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Soundwave on 23 February 2019
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forevercloud3000 said:
Soundwave said:

Looks like day 1 for all major releases is Microsoft's standard.

MS doesn't give a fuck, that's what makes it so difficult for Sony to counter ... XBox sales are OK but they're nothing that special. But for Sony it's a massive problem if they're forced into making a streaming service that has day 1 content of new releases. 

How do you sell $60 copies of Spider-Man or God of War then? Why does anyone even need a PS5 then when you can just load up an app on your smart TV or even tablet/phone and play there? 

The situation puts Sony in a real bind, I'm sure they would prefer the gaming business to stay as status quo as it has been. MS is in this to beat Amazon and Google, they don't care if Sony's model has to burn down in the process. 

What I am saying is the Day 1 release has not proven to be in MS's favor. Gamepass is being pummeled by PSNow and doesn't give Day 1 exclusive releases. Just like Netflix doesn't usually get Shows and Movies  Day and Date with release. I don't think that means Sony isn't taking it seriously, it's just a better model economically. It is Netflix vs Hulu. Hulu has shows shortly after release but doesn't change the fact Netflix dwarfs it's base with older and exclusive content 20 times over. 

As it stands Sony uses PSNow as a means of casual and late to the party gamers to jump in and play catch up on older stuff. No, they aren't going to get Spiderman anytime soon, but PSNow does have over 120+ exclusive older games up there to choose from. Meaning they got the retail sales at release.....and also getting people playing them using subscription.

As long as Sony is doing great at hardware, they will always treat PSNow as a legacy service. That doesn't mean it can't compete. When Gamepass has a true blockbuster Day and Date with Launch we can talk(maybe Halo Infinite). Until then, it is an unproven gimmick to try and pull subscribers.

Sony is literally winning this battle right now but the way the media talks as if they are not even in it. It is baffling.

Gamer Pass is not the PSNow competitor. xCloud is, that will be coming this fall. You're comparing apples to oranges right now. 

Gamer Pass has been very successful (likely much to Sony's dismay). 

Sony likely has dithered and screwed up their chances in streaming by being so conservative with PSNow. MS doesn't care, they are in this to beat Google and Amazon and if that means Halo Infinite day 1 on xCloud ... they'll do it.