PlayStation Now coming to Samsung Smart TVs next year

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KLXVER said:

Sony is the one making the money off of this service. Even if companies trusted Sony blindly and did pay to have it on their devices, it probably wouldnt be enough to keep it going if the general public dont want it. Or will the companies have to pay a monthly fee to let Sony make money off their devices?

The reasoning behind me assuming a fee will be involved is that they've done a deal with Samsung. Gaikai originally had a deal with Samsung so they've just followed through on that deal. I feel as if the slower roll out is to give 'some' companies an advantage (in this case Samsung). IF (and this is definitely an 'if') sales of their TVs increase due to the added value of PSNow, then it will be other companies approaching Sony for the service and not the other way around. This will give Sony some leverage. Like I said though, there may be another option. I'm just explaining why I believe other companies may have to pay for the use of it. Perhaps it will just be a one off fee for the App itself ... who knows. Perhaps Sony will allow companies to make a small profit from it themselves ... again, who knows. But just like PS+, PSNow will be largely self financed.