PSNow getting download feature? (Rumour)

[Mr Puggsly]

setsunatenshi said:

Mr Puggsly said:

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 

Old games + New AAA is more appealing than just old games. Also, PS Now is pushing too much PS3 content. Given the usual price they should offer more PS4 content.

$100 is not a bad value, I'm arguing that's not the usual price. Also, month to month is too expensive (more like $240 for a year).

Game streaming is a great concept and I'm a fan of it theoretically. But PS Now is a service for playing old games and very little of it is PS4 content. The future is streaming new games, not last gen.

I can't imagine you disagree with anything I'm saying. I think you have the impression I'm attacking Sony.