Sony has made a massive announcement. We’ve expected some sort of video game streaming option to allow fans to play older games (instead of making their latest console, the PlayStation 4, backwards compatible) for some time now after the announcement that they had acquire streaming service Gaikai. Now the company has made things official, announcing PlayStation Now.

Details will surely be coming as time goes on, but for right now, here’s what we do know: they’re aiming very high. Basically, PS Now will offer gamers the ability to play previous generation PlayStation titles—PlayStation, PS2, and PS3—on not just their consoles, but on various platforms. In fact, you’ll eventually even have the option of using the service to play full PlayStation titles on non-Sony devices, such as your smartphone or tablet. Yikes.

Continue reading for more info, including a chunk of the press release Sony sent out, and top see a video of the announcement.

This week, The Drill Down crew looks back at the year in tech and the web for the year 2013. We’ll discuss our favorite tech events of the past year, and what we can expect in 2014.

Before that, however, we discuss a recent discovery that the NSA sought to spy on gamers, eight top tech companies ban together to reform surveillance laws, and is Apple‘s iBeacon just a marketing gimmick or are there bigger plans in store?

Sony’s next generation console, the PlayStation 4, is off to a booming start. The company has announced that they have surpassed one million units sold in the first 24 hours it was on store shelves.

But that’s just the start according to them. Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO Jack Tretton is predicting three million units sold by the end of 2013, and the hope is that five million units will be sold by the end of their fiscal year in March of 2014.

If you want a tiny idea of just how many PS4 systems were pre-ordered, Amazon has released images from one of their order fulfillment centers. You can see them below.

A special launch event for the PlayStation 4 is going on tonight, and surprises were promised. Usually this means you sit through filler for 50-something minutes and get a payoff at the end…sometimes worth it, sometimes not.

But this event made sure to at least begin with a bang, talking to the folks from Naughty Dog. First they showed off a brief teaser trailer for some upcoming DLC for their Game of the Year candidate The Last of Us. Next came the big surprise: an even teasery teaser for the next installment in the franchise they’re best known for, Uncharted 4.

Check out both teasers below.

Today only, Amazon is having a Buy 2 Get 1 FREE promotion on select PlayStation video games.

The promotion starts on Tuesday, November 12, 201311/12/13 at 9am PST through 1pm PST or while supplies last. Enter Promo Code GR8TNESS at checkout on qualifying purchases on items sold and shipped by Amazon.com (not by any third-party sellers on Amazon).

Below is a list of the video games included in the sale; visit the Main Sale Page for more details.

– Angry Birds: Star Wars – PlayStation 4
– Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag – PlayStation 4
– Battlefield 4 – PlayStation 4
– Call of Duty: Ghosts – PlayStation 4
– FIFA 14 – PlayStation 4
– Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition – PlayStation 4 Standard Edition
– Just Dance 2014 – PlayStation 4
– Killzone: Shadow Fall (PlayStation 4)
– Knack (PlayStation 4)
– LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – PlayStation 4
– Madden NFL 25 – PlayStation 4
– NBA 2K14 – PlayStation 4
– Need for Speed Rivals
– Skylanders SWAP Force – PlayStation 4