Mr_No said:
But will it be a model that people are willing to pay for? Maybe a part will do it, but Sony shouldn't place all of their eggs in this basket. PlayStation Now does have a promising future ahead of it, but I don't think people are ready for online only just yet. Sony is doing better than a few years and I believe they should offer options instead of just one. |
Getting both things to work with each other is going to be the challenge and the necessary goal
Imagine this; we'd have the current PS4, same way we do now... but then you'd also have "a ps4" (all its games and services, split both into individual renting and a subscription just like PSNow)) available through streaming on a bunch of devices, including TVs. Core gamers would still buy the console (for obvious reasons) but the total user base would increase exponentially due to ease of access to the service and no requirement for a console to be bought...as well as being accessible on tablets and phones. Suddenly they have core gamers + families + mobile markets covered.
The current traditional console model suffers the limit of specific-HW entrance fee (and it always has), while a streaming service suffers the limits we already know and were mentioned here. Therefore, both must work together.
