Sony's problem is that they promote PSN+ as only having games that score 70 (or is it 75?) or more on metacritic. So a few of the early gen games disqualified themselves because of the low metascore. That means Sony has less to chose from for putting AAA games on metacritic until they build up a library of exclusives that do pass that metacritic threshold. If 75 is the cut off not even KZ Shadowfall will get to be on PSN+. They really should put The Order on PSN+ next year. I think quite a few people who got put off by the negativity and low review scores would give it a go on PSN+ and it could help convince Sony that a second, much improved, game is worth doing.

Worse than that, Sony more or less admitted there's an active conspiracy to keep digital prices inflated in order to keep physical retailers onside. There must be some price fixing regulation that is being breached. Though perhaps if the main beneficiary of the price fixing (retailers being able to stay in business) are not directly part of the conspiracy, perhaps it doesn't meet the definition of price fixing.

If there isn't a competitive digital marketplace on a platform then anti-monopoly regulations should maybe apply.

I was thinking that a Jak and Daxter reboot in the veins of Guardians of the Galaxy (i.e. not as cartoony, updated and artistic direction similar to the movie) would work extremely well. Daxter would be a smart ass just like Rocket. I think it could recharge and reinvigorate the franchise.

Makes complete sense. Retailers also make a percentage from accessories and game sales. So as long as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo need major retailers to stock and sell their consoles they can't make digital games cheaper then their physical versions. It's why it'll be interesting to see how the NX does if it is all-digital. No retailer would give Nintendo shelf space when they're not making a percentage off their games and especially when the alternative is to just give more space to Playstation and Xbox who will generate them money.

Underlined is simply not true. Over the course of a year PSN+ gives you 24-36 games you can download and permanently rent. Over the lifetime of the PS4 (let's say 6 years) that amounts to over 200 games you will be able to access, and if you have a PS3 or Vita that number of games you will have access to doubles, or triples if you have all 3 systems.  I believe the EA vault currently sits at 13. How long will it take for the Vault to get to 200 games?

Bold, is all a matter of opinion. Of the games in the vault currently I am only interested in Dragon Age Inquisition and Garden Warfare, and I already have both (I got GW for free from EA's Playstation 20th anniversary birthday gift). So for the time being EA Access is worth exactly $0 for me, and I have obtained vastly more and better games from my PSN+ subscription. My objective analysis of the merits of the PSN+ model vs. the EA vault model is that the PSN+ model is a far better service, representing better value for money and exposure to a much wider variety of games. Hence there is no value to Sony or PS4 gamers in putting EA Access on PS4. If EA are going to be dicks about their games and not let Sony put any of their titles on PSN+ then that's actually EA's loss.

I do agree that Sony needs to put some genuine AAAs on PSN+ soonish or they will start losing subscribers like me who only have PSN+ for the games. I almost never play online so I don;t need or want PSN+ for that aspect. 

I'd like that.

If you're genuinely asking this then you must be a young gamer.

Crash, in its peak (i.e. PS1 days) was, by far, the most successful PS mascot ever. Its games were also top notch. Sackboy, Jak/Daxter, Ratchet, and all other PS mascots do not hold a candle to Crash during its PS1 days IMHO. During that time, it was a critically acclaimed series made by ND before ND became a premier development house.

Crash Bandicoot - 80% gamerankings, ~7 million in sales

Crash 2 - 88% gamerankings, >5 million in sales (US and JP alone), (>7 million VGC)

Crash 3 - 91 MC, ~6 million in sales (>7 million VGC)

During that time, Crash could very much stand up to Mario in terms of popularity, though the latter was still more famous and sold better. After the PS1 days, ND and Sony lost the license and the franchise went on a downhilll spiral that it has yet to recover from.

I can only imagine how crazy it would be when I think of Sony reacquiring the franchise, giving it to ND and SCEJA to work on and they use SMG as inspiration for a reboot.

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Main roadblocks are whether or not ND wants to go back to platformers. ND has the resources. They don't have an "A" team and "B" team, it's a CI environment where people are moved all over. They started developing multiple games when they got to ~200 employees. They now have 280 employees according to linkedin and are hiring another 11 full time and 13 temp positions. They could make 3 or 4 games simultaneously, but obviously at different stages. If the long time rumor of them getting the crash license back, then that puts an even bigger question mark to them supporting 2 platformers at the same time.

Sarcasm is hard to detect on the internet.