PlayStation Now Beta Prices Revealed

PlayStation Now is a dream come true. The concept behind the program is to stream video games to your PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and many other Sony appliances. The service allows access to a library of gaming content from previous generations that you would not be able to play on your current console or device due to the lack of backwards compatibility. Not only that, but you will be able to use a cloud saving system, which means you can use that save for any system. Imagine playing Legend of Dragoon on your PlayStation 4. Right after defeating Kongol, your family wants to watch their favorite television show.You just pick up your PS Vita and continue where you left off.

The program is in open beta testing right now, only available to PS4 owners that registered for it. A few people are saying the experimental prices are a bit too much. For instance, Guacamelee is a recent game that costs 15 US dollars on the PS3 digital store. On PlayStation Now, it costs the same price to rent the game for 90 days. That’s not the only thing.

Let’s remember that it is the beta testing. As it states in on the official website’s faq, “The upcoming Open Beta will test multiple pricing tiers and rental durations. You will see shorter rental periods prices as low as $US2.99 and most titles are between that and $US19.99. More information to be announced later.“ And on the bottom of the streaming service, there’s a little note at that reads, ”Game titles and features shown are for testing purposes only. Not indicative of the final price.”

Let’s just hope Sony follows through with listening to their consumers feedback and maybe even try out that subscription program they talked of earlier, or even adopt the same principles they have for PlayStation Plus. If not, the program will almost certainly crash and burn for its ridiculous prices. What do you guys think?