You’ll Be Able to Download PlayStation Now Games This September
Recently, rumors swirled around the idea that PlayStation Now users may be able to start downloading games to their systems to play at a later time. Now, it appears that a source has confirmed to Kotaku UK that it will indeed be the case, and there’s even a tentative date for when this might be happening. The unnamed source has confirmed that downloads are indeed coming, and will be hitting the service in late September.
Unfortunately, at first, downloads will be limited to PlayStation 4 titles on the service, as you may remember the other games on PlayStation Now range from other systems. So if you’re thinking you’re going to bypass current restrictions for the chance to play backwards compatible classics that aren’t yet compatible, go ahead and put that dream out to pasture.
But what this news means is that you could download games instead of stream them via the service, which would be a lot less hard on your internet if you happen to have data caps or anything like that. As long as you have an active PlayStation Now subscription, you could pick out the games you want, presumably, and play them as much as you want with better speed, graphics, and performance overall since you’re not trying to stream them over the internet. Right now, you can’t download the games at all, and instead you’re basically at the mercy of your ISP and internet connection speed if you want to play the games on the service.
While the insider source Kotaku UK spoke to has confirmed September, we haven’t heard anything from Sony firsthand about whether this will be true or not. It certainly would be a boon for everyone looking for an experience like what Xbox Game Pass offers. We’ll keep you posted as more information comes down the pipeline.