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How Much Would You Pay For Unlimited Game Streaming?

See Results 6 5.66%
 
$20/month 15 14.15%
 
$15/month 12 11.32%
 
$10/month 30 28.30%
 
$5/month 10 9.43%
 
More than $20/month 5 4.72%
 
I wouldn't pay for this 28 26.42%
 
Total:106
archer9234 on 19 June 2017
monocle_layton said:
Nintendo really needs to make a Netflix-like service. I've said it since the Wii U started to collapse.

I'm pretty sure they can make more money with a service instead of charging $4-8 a game. Something like this:

$A a year offers all NES games available
$B a year offers all SNES games available
$C a year offers all N64 games available

Make a special bundle where it's $X if you buy all three together.

It works in theory. But there's not many VC games availble per system. People would run out get bored and unsub.



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irstupid on 19 June 2017

If it had every single system/developer involved and games that were roughly say 6+ months old on it, I would pay $10 a month for it.

Otherwise if it starts to get to be like real Netflix and other streaming sites where there are so many deals going on that your missing half the movies you want or a movie you love is there one month and gone the next I would just pass. In movies/TV I'm paying for like 3 different services just to get all I want. Only reason I'm doing that is because it's still cheaper than actual cable. But if games went that way you would have EA Access, Sony Access, MS Access, Origins, Nintendo, ect. You'd be paying like 10 different subs a month. Not to mention the standard just online access permission fee.



archer9234 on 19 June 2017
irstupid said:
If it had every single system/developer involved and games that were roughly say 6+ months old on it, I would pay $10 a month for it.

Otherwise if it starts to get to be like real Netflix and other streaming sites where there are so many deals going on that your missing half the movies you want or a movie you love is there one month and gone the next I would just pass. In movies/TV I'm paying for like 3 different services just to get all I want. Only reason I'm doing that is because it's still cheaper than actual cable. But if games went that way you would have EA Access, Sony Access, MS Access, Origins, Nintendo, ect. You'd be paying like 10 different subs a month. Not to mention the standard just online access permission fee.

Plus how would DLC work on top of all this.



Pyro as Bill on 19 June 2017

It depends what you mean by streaming. Streaming games remotely is never going to be popular and the reasons why should be obvious to gamers.

For downloading and playing on demand, assuming online multiplayer was free/separate to the subscription, I'd pay $25-30/month for access to everything if no physical option is available.



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d21lewis on 19 June 2017

Uh... Xbox Game Pass?



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konnichiwa on 19 June 2017

I had PS now for 7 days used it to beat the RC games and get the platinum trophies but after the library felt flat for me had a hard time enjoying some of the other games and the quality of one of the RC games was very bad.

I am more open to the idea because I have now + 500 games this generation and I probably would play than 10% in the future.






Areym on 19 June 2017

Not a damn thing. I already have an ever growing backlog of games, I don't need to go back and play old games when I got shiny new toys.



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CladInShadows on 19 June 2017

The Internet needs to get a lot better than it is now before I'll ever consider a gaming service like this. Something like XBOX Game Pass would make much more sense. No streaming for me.



monocle_layton on 19 June 2017
archer9234 said:
monocle_layton said:
Nintendo really needs to make a Netflix-like service. I've said it since the Wii U started to collapse.

I'm pretty sure they can make more money with a service instead of charging $4-8 a game. Something like this:

$A a year offers all NES games available
$B a year offers all SNES games available
$C a year offers all N64 games available

Make a special bundle where it's $X if you buy all three together.

It works in theory. But there's not many VC games availble per system. People would run out get bored and unsub.

They can then expand it to gameboy and DS games. Can't see how thousands of games would bore anyone. 



VAMatt on 19 June 2017

This question is impossible to answer without knowing the games that would be on the service.

If every game that released for XB1 or PS4 was included, I would probably pay $40 per month. But, if it's just going to be random deal and an occasional 3 year old AAA game, I doubt I would pay more than $5 per month, and I would probably not subscribe for long.