PS Now could be an awesome service if it wasn't for Sony.

[Mr Puggsly]

DonFerrari said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Simple question, do you think better 1st party support on PS Now would hurt PS4's output and/or performance? I think the obvious answer if not really if at all.

We actually agree Sony is afraid PS4 sales could be affected if Sony gave PS Now better support. However, there is plenty of PS4 content Sony could add that's 3+ years old and isn't moving much if any hardware. I made a list of numerous titles, I even forgot to mention Infamous:SS.

If the concern is PS Now could steal any sales from PS4, maybe it shouldn't have any PS4 content. It certainly shouldn't have Uncharted Lost Legacy and Horizon:ZD. I really don't think Sony adding 1st party games that are 3-4+ years old on PS Now would hurt PS4 at all. In fact, many PS Now users may have a PS4 and use it download PS4 games.

It seems PS Now suffers as a Netflix/Gamepass type of service because Sony doesn't want PC users getting too much access to PS4 content. So people using PS Now exclusively on their PS4 get a underwhelming service because Sony is too concerned about what PC users can access.

In a nutshell, I believe PS4 could continue its success and PS Now being a better service wouldn't impact that.

It all depends what you call better 1st party support. Because probably you would like to have something like gamepass and day one, that certainly would have a big impact on PS4 revenue.

And if you think Sony is afraid of it and that they do have more data than us and is better at analyzing the market (they have won 3 of 4 gens after all) then you shouldn't be asking if I think it would hurt. Sony wouldn't do it for the lols, so I believe they are doing the best decision for their business.

If the person have a PS4 and use the service to download those games then Sony would be losing sales of the games. And for the reason they put some games, may be similar to why HZD will launch on PC to test and validate their hypothesis, see how much it would impact sales of those games and also how it affects the subscription.

Just look at PS+ they had made a service that offered a lot of value for the yearly sub, but had like 2M subs when multiplayer wasn't there but great games were given away. When they changed to MP locked but not many good games gave away they are now about 40M subs. Seems like they validate that the best way to nick and dime users were locking MP instead of offering better games. They may be doing this type of test on PSNow.

Mr Puggsly said:

I'm sure it does fine, but I am also confident PS4 sales won't nose dive if it came to PS Now.

Frankly, there is plenty of content that's about 4+ years old Sony content that should be on PS Now. Much of which is not very active based on the PS Store's Top Games List.

Sure it wouldn't nose dive. Still why would Sony decide for a setup that would give less profit? But yes even though I have no access to PSNow in Brazil and I prefer to own, yes it would be good for the service and should get more subs (we don't have numbers to estimate the impact in profit, but Sony seems to consider it would be negative) if they had more first party content.

My ideal is Sony would copy Gamepass, but that's unlikely nor what this thread is about. I clarified the service should at least have most 1st party content that's several years old. I feel Uncharted 4 and Infamous:SS are reasonable requests, and so should God of War in the near future.

If not giving PS Now fairly recent content was best, it shouldn't have Horizon:ZD or Uncharted:LL. You see Sony as an infallible company due to their success, I don't.

Horizon is coming to PC now because the console version's sales have mostly dried up and perhaps they want to hype the sequel. Sony has already allowed a bunch of games on PC and they have data from that. This is just a rare exception where it will be a true 1st party game coming to PC.

We all knew (or should have known) that PS+ was a stepping stone to copying Xbox Live. Sony knew there was money to be made charging for MP because MS proved it. Although, I do credit Sony for making free games part of the service.

Adding more 1st party content to PS Now could actually increase revenue. We have to assume games like Horizon and Uncharted:LL came to PS Now to boost subscriptions.

Again, I just pointed out Gravity Rush 2 is on PS Now, but exclusive to PS4 users. That means I can't access it on the PC. Frankly, that's bullshit. But maybe Sony should do more of that if they're truly concerned what PC users can access. Let PS4 users have access to more exclusives and tell PC users to suck a dick.