Sony has now launched their PlayStation Now game streaming service in beta on certain Samsung Smart TV's, allowing you to enjoy a number of great games without actually having a console.
PlayStation Now app available in beta for select Samsung Smart TV's, expanding the PlayStation brand even further.
If you're curious as to how the service works, you can find the PlayStation Now app through the Smart Hub app store, where it'll be available. You'll need a DualShock 4 controller in order to take advantage of the service and the controller is only operable over USB for now. But the entire catalog of games is available to play and should play reasonably well, even in the beta stage.
Sony announced that they were working with Samsung to bring their game streaming service to their Smart TV's in December of last year, and now they've finally realized that goal with the PlayStation Now app available in beta form. Since 2012 the PlayStation Now streaming service has been available on the PS4, PS Vita, PS TV and the recently also the PS3 with over 200 different titles available to play.
PlayStation Now has a 7 day trial to let you decide if streaming games works for your style and your network infrastructure. A good Internet connection is obviously required for a good experience. If you do decide that you want to commit, then you’ll be able to rent games for either 4-hours, 7-days, 30-days or 90-days. If perhaps you'd rather enjoy an unlimited supply of gaming, then you can also subscribe to the service for a monthly fee of $19.99 or $45 for a three-month commitment.
Streaming games over an Internet connection requires a lot of bandwidth and it helps to not have a data cap either. While it's very ambitious of them to expand their brand so rapidly and increase their gaming reach, it doesn't necessarily mean that there is interest in the community for it either. With the inclusion of PlayStation Network features like multiplayer and integration with your accounts trophies and cloud game saves, it does give you the option of picking up on any device that allows for streaming. That may or may not be enough of an enticement to try the service.
Humongous list of games available on PlayStation Now |
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| Adventure Time: Explore The Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! |
| Air Conflicts: Secret Wars |
| Air Conflicts: Vietnam |
| Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers |
| Alien Rage |
| Alien Spidy |
| Alone in the Dark: Inferno |
| Alpha Mission 2 |
| Alpha Protocol |
| Anarchy: Rush Hour |
| Anomaly Warzone Earth |
| Arcana Heart 3 |
| ArcaniA – The Complete Tale |
| Art of Fighting |
| Back to the Future™: Episode 1 – It’s About Time |
| Back to the Future™: Episode 2 – Get Tannen! |
| Back to the Future™: Episode 3 – Citizen Brown |
| Back to the Future™: Episode 4 – Double Visions |
| Back to the Future™: Episode 5 – OUTATIME |
| Baseball Stars 2 |
| Baseball Stars Professional |
| Batman: Arkham City |
| Battle Fantasia |
| Bejeweled 3 |
| Ben 10: Omniverse |
| Ben 10: Omniverse 2 |
| Big Sky: Infinity |
| Bionic Commando: Rearmed |
| Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 |
| Bioshock Infinite |
| BIT.TRIP Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien |
| BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger |
| BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma |
| BlazBlue: Continuum Shift |
| BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend |
| Bloodrayne: Betrayal |
| Bodycount |
| Bound By Flame |
| Capcom Arcade Cabinet: All-In-One Pack |
| Catherine |
| Cel Damage HD |
| Chime Super Deluxe |
| Choplifter HD |
| Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 |
| CONTRAST |
| Crazy Taxi |
| Critter Crunch |
| Cuboid Ultimate Bundle |
| Damnation |
| Darksiders |
| Darksiders II |
| Daytona USA |
| de blob 2 |
| Dead Island |
| Dead Island: Riptide |
| Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate |
| Dead or Alive® 5 |
| Dead Rising 2 Off the Record |
| DEAD RISING® 2 |
| Dead Space 3 |
| Deadliest Warrior Legends |
| Deadliest Warrior: The Game |
| Death Track: Resurrection |
| Deus Ex: Human Revolution |
| DiRT 3 |
| Dirt Showdown |
| Dogfight 1942 |
| Don Bradman Cricket 14 |
| Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp |
| Dragon’s Lair® |
| Dynasty Warriors 7 |
| Dynasty Warriors 8 |
| Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce |
| Earth Defense Force 2025 |
| Earth Defense Force: Insect Armaggedon |
| Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard |
| Eat Them! |
| echochrome |
| El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron |
| Enslaved: Odyssey to the West |
| Ethan: Meteor Hunter |
| Everyday Shooter |
| F1 2010 |
| F1 2011 |
| F1 2012 |
| F1 2013 |
| F1 2014 |
| F1 RaceStars |
| Faery: Legends Of Avalon |
| Farming Simulator |
| Fighting Vipers |
| Final Exam |
| Final Fantasy XIII |
| Final Fantasy XIII-2 |
| Galaga Legions DX |
| Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams |
| Go! Puzzle |
| God of War 2 |
| God of War HD |
| God of War: Ascension |
| Gravity Crash |
| Greg Hastings Paintball 2 |
| GRiD 2 |
| Grid Autosport |
| Gripshift v2.0 |
| Guacamelee! PlayStation Now Bundle |
| Hakuoki Stories Of The Shinsengumi |
| Hamilton’s Great Adventure |
| Hamsterball |
| Heavy Fire: Afghanistan |
| Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear |
| Hitman 2: Silent Assassin HD |
| Hitman: Blood Money HD |
| Hitman: Contracts HD |
| Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational |
| House of the Dead 3 |
| House of the Dead 4 |
| House of the Dead Overkill: Extended Cut |
| Hunter’s Trophy 2 – America |
| Hunter’s Trophy 2 – Australia |
| Hustle Kings |
| ICO HD |
| Infamous 1 |
| Infamous 2 |
| Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos |
| Jeopardy! |
| Jimmie Johnson’s Anything with an Engine |
| Judge Dee |
| Just Cause 2 |
| Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days |
| Kane & Lynch: Dead Men |
| Karateka |
| Killzone 3 |
| King of Fighters ’94 |
| Knytt Underground |
| Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West |
| League Bowling |
| Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes |
| Lemmings |
| LocoRoco Cocoreccho |
| Lone Survivor |
| Lost Planet 2 |
| Lumines Supernova |
| Madagascar 3: The Video Game |
| Magic Orbz |
| Magician Lord |
| Magus |
| Mahjong: Ancient Wisdom |
| Mamorokun’s Curse |
| Mars: War Logs |
| Mass Effect 2 |
| Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond |
| Mega Man 10 |
| Megaman 9 |
| Mercury HG |
| Metal Slug |
| Metal Slug 2 |
| Mirror’s Edge |
| Moto GP 13 |
| Motorstorm Apocalypse |
| MouseCraft |
| MX vs ATV: Alive |
| MX vs ATV: Reflex |
| MX vs ATV Supercross |
| NASCAR ’14 |
| NBA 2K14 |
| NBA Jam on Fire |
| Nights Into Dreams |
| Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge |
| Ninja Gaiden Sigma |
| Ninja Gaiden Sigma II |
| Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD |
| Of Orcs and Men |
| Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising |
| Operation Flashpoint: Red River |
| Order Up! |
| Overlord 2 |
| Overlord: Raising Hell |
| Pac-man Championship Edition DX |
| Painkiller: Hell & Damnation |
| Papo & Yo |
| Payday: The Heist |
| Pid |
| PixelJunk Eden |
| PixelJunk Monsters |
| PixelJunk Racers: 2nd Lap |
| PixelJunk Shooter |
| PixelJunk Shooter 2 |
| Piyotama |
| Planet Minigolf |
| Port Royale 3: Gold Edition |
| Proteus |
| Pure Chess |
| Ragnarok Odyssey Ace |
| Raiden IV Overkill |
| Rainbow Moon |
| Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time |
| Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault |
| Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus |
| Realms of Ancient War |
| Record of Agarest War |
| Record of Agarest War 2 |
| Record of Agarest War Zero |
| Red Faction: Guerilla |
| Red Faction®: Armageddon™ |
| Renegade Ops |
| Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition |
| Resident Evil Code: Veronica X |
| RESIDENT EVIL: THE DARKSIDE CHRONICLES |
| RESIDENT EVIL: THE UMBRELLA CHRONICLES |
| Retro/Grade |
| Ricochet HD |
| Rise of the Argonauts |
| Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game |
| Rochard |
| Rocket Knight |
| Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken |
| Rotastic |
| R-Type Dimensions |
| Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny |
| Saints Row 2 |
| Saints Row 3 |
| Saints Row 4 |
| Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space – Episode 1: Ice Station Santa |
| Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space – Episode 2: Moai Better Blues |
| Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space – Episode 3: Night of the Raving Dead |
| Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space – Episode 4: Chariots of the Dogs |
| Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space – Episode 5: What’s New, Beezlebub? |
| Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse- Eps 1: The Penal Zone |
| Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse- Eps 2 |
| Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse- Eps 3 |
| Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse- Eps 4 |
| Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse- Eps 5 |
| Samurai Shodown |
| Sanctum 2 |
| Sega Bass Fishing |
| Shadow of the Colossus HD |
| Shatter |
| Shock Troopers |
| Siren: Blood Curse (Ep 1-12) |
| Skullgirls Encore |
| Sky Fighter |
| Skydive: Proximity Flight |
| Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time |
| Snakeball |
| Sniper Elite V2 |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 |
| Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype |
| Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer |
| Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing |
| Sonic CD |
| Sonic Generations |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2 |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 |
| Space Ace |
| Spelunker HD |
| Spelunky |
| Stealth Inc: Deluxe |
| Stick it to The Man |
| Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix |
| Super Sidekicks |
| Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition |
| Swarm |
| Tales From Space: About a Blob |
| The Cave |
| The King of Fighters XIII |
| The Last of Us |
| The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief |
| The Sims 3 |
| The Sly Collection |
| The Swapper |
| The Undergarden |
| The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season |
| Thomas Was Alone |
| Titan Attacks |
| Tokyo Jungle |
| Tomb Raider: Underworld |
| Truck Racer |
| Turbo: Super Stunt Squad |
| Twisted Metal |
| Ultra Street Fighter 4 |
| Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
| Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune |
| Urban Trial FreeStyle |
| Velocity Ultra |
| Vessel |
| Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown |
| Wakeboarding HD |
| Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine |
| Warhawk |
| Way of the Samurai 3 |
| Wheel of Fortune |
| When Vikings Attack! |
| WRC 4 |
| XBLAZE Code: Embryo |
| XCOM: Enemy Within |
| Zen Pinball 2: Classics |
| Zeno Clash 2 |
| Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov’s Revenge |
