PSNow getting download feature? (Rumour)

[setsunatenshi]

Mr Puggsly said:

setsunatenshi said:

Agreed completely on the taste being subjective, that was exactly my original point.

But you can't say in the immediate following sentence that X games coming to Xbox will appeal to more people than a collection of PS3 + some PS4 games. If Xbox first party was really that appealing we wouldn't have the user base split we currently have.

Appeal to popularity is something that really doesn't stick when arguing for Xbox, at least not this generation.

I'll finish as I started though, different people will find each offer more or less worth the price and that's absolutely ok. Would be a boring world if we all liked the same thing :)

Okay... let me explain what you got wrong.

PS4's success is not actually due to its exclusives. It was crushing X1 even when PS4 had mediocre exclusives. Sony launched a better designed console at a lower price, that's objective and helped PS4 excel at launch.

PS Now WILL NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL if all it offers is old games at a regularly high subscription price.

A game like Forza Horizon 4 has the potential to sell several million on its own. But that game is going to be on Game Pass at launch, that will appeal to more people than a collection of old games alone.

Hence, if PS Now offered some 1st party games at launch the service would achieve great popularity. So if you don't get my argument its as simple as this, NEW GAMES GET MORE SUBSCRIBERS.

Look at Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime for example. They grew in success by launching new/original content on their services.That's essentially what Game Pass is doing and why its more relevant than PS Now.

I don't get how 1 game (forza in your example) is somehow "objectively" more appealing than hundreds of "old" games.

In my personal opinion the only thing hindering a more successful psnow is the lack of download option.

I'm not saying it would be more appealing to you or any particular individual, only from my perspective as someone who actually had the service for a couple of years.

100$ a year is an amazing value for the amount of games available and especially with them increasing every month. 

 

Also, i'm sure they will keep tweeking the service itself as is evidenced by ubisoft and ea's comments during the last e3 and their outlook on game streaming services. Even MS made comments in that regard, so if anything you my expect gamepass to end up looking a lot more like psnow in the future.

 

Anyway, i got your main point, i suppose you got my main point too. We can agree to disagree