Sony has announced PlayStation Now, a service which allows gamers to stream a variety of PlayStation titles across a range of devices without a console in sight.

The announcement was made at CES, with games from Sony’s previous three consoles being utilised and the service available on the PS4, the PS Vita, as well as Sony’s Bravia TV sets.

The technology for PlayStation Now came from Gaikai, a company which streams high-end video games. Gaikai was bought by Sony in July 2012 for $380m, a clear sign of its cloud-based future.

This is not to say the user experience has been completely seamless, however. The Verge reported “a slightly perceptible lag between button presses and the corresponding action onscreen”, yet added that “you’ll never think of gaming the same way again”.

Similarly Sid Shuman, social media manager at Sony Computer Entertainment America, admitted that “pixel counters and …