http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-sony-creates-custom-ps3-for-playstation-now
much more at the link.,.
much more at the link.,.
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Sony creates custom PS3 hardware for PlayStation Now
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theytookourjobz
Junior Member
Sorry, I'm dumb. What does this mean?
Graphics Horse
Member
Lol at the suggestion of swapping out bluetooth control inputs. Why would anyone think they'd use bluetooth for a server to talk to itself?
Maybe they could remove the local physical controller that's controlled by a pair of hydraulically operated robot hands too!
Maybe they could remove the local physical controller that's controlled by a pair of hydraulically operated robot hands too!
Basically, the servers used in PS Now are actually PS3s. Just custom made ones.
It means that they don't have to translate the PS3 software code to a different architecture for PS NOW which should make it easier to bring the whole PS3 library to it. There's still licensing, though, which often destroys these services.
This : \
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Yeah, makes sense to do it that way. Wonder how theyre going to roll out the public beta.
Portugeezer
Member
So a game with shitty framerate drops would still suffer from shitty framerate?
It's a shame but a least the US beta test it for us.
PodcastFips
Member
I don't like the Q1 2015 for Europe. Meh.
GeometryHead
Neo Member
EU launch in 2015? Yeah, looks like I won't be using this. Time to buy a PS3, I guess.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Might not matter much depending on whether the stream from PSNow is 30fps or 60fps.
chrominance
Member
A far cry from the racks of consumer PS3s I remember seeing in a picture about Warhawk's dedicated server rollout.
Bigger news, though, is the combined U.S./Canada launch. THANK GOD. It was easy to assume Canada would launch at the same time but it's nice to have confirmation.
Bigger news, though, is the combined U.S./Canada launch. THANK GOD. It was easy to assume Canada would launch at the same time but it's nice to have confirmation.
Graphics Horse
Member
Yup. But now with added latency. I wonder if they ever die shrunk the cell and are planning a final psThree design.
The Omega Man
Member
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Do these run PS3 games at >60fps, maybe?
So i guess they will have a limited amount of available "streaming slots" then. They can't go over the current capacity since each streaming game would consume one PS3. They are gonna need to make a shitload of these... maybe a quarter million at least for US? They also got to distribute it around datacenters for maximum latency performance.
yes, of course....
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
Dat EU launch
The global market has changed. Japan has, largely, switched from home consoles to dedicated portables and most of the big Japanese devs struggled to make the move into HD-esque gaming with the PS3.
The US and EU are both more than twice the size of the Japanese market based on PS3 sales - why would you launch stuff in a smaller market?
esterk said:
It might seem that way, but it wouldn't. The US telecoms network might be fragmented to an extent, but the EU has wildly differing infrastructure capacity and networks across it's members states, differing rules on how telecoms are governed (which is a massive failure of the single market commissioners) as well as a massive array of ISPs and other providers who Sony will need to negotiate with.
Even rolling it out in the UK, Germany and France would mean having to deal with 3 separate national regulators, at least 12 major ISPs and probably >20 smaller ones about traffic management, and these are countries with relatively smooth-running bureaucracies - trying to get this stuff approved in somewhere like Italy or Greece isn't going to be a quick or easy process (and I mean no disrespect to any Greek or Italian posters, nor that I think OfCom & Bis in the UK are especially fleet-footed when it comes to stuff like this).
JayKay1337
Banned
Wow EU launch in 2015
TheSpoiler
Member
Emulators are more prone to problems and issues though.
Scythian Empire
Member
Yeah seriously whut
I feel like this is Sony's way of punishing Japan owners for not buying the Vita.
mohsinkhan
Member
Truth.
Aren't US is doing the same? At least Vita is showing some life in Japan as compare to US.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
well if they didn't care they probably wouldn't release it there lol
care less? probably
Jeronimo Jones
Member
Nice find. I'm no expert on this stuff, but it's still interesting to read about.
Makes sense to use PS3 hardware to run the actual games on, but now I'm curious if they plan on running separate servers just for PS2 games or end up emulating them instead.
I might use it for any hard to find or games I'm not sure I really want to own, but I'll be holding on to my PS3 and using that for the majority of its library.
I might use it for any hard to find or games I'm not sure I really want to own, but I'll be holding on to my PS3 and using that for the majority of its library.
dark_prinny
Banned
2015?
Krisprolls
Banned
EU 2015 launch 
Once again, EU is the red-headed stepchild. ;(
Once again, EU is the red-headed stepchild. ;(