Sony has officially announced that Playstation Now, the streaming service that offers the ability to play PS 3 games on a PS 4 for a monthly subscription, is coming to PC, first in parts of Europe, and North America to follow shortly after. The news got out in a weird way, with alt text saying “PS Now on PC Announce Post by PlayStation Blog Europe, on Flickr” showing on the images on the EU PlayStation Blog post titled “How PlayStation VR Worlds was brought to life with extraordinary art”. Built on the Gaikai streaming technology, Playstation Now currently offers more than hundred PS 3 titles for $20 a month or $45 for three months. Jumping to the PC will mean that you’ll be able to play beloved titles like The Last of Us and Uncharted which were exclusive to the Pl...
Microsoft took everybody by surprise by revealing that the Xbox One will now offer backwards compatibility to Xbox 360’s games. Although this will be done title by title but Microsoft promises there will be a total of 100 games that support the new feature by the end of this year. President of Sony’s worldwide studios, Shuhei Yoshida, was in an interview with Edge magazine’s latest issue and he discussed the matter and why Sony aren’t thinking about doing the same and that their main focus is “creating PS4 games.”. He also thinks that Microsoft’s goal of 100 games by end of the year might not happen. “I was very surprised. It must have taken lots of effort for them to realise the backwards compatibility, because the Xbox 360 and Xbox One use very different kinds of architecture,” muses Shu...