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

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goopy20 said:

sales2099 said:

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.

You realize you need consoles to build the GP/PSNow instal base? It’s in MSs best interests to sell consoles to have a bigger pool of potential subscribers. Xcloud is in beta and far from all gamers use Pc. 
Series X is like the Xbox X or PS4 Pro, the premier gamers console. Lockhart is the mass market one...lol it’s precious you still ignore that. 

But I’m glad you at least see the value in day 1 exclusives.