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Burek on 01 November 2014
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binary solo said:
Intrinsic said:
This service would remain irrelevant until sony sees that a 7 day rental should cost $2.99. Thats the sweet spot of entry as far as I am concerned.

Having said that, I really don't understand publishers. They of all people should know that after a year on the market full, half or even a quarter price sales of their games practically becomes non existent. They should at least be willing to drop the price of their games to as little as $20 after a year. Kinda a no brainer one would think. Unless they just like their games sitting ons shelves or in the bargain bin.

Agreed. PS Now should be the same price, or less, as renting the physical game from your local video rental store. Though here a 7 day rental for a new release game would be quite expensive, and most video stores only rent new releases for a day at $5 or $7, or 3 days for $10. Older games normally rent for $5 for a week.

You still have video rental stores? I thought those were extinct. At least they are where I live...IPTV and downloads killed them dead 2-3 years ago.

OT: Good move on reducing prices, they were obviously not satisfied with the amount of rentals achieved. That said, I still think that this will remain a marginal service, somehow I think that the number of people willing to pay rental fees to play 3-5-10 year old game is not very high...