In addition to streaming access to a catalog of PS4, PS3 and PS2 titles.
We are excited to announce that starting today, you will be able to stream as well as download PlayStation Now games to your PS4 system so that you can play both locally and offline, all with a single subscription. Almost all PS4 games in the service, including Bloodborne, God of War 3 Remastered, NBA 2K16, and Until Dawn, will be available for download, in addition to the PS Now lineup of classic PS2 games remastered for PS4. This feature will be gradually rolled out to PS Now subscribers over the next couple of days, so if you don’t see the feature on your PS Now today, make sure to check back again soon.
Downloaded PS Now games will support all user-purchased DLCs, microtransactions, and add-ons, as well as PS4 Pro enhancements for subscribers using a PS4 Pro system. And remember, you do not need a PlayStation Plus membership for online multiplayer on PS Now – which stays the same for both streaming and downloaded games.
If you’ve already started a game via streaming on PS Now and want to continue playing locally on your PS4, you can transfer your save file from the PS Now cloud to your console with a PS Plus membership (sold separately). This is done by transferring the save file from the PS Now cloud to your PS Plus cloud storage, then transferring it from the PS Plus cloud storage to your PS4 system. Check out this page for step-by-step instruction videos on how to transfer your game saves.
Note that you will need to connect your PS4 system to the internet every few days to verify your PS Now subscription, even if you’re only playing downloaded games.
A quick reminder that there are a few days left to get in on our summer price promotion, which ends September 25. Try PS Now for a full month at just $9.99 (new subscribers only) with our special intro offer, or get a full year for just $99.99 USD. And if you’re a PS Plus member, you can take advantage of the exclusive discount on the 3-month pass for PS Now for just $29.99 ($44.99 regular price). Although note that in order to take advantage of the $9.99 intro offer, you will need to purchase that directly, as the 7-day trial will transition into the standard monthly subscription.
This is a great time to catch up on PS4 games that you missed or discover new franchises through PS Now. Let us know what you’re going to be streaming or downloading in the comments below!
Yeah that’s cool and all, but what about PSN name changes my guy?
I agree with you. We want to psn name change!
Get over it. Shouldn’t have picked a stupid name in the first place.
Well said Sindred.
NO SOCOM , THEN YOU DONT GET A DOLLAR FROM ME !!!
Hi Brain, I was wondering if there was any future plans to allow ps3 games to be played on ps4 without Ps now similar to how xbox does it with there backwards compatibility but also allow a service like Ps now to be used aswell as being able to put the disc into the console. I watched a video a few weeks back saying how Sony believes that backwards compatibility is highly demanded but is a feature that is not used alot, In my opinion I believe that wouldn’t be the case due to alot of players like myself who love the feeling of nostalgia when playing old games.
Already a PSNOW subscriber, so this is good news for me. Time to Push my External HDD to it’s limits. Might need to upgrade the 1TB internal at this point. lol
This is a great initiative moving forward that adds a lot of value to the service.
Understandably, PS3 support is a little more complicated due to its system architecture, but I would love to see more PS2 titles added to this service (and to the PS4 itself as well, of course).
Looking forward, it’d be really nice if PSP/PSV/PS1 titles started making their way over to the service as well. I know that once was the part of the initial vision for PSNOW.
And if PSP support ever does come to the platform, having 2 PSPs emulated on the PSP for local multiplayer would be a cool idea. (i.e – 2 player Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite, where it’s simulating Adhoc by way of 2 player splitscreen).
I love the work that’s been done to the service, and look forward to even more improvements moving forward with PSNOW. :D
Yet thaAMAZNblue1 still pays for PS Plus.
queremos esse serviço no Brazil !!!! Brasil
reeeeeeally need PS3 games to have a download option to help compete with Game Pass. I already own most PS4 1st party games and I have no desire to play PS2 but I loved my old PS3 collection.
Warhawk. I know it’s on NOW, but it’s just not the same playing it off a server. Where oh where is the hi-rez Warhawk version for PS4? Change nothing except the resolution. I would actually sit down and play a game on my PS4 again.
Personally I already spent £60 $60 on PS3 games when they were new, why the hell would I want to pay £100 $100 per year, to play them on the PS NOW Platform… I still have all my PS3 games my PS3 console suddenly stopped working for no reason at all, so I need a new one. But I am not stupid enough to fall for that ripoff marketing scam that is PS NOW. Not paying twice the value once a year to play old games I own and should be able to play for free without a sub fee… XBOX Let me play old games I own for free so It’s a no brainer really…
This must be pretty good money, you pay a subscription fee to stream remastered games. Only now can you download them but you’re still gonna have to pay the fee, rather than just being able to buy the games. This a huge money grab, but hey, remastered games, right?