PS3 classics like Uncharted 3, The Last of Us, and God of War III will be available for PC users.
[dropcap size=small]L[/dropcap]ast week Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that they will be bringing their PlayStation Now game-streaming service to Windows PCs. PlayStation’s service gives users the ability to access previous PlayStation 3 games over the internet. With the cost of $20 per month or $45 for three months, PlayStation is driving a hard bargain considering it comes with a DualShock 4 USB wireless adapter for the price $25 once it is released early next month.
It looks like this is Sony’s move to offer gamers a way to access games that were available on the PlayStation 3 much like Microsoft’s backwards compatibility feature. There are more PC gamers than all console gamers combined and now that Sony is offering previous PlayStation 3 games this gives the company a good chance to generate an impressive profit.
“This will bring a wide selection of PlayStation exclusive titles to Windows PC for the very first time, including entries in the Uncharted, God of War, and Ratchet & Clank franchises, as well as beloved PS3 games like The Last of Us and Journey,” said PlayStation Network senior vice president Eric Lempel in a blog post. “Current subscribers have a new way to access PS Now’s library of over 400 games, and the PC app provides a new way for even more gamers to discover and play the service.”
With a library of over four hundred games Playstation has given PC users a plethora of gaming options much like Steam’s library which offers many games that have been released on Xbox. Although Microsoft and PlayStation both have agreed to work towards cross-platform compatibility that doesn’t mean that both companies still see each other as rivals and this is just one more example of Sony doing what they can to stay on top.
