I can rent older game titles from the local DVD rental store for $5 or less and that's New Zealand dollars, PS Now should be $3.99 for a week and $2.99 for up to 5 4hr rentals for 5 different games. If it's a game that can be finished in 4 hours then it's not worth more than that and for everything else its a taster and if you like it you'll end up getting the 1 week rental anyway.
Subscription model is essential and I don't understand why Sony didn't realise it now needed to be the central plank of PS Now right from the start.
The only right decision they've made is to call this a Beta so all the changes they make are part of the development cycle rather than desperate attempts to keep the service viable. At least that's the PR angle. I just hope the beta users get some compensation for the money they waste helping Sony to figure out what they should have known from the beginning.
I'm excited for what this service might become, but right now it looks bad and headed towards failure.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
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Jimi Hendrix
