PlayStation™ Now Beta

[Eel O'Brian]

Got an invite for the PS4 Beta. I don't know how much I can talk about it, but so far it's kind of impressive. Easy to use with a simple UI. I'm not noticing any real controller lag, and the video seems decent. It'll probably collapse like a house of matchsticks on the day/week it's officially released, though.

[bork]

They are never going to send me a beta invite

[a slime appears]

I want an invite too.

[FatalT]

I'm in it on both PS4 and PS3. It's neat.

[Eel O'Brian]

Somebody's got the jels

Anyhow, aside from touchpad controls (shudder), this should be really cool on the Vita, where any video compression issues won't be so noticeable

[a slime appears]

How much can you guys talk about?

Is everything free for testing right now? Good selection of stuff?

[Eel O'Brian]

There's about 20 games of various genres, nothing of the blockbuster sort.

[chronovore]

Why the fuck are these beta invites even a thing

Just do internal testing like normal people and release it once it works well

Fuck google for starting this trend

Test with 10, 50, or 100 people internally -- or test with 500, 1000, or 10,000 people across actual network conditions on heterogenous hardware? Seems like a no-brainer.

[a slime appears]

Got an invite!

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Still waiting for an invite. Cloud gaming is becoming pretty legit however -- nvidia's GRID in particular was a pleasant surprise. Can't believe I can stream Saints Row 3 and SFxT and play either title on a semi-competitive level without any hitches. Curious to see latency and picture quality on Sony's solution.

[headwalk]

I'm not noticing any real controller lag, and the video seems decent.

i guess getting old has its benefits.

[Rufus]

Jaggies? Just take the reading glasses off.

[chronovore]

I always misread this thread as "PlayStation now in Beta!"

[Takao]

I think it's kind of gross that beta users now have to pay to rent stuff.

Back in the old days, beta testers used to be paid.

[Lucretius]

I think it's kind of gross that beta users now have to pay to rent stuff.

Back in the old days, beta testers used to be paid.

For realzies!  I remember when I got into the Final Fantasy XI Online beta for PS2, SquareEnix shipped me a FREE early retail copy of the game AND a hard drive AND a PS2 network adapter, all of which I got to keep forever.

[a slime appears]

What the hell. I've been doing the whole MMO beta test thing since Ultima Online / Meridian 59 / Asheron's Call and never got shit.