony will discontinue its cloud gaming service for multiple devices, including two of its PlayStation systems. Sony has decided to shift the focus of PS Now to PC and PS4.
PS Now will be discontinued on the following devices:
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV
- All 2013, 2014, and 2015 Sony Bravia TV models
- All Sony Blu-ray player models
- All Samsung TV models
Additionally, the service for 2016 models of Sony Bravia TVs will be discontinued on April 1, 2017.
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This is why I'll never jump on such services. Feel for anyone who liked the service on anything besides a PS4.
Removing it from TVs seems an odd thing, the point of having the streaming service on them is the ability of gaming without a console. Seems a backwards step unless supporting it really is costing more money than it's making. Maybe they should look into adding PS1, PS2 and even PS4 games to the service.
Yea this was a really tough one. You would think as you mention this would be a big hit however I think it was poorly advertised and the Sony TV sales continue to be sluggish. Sony everything sales wise is sluggish outside of the PS4 I believe.
It must have been doing really bad
I dislike the idea of streaming games.
Well that's another loss for the Vita
Woe to those who spent money on a service they won't have access to anymore. Also, Sony is particularly keen on being the company regularly remembered for removing features from their products. Is there a case to be made that a product is advertised wrongly, if one of the main features is removed?
Unlikely, PSNow almost certainly would have a clause written into the EULA which states that they're perfectly within their rights to remove the service without any notice being given, and here the notice is over 6months which is more than fair all things considered.