| mornelithe said: I honestly don't care what they price PS Now at, because I'll never have a need for it...have my PS1-3 around the house, and I won't be getting rid of them anytime soon. I still think PS Now is simply for people who don't want a standalone console at home, but have a laptop/PC/Smart TV/Phone etc... Still, I compare them in this case, because Sony can look at that model and then work from there with regards to their pricing/service. Yes, it's streaming versus downloading, but that doesn't mean they can't take the flat rate for just download/own and add a certain percentage to cover streaming costs. |
I'm not disagreeing. However the Now vs EA Access comments could quickly build into a flame war.
I think its important to analyze the similarities / differences between the two than to simply say Sony's price should reflect EA's model. They are different.
As I've stated I do agree 100% that Sony needs to get the pricing down, but it likely won't ever be able to compete with the pricing of a direct download service as the inherint cost is much higher. Its especially costly to stream a game as the technology needs to be MUCH higher than streaming just video content. Input lag on a movie / show means nothing as you have zero direct control over the content, its just simply displayed. Gaming needs very high end infrastructure to stream as a heavy amount of input lag will litteraly make the service unusable.
