It's been an interesting sort of saga when it comes to Playstation Now, Sony's online streaming solution for customers looking to play older games. Instead of offering traditional backwards compatibility options like the emotion engine chip found in launch PS3's, they've instead decided to invest in a streaming service not unlike what was offered by the late OnLive, electing to stream an intractable image from a remote server farm. This has resulted in a fair bit of critique from various sources: high prices for rentals and subscription services, gameplay with noticeable lag and input delay, a truncated available library, and for some, a total non-option for service due to high bandwidth requirements.
