Sony Resets PlayStation Now 7-Day Trial Subscrptions

[Errorist76]

VAMatt said:

Errorist76 said:

It’s too totally understandable that Sony want to fairly pay their developers and sell their games instead. They don’t need to subsidise their platform in order to improve their service subscriptions the way MS does.

How does that apply here? 

The fact is that there are no big games released on PS Now at launch, while there are big, AAA games on Gamepass the same day they launch at retail.  So, in my case (and certainly in many other cases), there's more value in Gamepass.  

For example, there are only two current exclusives that I want to play, but do not yet own: Spiderman and Forza Horizon 5.  PS Now doesn't give me a way to play Spiderman.  Gamepass does give me a way to play Forza.  So, which service is more valuable to me?  

Certainly, if one wants to get access to the largest number of games, without concern for what games those are, PS Now is the better value, by a mile.  But, a large portion of gamers want to play big AAA games at or near launch.  Only Gamepass offers that.  

Except for the Horizon series Microsoft exclusives‘ sales numbers have been declining left and right. My point was Microsoft probably wouldn’t be so „generous“ were they leading this by far..they do this to increase the number of subscribers and gain back trust...plus Microsoft tries to make up for the loss in sales through MTs and DLCs in their ‚exclusives‘.