Even some of the later PS3 titles that still feel up-to-date with the PS4 era are streamed too, while Xbox Game Pass just launched Oblivion and Fallout: New Vegas on its emulator.

There's a decent line-up of downloadable content which makes it a worthy endeavour if you're only after recent games, but the further back you go, the worse it gets. Luckily I'd only opted in for the PS Now trial, so no cash was lost on that front, but I still felt like I'd been ripped off. That's the crux of PS Now - it's a service that's abhorrently disappointing, so much so that after a couple of hours trying to play through Sly Cooper, I said 'fuck this,' and went to my local CeX to grab a PlayStation 2, and then got the third one on my birthday a month later from my nan. RELATED: PlayStation Is Going To Let Jade Raymond Make And Finish A Video Game Game Pass does sport its own 'Cloud' service, but there are options. PlayStation's streaming-only approach, even with a solid internet connection that's wired with no Netflix on and downloads paused? Lag. Sure, I've had a bit of fun with it, as you can download titles for the PS4 and PS5, but go back a generation or two and it's all about streaming, while Game Pass emulates the 360 with no hiccups or hitches.

PS Now is basically the Game Pass equivalent - it's a service you pay for that gives you a huge library of PlayStation games. Why? Their approach to the golden oldies is, at best, a bronze one. I can boot up Crackdown, Fable 2, or Banjo-Kazooie, get lost in the nostalgia and forget that my teen years have just come to their fateful end - but with PlayStation, I had to fork out and get myself a PS2 and PS3. Xbox Game Pass has ushered in the ability to play retro titles without the need for bygone consoles or janky emulators on PC - it's an utter treat.

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