Now or never: Sony slashes device support for its game-streaming service

One more arrow into the Vita’s heart. (credit: Kyle Orland)

PlayStation Now, Sony’s online game-streaming service, will stop working on almost every compatible device starting on August 15. The announcement on Wednesday gives paying customers exactly six months to continue playing on compatible devices before the paid service is downgraded to two types of devices: PlayStation 4 consoles and Windows PCs.

Owners of 2016 Bravia TVs have even less time to adjust, with their smart-TV support ceasing as soon as April 1. The other affected devices—PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation TV (the Vita-powered TV box), and compatible Blu-ray players and smart TVs from Sony and Samsung—will no longer be able to access the service, which costs $20 per month or $45 for a recurring every-three-months charge.

Worse, since the service isn’t being entirely discontinued but rather narrowed in availability, Sony is putting the onus on subscribers to cancel their PS Now accounts before the device pool shrinks.

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Source: Ars Technica – Now or never: Sony slashes device support for its game-streaming service