PlayStation Now: A portable version in development?

Sony has been offering PlayStation Now, a subscription cloud gaming service to play PS2, PS3 and PS4 games on the latest Sony consoles or from your Windows PC for many years now. However, the Japanese company has never really taken off in the mobile world, either on iPhone or Android. New revelation revealed by the edge And the results of Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple, just revealed that Sony had intended to bring PlayStation Now to mobile in the past.

Will PlayStation Now arrive on mobile?

PlayStation Now has now been surpassed by Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Sony does not seem to have focused enough on the accessibility of its services as well as the library of games on offer to be attractive enough for gamers. In fact, the service has just been upgraded to 1080p and is not available on Android, iOS, and Mac.

Secret document that was used in and discovered by Epic Games against Apple the edge However, it just showed that the company at Apple was aware of the launch of PlayStation Now on mobile. In fact, the document reveals that Apple was aware of ” mobile extension [pas encore annoncée] A current streaming service for PlayStation users, with direct access to over 450 PS3 games to start, and then PS4 games«.

Showing the discovery in particular shows that the service would have benefited” Only PS3 games When it launched in July 2017, the service had already offered quite a few PS4 games at the time. So Apple seemed well aware of Sony’s plans. These verses are Amid an explanation of Apple’s plans to launch its own gaming subscription service, Apple Arcade, which won’t be announced until two years later.‘, he explains the edge.

The question now is whether Sony still intends to roll out PlayStation Now more widely, that is, on new platforms, with a larger library or via more attractive new subscriptions. An answer item was recently introduced by the media Bloomberg. In fact, Sony plans to launch three new PlayStation Plus subscriptions, including a subscription with games available in the cloud, from PS1 to PS5. However, no details were provided regarding the mobile deployment. So it will be necessary to wait to find out more precisely the plans of the Japanese company.

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