For the longest time, Sony's game streaming service, PlayStation Now, has played the second file to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass. But, in recent years, Sony has slowly been improving its PlayStation Now lineup. The result? The gap is much closer than most would like to think. One could even argue that there's no gap at all right now.
Before anything else though, let's talk about what exactly PlayStation Now is, how much it costs, what's included in the service, and of course, answer the question, "is PlayStation Now worth the money?
What Is PlayStation Now? How Does It Work?
PlayStation Now is a cloud-based service that's no different from Netflix (movies) and Spotify (music), except that it is for gaming. It gives subscribers access to a library of games from the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4.
Much like the aforementioned streaming services, PlayStation Now gives you access to its catalog of video games at any time at your own leisure. All you need is an active subscription and a live internet connection.
Similar to Project xCloud by Microsoft for the Xbox consoles, PlayStation Now subscribers get to enjoy games that are streamed directly to their display with controller input sent to the massive servers hosting the said games. Because this happens in a near-instant, there's very little delay or latency issue involved if any.
