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LudicrousSpeed on 05 January 2015

That list of subscription games is garbage imho.

At $20 a month they'd need to at least allow me to stream my digital PS3 games that I own. Otherwise no thanks.



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sully1311 on 05 January 2015

From the Blog:

"Hi Zingakun,

This is a great question. PS Now offers both individual game rentals and the upcoming subscription service.

The PS Now rental catalog already has 200+ games and games are added weekly so yes, you may find some games that will not be in the current subscription offering but can still be rented individually.

Subscriptions will give you access to 100+ games that get unlimited access and this catalog will evolve over time.

"
So not all games will be in the subscription.


sully1311 on 05 January 2015
LudicrousSpeed said:
That list of subscription games is garbage imho.

At $20 a month they'd need to at least allow me to stream my digital PS3 games that I own. Otherwise no thanks.


It's even smaller than the list you have seen.



mymuro on 05 January 2015

180 USD a year for such terrible list? No thanks. My vita should go back to the shelve collecting dust.



Chevinator123 on 05 January 2015
BMaker11 said:
Chevinator123 said:
I think Sony is scared

They are overestimating how much games people will actually play. They dont want to price it too low because they think people are gonna be streaming games 24/7 witch will cost them more $$$ then the subscription money they get but i dont think thats the case at all.

How many movies on Netflix do people watch per month? like 5? a game could take 10-20+ hrs to complete like possibly a week or 2 for 1 game

Of course none of this matters to me because i still have my ps3 with over 140 physical games (still got my ps2 too)

It's precisely why a new movie costs $20, while a new game costs $60. You pay more when you get more entertainment. Game rentals have always cost more than movie rentals (well, games vs movies, in general), because they have longevity beyond the 2 hours you spend watching a movie. Whether you go back to the 90s and look at Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, etc. or you look now with Redbox. So it's not really fair to compare PS Now to Netflix pricing and look at it in a bad light. Especially when, right now, it's cheaper than apples to apples alternatives (like Gamefly or OnLive)

Yeah but my point was that i dont think sony should price it that high becuase i dont think people will even use it that much, especially with new ps4 games constantly coming out

Also i dont think it should be priced like netflix, but still slightly cheaper then what it is like atleast 14.99/34.99



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BMaker11 on 05 January 2015
foodfather said:
Laughable price point. $180 to play a bunch of old games that can be brought for anywhere bewteen $3 - $15 dollars....

Last year I brought a PS3 (£150) and spent around £80 on games including 3 months of PS+. I played around 28 games, mostly exclusives that it missed out on and sold it all for around £170 4 months later. The whole thing only cost me £60 - 70 in the end.

$3-15 x 100 games (with more being added) = $300-1500.

Yea. Laughable.



KLXVER on 05 January 2015

Pretty shitty list of games so far. No Resistance, Uncharted, The Last Of Us, Demons Souls... They need to try harder.



BMaker11 on 05 January 2015
KLXVER said:
Pretty shitty list of games so far. No Resistance, Uncharted, The Last Of Us, Demons Souls... They need to try harder.

BlazBlue's, Catherine, Darksiders, Dead Rising 2, Dead Space 3, Deus Ex, FFXIII, God of War: Ascension, Infamous, Just Cause 2, Mirror's Edge, ME2, Ractet & Clank's, RE5, Saint's Rows, USFIV, and many other high profile games available on Jan 13th.

Plus, UC, TLOU, etc were in the trailer, so they're obviously coming soon. And they'll continue adding games, without raising the price.

But they need to try harder? Some people are just impossible to please. Or, lemme guess: you just don't like any of the above mentioned games and they don't appeal to you. Which isn't impossible, and I can't knock you for your opinion. But damn, you're picky and have a narrow taste in games if you like none of them



KLXVER on 05 January 2015
BMaker11 said:
KLXVER said:
Pretty shitty list of games so far. No Resistance, Uncharted, The Last Of Us, Demons Souls... They need to try harder.

BlazBlue's, Catherine, Darksiders, Dead Rising 2, Dead Space 3, Deus Ex, FFXIII, God of War: Ascension, Infamous, Just Cause 2, Mirror's Edge, ME2, Ractet & Clank's, RE5, Saint's Rows, USFIV, and many other high profile games available on Jan 13th.

Plus, UC, TLOU, etc were in the trailer, so they're obviously coming soon. And they'll continue adding games, without raising the price.

But they need to try harder? Some people are just impossible to please.


Im never using it, so they dont need to please me... There are some good games on there, but its never a good sign when the company themselves arent putting their best games on a service...



CDiablo on 05 January 2015

Decent service, but Gamefly seems like a better purchase unless you prefer to juggle many games at once. I wish Sony would allow backwards compatibility via streaming but theres no money in free.



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