Or... maybe they just realised that the EA service directly competes and devalues the PS + service.

Nice story though.

Well, Sony does obviously only what they think is the best for them and not what is the best for the customers.. They are a company looking for the most profitable moves after all.

When Sony thinks that customers want something really bad they call their move "for the customers" as long as Sony thinks that it will be also good for Sony.. If something good for the customers isn't good for Sony in their opinion, they will not do it.

It's pretty ironical to say that you don't want to give people the option of EA's Vault because it would cost them 5 bucks per month or 30 per year if you start just a few days after this EA reveal a beta of a service where people have to pay even more to play a few games for a month and the size of this library is totally irrelevant. It's important what you have to pay for a game on average and not on how many games you can throw your money at.

Would be obviously something else if you would have to pay 5 bucks for PS Now to play the whole library but this is simply not the case and since Sony wants their own services to succeed, they simply don't allow services which could stand in the way of them. People who would stream an EA game over PS Now could maybe stop doing it with EA's own service. That's why Sony "doesn't see value" in it. For them, not the customer...

So yeah, not a surprise that a company does what is good for this company. Just funny that some people really believe that a huge company doesn't only look after what is best for this company. 

Like i have said, I don't have any problem at all with them having complete control over this.  The problem is that they want complete control over the future as well.  PS Now is the real future of gaming.  Or some version of it is.  Under their format, it will be required to continue to have a PS+ membership in perpetuity to have access to your content.  Under a scenario like EA access, you would have access via the publisher.  It is an A La Carte system.  Buy what you want.  The publishers clearly see this too and they want to have their own portal to the revenue stream.  This has nothing to do with Sony or Microsoft as many here would think.  This has to do with who gets the $$$ and control long term. 

The point was, they have pitched that they are doing this for the gamer when they are really doing it for themselves. 

Sure, it might somehow impact the PS+, but it has more to do with PS Now.  THey just don't want to have competition.

Agree, and what if PS now becomes a subscription even better than EA access with good pricing?

I bet the fanboys will still complain and try to prove to us that this wasnt in our best interest. 

Yep, and people defending this move is disgusting.

Does Spotify own the music and content on their website? if no, then your analogy doesnt make any sense. 

What if? So what EA access is a different type of service. IS PSNow going to give you discounts on DLC and future games?

It makes perfect sense you're just splitting hairs.

Well, if the OP can't distinguish between PSnow and Microsoft's original plans with the XB1 than I am afraid this discussion is doomed.

Not to mention PSnow is in beta and prices are not set yet, kinda the point of a beta.