Sony Computer Entertainment have today unveiled a new service set to enable backwards compatibility for their PlayStation 4 video games console. Titled 'PlayStation Now', the firmware update for their next-generation hardware will mark the introduction of a feature which fans have been crying out for since the PS4's début.
Before now, the situation was that neither the PlayStation 4 nor the Xbox One had the capacity to play older titles which ran on different, more basic software engines that seemed all but alien to these advanced pieces of technology. After Sony's announcement at CES, though, that acclaimed PS1, PS2 and PS3 titles (the latter range confirmed to include The Last of Us and Beyond: Too Souls) will soon be playable on both their latest home console and the Vita, it's up to Microsoft to prove that their much-hyped Cloud network can do the same for their fanatics. Once substantial next-gen releases hit our shores, of course, backwards compatibility will no doubt be an unnecessary thing of the past, but with such releases lacking at present, the Xbox publisher is once again set to play catch-up with the more consistently-marked PlayStation 4.
PlayStation Now will be available for beta testing in late January, and will be uploaded to the worldwide PlayStation Network this Summer.
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