PlayStation Now hands-on: you'll never think of gaming the same way again (The Verge)

[binary solo]

prayformojo said:

bananaking21 said:

prayformojo said:

pezus said:

prayformojo said:
I'll just buy the discs for cheap off ebay and play them on my PS2 and PS3, thanks.

Gotta love options

My problem is how they were intentionally coy about the double subscription BS until AFTER launch. That was intentional, BS and you know it. I am so pissed off right now, its boarding on rage. There's a reason I jumped ship back to Sony from MS, and having MORE paywalls for things that should be free (BC) is not one of them.

i see your point. however, they said you can subscribe if you want, or just buy game by game basis. basically, you will see their subscribtion and the games they offer, if you do not want to pay for it, you dont have to, and you can buy what ever game you want and play it. nothing is forced behind a paywall. the subscribition is just another option, it is not forced. 

Ahh, but they didn't use the word "buy". They used the word "rent". Think PS+ games here. If you pay yet ANOTHER subscription, you can probably keep the games. If you don't, you'll probably pay $4.99, and it will only be yours to play for a limited amount of time. You're not "buying" anything.

This whole service should be a part of PS+ and the fact that it isn't is just pure BS. I am not a fanboy, of any company anymore. I know the Sony fanboys are eating this up with a spoon, but the fact is, while it's a really nice feature tech wise....it's a total middle finger as far as cost. No one should put up with this kind of business practice and the fact that people DO, only makes things worse.

So the instant game collection with PS+ that basically gives you a butt load of games for the price of a single new release each year isn't enough? Sony never said game streaming would be included in PS+. It actually seems pretty obvious that it would cost extra. They are actually separate services. I could see PS+ perhaps offering one streaming title per month, maybe, but certainly not the full service. Of course if you run out of room on your HDD you can always cancel your PS+ sub and just do streaming.

What would piss me off is if Play Now is behind the PS+ pay wall, but that's not likely because you can have Play Now without owning a single playstation device. So this will be like Netflix on PS3/4. It's a separate service that isn't behind the PS+ paywall, and you can subscribe to one or other or both at will.