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"Sony&amp;#039;s PlayStation Now service came as a bit of a surprise at CES, but it could very well be the best development from the show. In short, it&amp;#039;s all about game streaming to as many different devices as possible. Rather than using a physical disc and console, Sony is using the cloud to help push games to devices like TVs, tablets and the PlayStation Vita and PS4. PlayStation Now video: Hands-on with Sony&amp;#039;s game streaming at CES 2014:   At the moment, it exists as a clever way of letting you play PS3 games on the PS4, as well as a means to vastly widen the catalogue of titles available on the PS Vita. Sony&amp;#039;s ambition, however, is to extend the service beyond its game consoles and to other devices like Bravia TVs and Sony tablets, with the eventual goal to allow PS3 and even PS4 games to make their way onto things like the iPhone. It&amp;#039;s a very exciting thing, and in the flesh is far more impressive than you might expect. Traditionally, game-streaming services have been marred by lag and picture artifacting. The demo of PlayStation Now that we saw, however, suffered very few of those issues. Admittedly, Sony had set things up, so the reality of slow home broadband and connection issues was unlikely, but it&amp;#039;s clear PlayStation Now is already looking very polished. We had two titles to play with. First up was the 2013 PS3 game The Last of Us via a PS4. On the PS3, this is a gorgeous-looking game. With PlayStation Now, 99% of that quality is retained. The only difference we could make out was a slight drop in the colour saturation and depth, as well as a slight blurring of edges when the action started to really hot up. It is, however, very close to what a direct feed from the PS3 would look like.  Perhaps more impressive however was God of War: Ascension on the PlayStation Vita. It immediately felt like a Vita game, with controls translating perfectly and not a moment&amp;#039;s noticeable lag or slowdown. If Sony can get even close to this on mobile or tablets, then PlayStation Now will be very impressive indeed. The hope is that PlayStation Now will function as both a subscription-based &amp;quot;Netflix of games&amp;quot; as well as a means to rent individual titles when you fancy giving them a go. Sony has explained that the DualShock 3 is crucial to the whole gaming setup, which does mean that you will unfortunately need a controller to play games on your mobile. Sadly, we didn&amp;#039;t get to see that side of PS Now in action, with the content currently running purely on PlayStation devices. PlayStation Now is due for release in the US by the summer of 2014. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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