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Soundwave on 23 February 2019
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forevercloud3000 said:
Azzanation said:

xCloud will most likely will be integrated into GamePass and offer another option to play GamePass, however xCloud is MS's Streaming network. Once xCloud is integrated than we should be comparing. Right now with both services, its Apples to Oranges.

GamePass looks set to have a lot more potential in the long run than PSNow because it will be accessible to the world and not limited to countries. As well as offering a better Streaming experience with Cloud Computing plus the ability to be on more than just PC platforms like the rumoured Switch. PSNow will get bigger but what we are seeing with it right now is basically its full potential. They can only increase its regions but the actual service is average in terms of Streaming and limitations. 

Another question posed by this Streaming future is......who says all the 3rd parties are going to just rally on board for them completely?

Like I don't perceive all developers will hence forth be offering their games day one for any of the available streaming services. As it stands, Sony already has more 3rd party partners on board for their service, ones who have still yet to put their games on Gamepass. Sony also has the larger stable of games that can't be gotten anywhere on their service. What will xCloud service really mean if its still the same 250 games of eye bleeding quality vs PSNow's 750+ decently running titles?

If it plays out anything like The Movie/TV industry we will only see even more large publishers try to divy off and make claim with their own services if they can. EA has been attempting that already.

These types of services will live and die by their game collection.

 

I also don't believe we have really seen the extent of what Sony can and will do with the service. As far as we know, they could already be getting Servers put in place. They are just keeping their head down and letting the media say what they want.

The services will live and die based on what the audience says, specifically younger audiences, not us older fart gamers most likely. 

I'm sure every movie studio preferred the old model of everyone paying $20 a pop for a physical DVD over what they have now. It's the audience that said "fuck it, I don't want to pay $20 for every movie and I don't want to go rent movies at a video store". Studios had no choice but to comply and get on the Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Video bandwagon. 

It's not even like Netflix has the best content either ... most of the stuff on their service is pure crap. It's the convenience of it which is killer, people don't want to go to a video store, they want the video store to be in their living room even if it meant the quality of content isn't as high.