Sony Explains Why 1st Party Games Won't Debut Day 1 on PS Now

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We live in a world that's driven by money and debt and we care less for tomorrow than we do for today. This is why I don't like the idea of the gamepass as the risk it poses to gaming is greater than the reward.

Netflix loses money. It burns through money at a faster speed than it makes money. They make money from subscribers as well as merch through some of their bigger brands, and now have begun to release some of their big movies for a limited cinema release to help get into the black faster.

Deliveroo also loses money. Big money and both these services are good to carry on as stopping would mean no money at all.

E. G. The grift / con of borrowing money and paying back until its such a large amount you can no longer say no so you just keep going.

This is why netflix can do this, this is why Deliveroo can afford what their doing and keep making losses in the billions.

Like the recession caused by the global housing market and debts which grew, it is all set up to eventually fall and its dangerous. MS can afford it as it can eat up the costs via their other bigger revenue streams, but Sony can't.

Then you look at the output from the two and the budgets invested and its a no contest. Sonys output is hell off a lot higher and the budgets seem higher too. The argument that remake costs less than the original is absurd. It takes more man hours to make a game from ground up for next gen than it did for a game from last gen. There is more tech needed, there engine costs as they won't use the engine from the ps3 era.

Sony has said for years now and reiterated that the profits from big games allow them to invest in smaller niche games where they make losses.

I have been gaming since 1988 and its something I will continue to do until I am physically unable to. The risk MS is taking in gaming could destroy my hobby and our the quality of games I get. MS has proven time and time again, that they won't invest in quality big budget games the way sony does. For three generations they have proved this.

If you look at the rest of their services, the users is to create and maintain a serviceable subscription providing the basics.

The new office 365 and Teams is essentially a copy of Google Drive, folders hangouts. It costs stupid amount of money and it don't work all that great. However, you gotta pay as they're aren't many alternatives where you get end to end user support and rollout guidance that can meet most service level agreements.

I prefer the safer Sony approach where they offer the games on disc and hopefully they can bring the game onto psnow or ps plus collections in a year. You get both options and the risk of losing it all is massively reduced. As Jim says, their method is sustainable.