sony has announced that PlayStation Now, the video game service via subscription streaming, comes to Spain and other European countries this 2019, starting with a beta or trial version starting from the month of February, so that players who wish to do so can start testing the service. Therefore, we offer you a complete guide to sign up for the PlayStation Now beta, as well as information about this new Sony service with access to a catalog of more than 600 titles for PS2, PS3 and PS4.
How to sign up for the PlayStation Now beta
To sign up for the PlayStation Now beta phase we must go to his official website, where we will be informed that we must be over 18 years to have access and a list of countries compatible with the beta, among which is Spain.
Now on the main beta page of the official PlayStation Now website we must go down to the title Please enter your PlayStation Network Online ID. Just below we will find a blank field with a example id name, where we must write our PlayStation Network ID, that is, our name of users of the PlayStation ecosystem.
Once entered, we must check the box By tricking this box I accept the Confidential Pre-Release Testing Agreement, which is nothing more than the legal agreement to accept the beta rules; If we are interested in them, we can always do click on the link provided. When we have checked this box, we can proceed to press the button Submit.
Once we have registered, the page itself will inform us that the process has already been completed with a All done! The next step will be to wait for a PlayStation email where we will be informed if the system has accepted our user to participate in the PlayStation Now beta; Obviously, this email must be the one linked to our PlayStation account.
What is PlayStation Now?
Roughly, PlayStation Now is the Netflix of video games from Sony, a catalog with more than 600 PS2, PS3 and PS4 video games which users can access via streaming in exchange for a paid subscription, that is, cloud gaming without the need to download the video games to play them. In this sense, it will not be necessary to have a PlayStation 4 system to enjoy the service, since it can also be run from a PC.
Likewise, we will also have the option to download certain titles on PS4, many of them from PS2 and PS4, so we will not depend solely on the speed of our connection to run the games with a minimum of quality. Of course, to play PlayStation Now video games only via streaming we will need a connection with a broadband of at least 5 Mbps, although it is likely that even more bandwidth will be necessary to enjoy acceptable gaming fluidity.
The multiplayer modes Of the games that have them will also be available on PlayStation Now, although to access them we will have to download an official application for PC in the official website; In addition, if we play on PC, we can use the official control controller of PS4, he DualShock 4.
The price of PlayStation Now
Although official prices have not been definitively announced pending the official launch of the service, in the official website PlayStation Now accounts for two amounts converted to euros. Thus, an official subscription would cost 14.99 euros, while an annual subscription would cost 99.99 euros. We will have to wait for the final launch of the service to know the exact prices, although they should not be far from these amounts.