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Maybe I'm weird I guess but I still think its overpriced. It should be no more than 10 a month for unlimited. These are old games folks.  Also, where's the PlayStation plus discount for members?  Maybe 15 a month for unlimited for plus members?



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Intrinsic said:

I don't think Sony expects anyone to be permanently subbed to the service. I mean they aren't stupid. even if there are a100 games on there only like 20/30 will interest most people. and even less for people that had a PS3. I think they have expect people to use the service in bursts, that's why there isn't a 6 month or 1yr sub option. 

IMO, any sane thinking gamer is better off subbing for a month. Blasting through like 10 games and ditching the service till whenever next there are 10 games worth playing. $20 for 10 games a month comes down to $2/game. can't get much better than that if you ask me.


I think Sony especially wants people to be permanently subscribed to the service. That much obvious. Playstation Now is setting a foundation for a future gaming landscape where all you will need is a dualshock to play the newest games. That's why it's available on so many devices. It's not a service for "gamers," just like Netflix isn't a service for movie buffs. It's a broad service for anyone.

I actually think that PS Now will turn into their next gen platform. Setting the framework up now will allow them to iron out streaming issues like input lag. By 2020, I'm sure these issues will hardly be noticable, and by that time, they can just launch their DS5 as the already established PS Now, with a back catalog of four generations of Playstation games and multiplats, all sold at different rates. Instead of paying $400 for new hardware, you'd just pay $200 a year for PS Now, plus the price of PS+ and a controller. Thousands of old games and every new release without the need to buy pricey hardware. 

That being said, there's no way Sony can expect someone who owns a console to actually pay for PS Now all year. Sony likely simply can't afford to keep the prices lower than they are, and it wouldn't look good on them to include a $180 year plan that puts it in black and white how expensive it truly is, especially with how limited their library is. That's why there's no 6 month or 1 year option. It would make PS Now look as expensive as it really is.

And I don't know how old you are, but even in high school, I didn't have anywhere near the time to "blast through like 10 games" in just one month. I don't think that's a viable option for most gamers. 2-3 games in one month is far more realistic. Completing 10 games in one month is the exact opposite of sane.



spemanig said:


I think Sony especially wants people to be permanently subscribed to the service. That much obvious. Playstation Now is setting a foundation for a future gaming landscape where all you will need is a dualshock to play the newest games. That's why it's available on so many devices. It's not a service for "gamers," just like Netflix isn't a service for movie buffs. It's a broad service for anyone.

I actually think that PS Now will turn into their next gen platform. Setting the framework up now will allow them to iron out streaming issues like input lag. By 2020, I'm sure these issues will hardly be noticable, and by that time, they can just launch their DS5 as the already established PS Now, with a back catalog of four generations of Playstation games and multiplats, all sold at different rates. Instead of paying $400 for new hardware, you'd just pay $200 a year for PS Now, plus the price of PS+ and a controller. Thousands of old games and every new release without the need to buy pricey hardware. 

That being said, there's no way Sony can expect someone who owns a console to actually pay for PS Now all year. Sony likely simply can't afford to keep the prices lower than they are, and it wouldn't look good on them to include a $180 year plan that puts it in black and white how expensive it truly is, especially with how limited their library is. That's why there's no 6 month or 1 year option. It would make PS Now look as expensive as it really is.

And I don't know how old you are, but even in high school, I didn't have anywhere near the time to "blast through like 10 games" in just one month. I don't think that's a viable option for most gamers. 2-3 games in one month is far more realistic. Completing 10 games in one month is the exact opposite of sane.

valid points. either way, this is a great first step to build the service. and if you really think about it, at $20 a month this is great value with over 100+ games on tap which will only get better. And like every subscription service, your milage will vary based on what kinda consumer you are. If you can play 10 games a month then for that month you were paying only $2 per game. $4/game if you play only 5 games a month. 

but look at services like gamefly, they have you paying $15/month though only being able to rent one game at a time. I don't get how anyone can be complaining about PSnow pricing (not saying that you are). 



This is awesome! I hope the catalog stays fresh! I will definitely be using the feature during any dry spells.



poklane said:
Turkish said:
but europe :(

can we play with our us accounts in eu?

Technically you can, but I wouldn't recommend it as you'd be streaming games from over the ocean which will make them unplayable.


Actually transatlantic cable is pretty fast, a canadian friend of mine can play on League of legends european server from there with 40 ms ping.

So in the case of god tier connections, it's doable. I wouldn't recommend it to people with a 40 ms ping (in europe) or above though.



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FINALLY. I would be willing to bet almost no one was paying the prices they had up there before.



soulfly666 said:
FINALLY. I would be willing to bet almost no one was paying the prices they had up there before.


Yeah, if you even planned to get 2 or 3 of those games for 3 months at previous pricing, the subscriptions works out better, plus you get 100's



This is one of the most amazing services ever for someone who has a lot of free time.Fortunately for me I am one of those people,I would expect Google Fiber will have no problems at all with it.My only complaint is the lack of exclusives, since multiplats I can play MUCH better on PC.But I'm confident the service will be upgraded over time.



Kirin_gaming said:
This is one of the most amazing services ever for someone who has a lot of free time.Fortunately for me I am one of those people,I would expect Google Fiber will have no problems at all with it.My only complaint is the lack of exclusives, since multiplats I can play MUCH better on PC.But I'm confident the service will be upgraded over time.


Yeah I think this is really targetted at PC players to play the likes of uncharted & TLOU so sony can convince them to upgrade to ps4 to play Uncharted 4 and TLOU2.



fireburn95 said:
soulfly666 said:
FINALLY. I would be willing to bet almost no one was paying the prices they had up there before.


Yeah, if you even planned to get 2 or 3 of those games for 3 months at previous pricing, the subscriptions works out better, plus you get 100's


Yeah for sure.  I just hope they develop some kind of solution for playing ps3 store games on the PS4...For instance I can't get rid of my PS3 because I can't play NBA Jam on Fire Edition or CounterStrike Global Offensive on PS4 or Vita...