Dualshockers: PS5 Games on PS Now May Soon Be a Reality

[Alucardx23]

"The recently published Sony patent for 'Ultra High-Speed Low-Latency Network Storage' reveals the ongoing work to enable streaming for PS5 games on PS Now. The patent is specifically about using multiple NVME drives (the kind of storage drive used in the PS5) networked together for the purpose of streaming games.

The system has multiple copies of the same content across different storage drives and might switch between different drives depending on their workload. A process that is vital for a streaming service with millions of users.

The system will also be able to keep track of specific data blocks on each of the drives which is essential for some PS5 exclusive games to function. Knowing where these blocks are and accessing them directly are a big part of why native PS5 games can load things in faster than PS4 games.

Seeing all these aspects covering the specific requirements for PS5 games indicates Sony is actively working on bringing PS5 games on PS Now, but it also shows some smart thinking for the future past the PS5."

PS5 Games on PS Now May Soon Be a Reality

Recently published Sony patent reveals upgrades to provide PS5 games on PS Now along with possible future-proofing for PS6 titles.

www.dualshockers.com

 

[Izanagi89]

I would like PSNow roll out in other countries to soon be a reality

 

[AstralSphere]

Watch the monkey paw come into effect and it only be available on PS5.

 

[PlayBee]

Watch the monkey paw come into effect and it only be available on PS5.

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"We believe in generations... for cloud streaming"

 

[jwk94]

Watch the monkey paw come into effect and it only be available on PS5.

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Is that a monkey paw? I wouldn't expect anything else.

 

[Darth Smurf X]

I'm "this" close to signing up for PSNow. Adding PS5 games might do it. Adding SSX would definitely do it. Why can't I stream that game on either PSNow or EA Play? Why is that game so special that they need to keep it in the archives?

 

[SunshinePuppies]

Watch the monkey paw come into effect and it only be available on PS5.

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What a waste that would be

 

[J-Skee]

I'm "this" close to signing up for PSNow. Adding PS5 games might do it. Adding SSX would definitely do it. Why can't I stream that game on either PSNow or EA Play? Why is that game so special that they need to keep it in the archives?

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Might be an issue with music licenses.

 

[pappacone]

I don't think Sony would "waste" PS5s for streaming anytime soon

 

[Templeusox]

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That seems inevitable.

 

[Diarrhea Day-Lewis]

Probably part of their game pass competitor. So many rumors of them adding Crunchyroll to plus, and Ryan said they had some GP like thing. My guess is maybe next year they announce $69.99 PS+ with PS Now and Crunchyroll combined

 

[Combichristoffersen]

That's nice, but I'd be far more excited by PS3 games on PS5 soon being a reality.

 

[Guerrilla]

Watch the monkey paw come into effect and it only be available on PS5.

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Why would you stream PS5 games to a ps5? Or would this be a situation like Xbox is doing with starting to play games while downloading?

 

[Pankratous]

Why would you stream PS5 games to a ps5? Or would this be a situation like Xbox is doing with starting to play games while downloading?

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Same reason you would stream PS4 games on a PS4... no downloads.

 

[Darth Smurf X]

Might be an issue with music licenses.

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That was my thought as well, but come on. JUST DO IT, EA! SSX is 1 of 2 games I miss from my X360 days (the other being Rock Band which I could never switch over and will have to eternally keep my 360).

 

[Fisty]

Watch the monkey paw come into effect and it only be available on PS5.

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Not sure why that would even be considered, seeing as you can already remote play PS5 games on your phone

 

[gofreak]

I think the most interesting thing about Sony's PSNow related patent-filing lately, is that it looks like Mark Cerny may have started working with PSNow/Gaikai people after his work on PS5. He's been attached to a number of 'psnow' patents in the last while, everything from streaming to multi-gpu rendering in cloud environments etc. Given he's been usually tied to whatever big technical project or next-gen platform Sony is working on next that might be notable - I guess in putting their 'top man' on it, Sony is at least hedging its bets that cloud gaming and even cloud-native games may be a much bigger part of the puzzle by the next console transition.

 

[Shemhazai]

Not sure why that would even be considered, seeing as you can already remote play PS5 games on your phone

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The difference is that you need a PS5 to remote play on your phone. If PS Now included PS5 games, it wouldn't give people a reason to buy a PS5 at all.

 

[Fisty]

The difference is that you need a PS5 to remote play on your phone. If PS Now included PS5 games, it wouldn't give people a reason to buy a PS5 at all.

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Spider-Man 2 won't be on PS Now day 1, and most people wont like being stuck with 1080p and potentially spotty performance so they will want to download the games. PS4 games showed up on PS Now a short while after PS4 launched.

 

[Trunchisholm]

I think the most interesting thing about Sony's PSNow related patent-filing lately, is that it looks like Mark Cerny may have started working with PSNow/Gaikai people after his work on PS5. He's been attached to a number of 'psnow' patents in the last while, everything from streaming to multi-gpu rendering in cloud environments etc. Given he's been usually tied to whatever big technical project or next-gen platform Sony is working on next that might be notable - I guess in putting their 'top man' on it, Sony is at least hedging its bets that cloud gaming and even cloud-native games may be a much bigger part of the puzzle by the next console transition.

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That'd be really smart of them, TBH, since that's where things seem to be headed, for better or worse.

Thanks for digging all this stuff, by the way!