PlayStation Now Release Date Rumors: Gamers Can Soon Rent PS3 Games For $5.99

As many PlayStation 4 owners know, the next-generation console is excellent but has its downfalls. One of the biggest being its lack of backwards compatibility with PS3 games. But earlier this year Sony announced a kind of solution that could bring a plethora of PlayStation 3 titles to the new console. Sony is set to cater for those without access to a PS3 through the upcoming PlayStation Now game streaming service.

Since the services announcement gamers have been wondering just how much a service like this would cost, well now we’ve got some new details to share. PlayStation Now developers Gaikai has updated its official website, which now contains a UI concept for the service which can be seen above, along with some price-points for games such as “Far Cry 3,” “Uncharted 3” and “The Last of Us.”

There are options to stream “Far Cry 3” and “Uncharted 3” in their entirety using PS Now in for $5.99 and $4.99 each, while “The Last of Us” is priced $49.99 to buy outright. Notice they each say “Full Game” next to them. Over on Gaikai’s About section, the company writes:

“At Gaikai, we believe in solving difficult problems to create exceptional experiences. People said it was impossible to stream video games at high quality with low latency. We did it anyway. They said there was no way for a small company to build the world’s fastest interactive entertainment network. So we did that too. We even won a Guinness World Record for it.

It isn’t easy. It requires custom hardware. Dozens of software systems. And a world-class team to put it all together. But you know what? It’s worth it. Because, when you find yourself playing a PlayStation game within seconds of pressing a button, without downloading or installing anything, on a device that was never designed to do that, it’s nothing short of magical.”