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

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Intrinsic said:

Azzanation said:
I am not buying into these companies need to sell games at a higher price to make up the cost of these games. Game development has gone up, so have game sales and all the in-game shops and expansions etc.
If Xbox can put thier big hitters on a service platform than so can any one else.

I'll ask some simple questions.

1. How much do you think it would cost to have say... Cyberpunk on GP day 1?
2. How many first-party XB games have sold over 8M copies this gen?
3. If you could sell a first-party game or two at $60/$70, and sell 7-10M copies of them a year. Do you think you would even consider a service like Gamepass?

You are right, anyone else can do what MS is doing ith game pass, they just don't need to do it. And doing what they are doing now is better for everyone involved. Especially for the gamers (as crazy as that may sound).

I am going to write an article with a video attached to explain why.

twintail said:

Azzanation said:
I am not buying into these companies need to sell games at a higher price to make up the cost of these games. Game development has gone up, so have game sales and all the in-game shops and expansions etc.
If Xbox can put thier big hitters on a service platform than so can any one else.

This begs a good question. If studios need to sell at higher prices, surely that will make it more costly for MS to secure these 3rd party titles on GP?

What companies like MS and Sony spend on securing games is completely up to them, that does not concern the customer, however raising game prices when games are making more money than ever before is the insane part.