The cloud service is coming to Japan and Korea in late 2014, Europe in early 2015

Jan 17, 2014 14:32 GMT  ·  By

A few new details about the recently confirmed PlayStation Now cloud-based service have leaked online, including a roadmap showing when it will be launched in regions like Asia or Europe.

The PS Now service reveal was among the biggest announcements coming from CES 2014 last week. In case you missed it, the new cloud-based streaming solution allows for PS3 games to be broadcast to PS4 or PS3 consoles at first, followed by the PS Vita handheld, Sony Bravia TVs, or smartphones and tablets at a later point in time.

As you can imagine, this generated a considerable amount of hype and many gamers are looking forward to seeing just how the service will fare in real life.

Sony will kick off a closed beta stage later this month, but until then a few details have leaked via Eurogamer.

First up, there's the roadmap you can admire above, confirming that PS Now launches first in the U.S. this summer, followed by Japan and South Korea at the end of 2014, and Europe at the beginning of 2015.

This is the first time the service has received a date for territories outside the U.S. and it's a bit intriguing to see that Europe is getting it a year from now, although it confirms previous reports about the streaming service.

What's more, the plan also mentions that Bravia TVs and other devices will support PS Now around the end of this year. First Sony devices like TVs, smartphones, or tablets will get it, followed closely by partners who want to use PS Now on their own gadgets.

The website also claims that, in order to make sure that the PS3 processing from the cloud is handled as efficiently as possible, Sony engineers have come up with a unique type of motherboard that houses not one, but eight separate PS3s and can fit into a slimline server cabinet.

At first, Sony tried just to stick regular PS3 consoles into server configurations but this resulted not just in a lot of power consumption, but also lag and latency. With the custom build, everything is as efficient as possible and should provide the best experience.

As of yet, Sony hasn't confirmed anything about the leak.