SONY step up their games on PS Now, They are preparing to compete with Xbox Game Pass on next gen

[goopy20]

sales2099 said:

goopy20 said:

Because I think it's way more important that the masses are "forced" to migrate so the next gen consoles can build a good install base, and we get the best support possible from developers. If the ps5 has build a 100m install base, and they then decide to release all of their exclusives on psnow, that would be great. But it would suck if they would all become cross-gen early on, just because the install base isn't there yet and developers would have to make sure all their games run on ps4 and the average pc too.

You have to understand that this is the fist time in history, next gen consoles launch that are far more powerful than the average gaming pc. By making all their 1st party games available on pc, developers will constantly have to think "Will this run on normal HDD and a GTX1060 too?" Let alone the ancient jaguar cpu of the ps4/Xone. We simply have no idea how that;ll influence their vision and scope of these next gen games, but I'm sure it would have been better if developers could just focus on a single platform instead and take full advantage of it. With Psnow that is a bit different as on pc you can only stream the games and the 1st party ps5 games won't be cross-gen.

Ok let’s put it this way. You need a PS5 to play PS5 games on PSNow. No cross gen or lack of need to upgrade consoles since ps4 PSNow can’t play these games. Now also consider that PS5 exclusives are in no way impacted by subscriptions. 

It’s literally just an incentive to subscribe to their service. Same games, and you need a PS5 to play them. You still wouldn’t like the idea of playing day 1 exclusives for a low price? 

Of course I would. If Sony's willing to give me all their AAA exclusives on day one for free, that would be great! But like I said, in the beginning I would much rather see Sony focus on growing the ps5 installbase so we get the best support from developers. The first couple of years are pretty important as that will determine if developers decide to develop games specifically for a next gen console or not. If the install base isn't growing as expected, they will likely not risk it and make their games cross-gen instead, while likely targeting current gen as the base platform.

That's my only problem with GP. Giving away games for free is fantastic but not if it comes at the expense of building a next gen install base. With MS making all their 1st party games available on a ton of different devices, they're giving consumers a lot less incentive to migrate to Series X, even less so if they are planning to sell it for $599 or more. If series X sales tank because of it, it will basically be all on Sony to build a next gen install base early on. Which means it will probably take much longer before the major 3rd party developers completely switch focus to true next gen titles.