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Sony launches PlayStation Now game streaming in Japan

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Cloud gaming is debuting in Japan on a game console. Sony said that it is launching its PlayStation Now cloud-gaming service in the Japanese market.

Sony made the announcement at its press event at the Tokyo Game Show. With PlayStation Now, games can be streamed from centralized servers to players, enabling them to play games created for older consoles right on the PlayStation 4.

Sony said it has about 150 titles — such as The Last of Us — available on PlayStation Now, starting September 16 in Japan. You can rent games at a flat rate and play them without downloading them in advance.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.