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

[Mr Puggsly]

COKTOE said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Uh huh... GTAV wasn't expected to stay long term, it was very short actually. Older 1st party games though? My expectations are different.

They are about to give away Uncharted 4 to many millions on PS+, but PS Now isn't worthy? I don't get the logic. I even argue maybe PS Now users should have access to content only on PS4. Which is how Gravity Rush 2 seems to be handled.

I can certainly appreciate your expectations as a customer not being fulfilled, but HDZ and Uncharted 4 are:

A - Beyond critical mass in terms of market saturation, rendering them unimportant as drivers for the PS Now service.. And,

B -  Even without raw data of recent sales numbers, a reasonable supposition can be made that these titles are almost certainly still seen by Sony as more viable money makers existing in the realm of budget titles. Uncharted 4, and even more so, HDZ are almost constantly on offer for dirt cheap in various sales. Without looking at recent sales for the purposes of verification, I believe Horizon was sold at the $10 mark at least twice in the last 6 months. Too lazy to look, but fairly confident this was the price point during recent sales.  

Again. This game, which is 3 years old, has sold very well, was also a PS+ game, and is available for $20 at a PREMIUM price, often for half of that, is not going to drive sales for PS Now. At All.

It's the same basic, although not identical at all principle, the scum at Activision applied when they released Modern Warfare 2: Remastered a few days ago. They did so without multiplayer, so they would not spread themselves too thin, and fragment the COD MP player base among the existing Warzone and mainline series players.

Uncharted 4 being offered next month on PS+ only further detracts from it's relevance on PS Now. Of course, it will eventually come to pass that Sony goes, more or less, "all in" on PS Now, but not for while, as the overall shakeup to the market will have to be substantial. As it gains importance, PS Now will likely, eventually, engulf and become one with PS+. Even now they cannibalize each other.

Forget about Uncharted 4 and Horizon Zero Dawn, in this thread I've named a bunch of old 1st party games they could add. Hence, they could add significantly more 1st party content without even touching the heavy hitters.

However, if they did add a few heavy hitters even if they're old, the service would be more respected. That's objective. Sony instead opted for Knack and Killzone because they are junk.

For only the campaign, I think Modern Warfare 2 Remastered is very reasonable at $20. I read multiplayer is being worked on, but I don't know what that actually means. In my opinion they should do a Halo:MCC approach by putting all the muliplayer in one package, but maybe its too late to consider that.

I believe PS Now and PS+ will always be kept separate. Its just hard to imagine PS Now becoming really popular with its current direction.