In Unusual 'Partnership,' Samsung Smart TVs to Stream PlayStation Now Cloud-Based Service
The disclosure in the wee hours of Christmas Eve that the PlayStation Now videogame streaming service will be available on select Samsung smart TVs in the first half of 2015 represents an unusual collaboration between two companies doing battle through…
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side-by-side stores within a store at hundreds of Best Buy locations. The "partnership," as both companies called it, will mean Samsung smart TV consumers in the U.S. and Canada “will have easy access” to hundreds of PS3 games streamed from the cloud, “with no consoles, downloads, or trips to the store needed,” Samsung and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) said Wednesday in a joint announcement datelined from Seoul and Tokyo. The service will launch as an app that can be accessed through Samsung's Smart Hub, the companies said. The app “will support all functionality of the service, including the ability to earn in-game trophies, play games online with friends, and save your game progress in the cloud,” they said. Sony’s “vision” since launching PlayStation Now at the last CES “has been to open the world of PlayStation to the masses by offering the service on the devices they use every day," said SCE Executive Vice President Masayasu Ito in a statement. "Partnering with Samsung is a key step toward realizing this vision, as we can reach a broader audience of consumers who may not own a PlayStation console to show them why gaming with PlayStation is such a unique and amazing experience." Smart TVs at the Samsung booth at CES will showcase PlayStation Now, the companies said.