What is PlayStation Now and how much does it cost? PS Now explained

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(Pocket-lint) — PlayStation Now is Sony's cloud gaming subscription service that offers hundreds of PS4 and PS3 games to play over the internet on your PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PS4 Pro and, in some cases, a PC.

You don't need to install most of the games onto your own console, although some can also be downloaded to your console to play direct.

Here then is everything you need to know about PlayStation Now.

In early 2022 PlayStation announced that it was merging PS Now into its new three-tiered system for PlayStation Plus, something that will make it more integrated into the PlayStation universe.

This should happen in June 2022 when the new memberships launch, and has one sad consequence — you will have to pay more to get your streamed games, since only the Extra and Premium tiers of the new service will include the feature. Sony says that existing subscribers won't get a rise in their prices «at launch» but we'd imagine this won't last forever. 

For now, all of the information below is still accurate, but PlayStation Now will be phased out starting in mid-2022.

PS Now is mainly a cloud-based service much like Netflix or Spotify, but for gaming. It hosts a wide collection of PS2, PS3 and PS4 titles (more than 700 games are available). You can access them at your leisure, all through a PS Now app on your PlayStation 4 or PS5.

It uses technology acquired when Sony bought cloud gaming company Gakai and some of the technologies of the since-deceased OnLive. It allows you to play games that are not hosted on your own local console, but on massive servers elsewhere.

In a similar fashion to Xbox's Project xCloud and Google Stadia, the video of the game is streamed over the internet to the display you are using, with