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setsunatenshi on 23 June 2018
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Mr Puggsly said:
setsunatenshi said:

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.

of course 240$ a year is too much, hence why for 2 years I used the service I paid 100$ per year. not sure why you think that's not an usual price... but anyway, see for yourself:

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstationnow/

scroll down to the bottom of the page until you find: 

12 Month Subscription 99$ (not even 100 but 99 lol)

So as you just stated, 100 a year is not a bad price. And I think you'll agree it becomes an even better value if they indeed will allow the download feature which was my entire point from the start.

Looking to the future I'm sure Sony will adjust the offer. Besides keeping the older games library, start delivering newer games to the streaming service. This seems much more likely since EA, Ubisoft and even MS started talking about streaming as a market they are now aiming to. What the service will look like by the time the competitors hit the market I don't know, but I'm quite confident more competition means they will present a more competitive offer than what they currently do.

I don't think you were attacking Sony as much as it seemed like you were defending MS and their specific offer, which is perfectly fine if it suits your preferences more. The only reason why I see more value on the PS Now is because I have no interest in MS first party games. It's all about individual tastes :)