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Cerebralbore101 on 08 July 2017
LudicrousSpeed said:
"Hopefully Sony keeps the heavy hitters off PS Now"

I don't get this mentality. Does it change anything for PS4 owners? They can still buy and play the games. Personally I think games like Last of Us HD and Bloodborne are infinitely better avenues to get people into the PS ecosystem than Killzone 6 or fucking Broken Age.

It changes nothing for you if these games appear on PS Now, lol. If Sony isn't trying to entice people to subscribe and/or buy into the PS ecosystem with a good selection of PS4 games, then what's the point? Then again this is the same company that used SOCOM 4 as a barometer for gamers interest in a SOCOM II port.

PS4 owners bought the system under the assumption that they needed it to play Sony exclusives. If all the best games become available on PS Now, then that's a wasted $200 to $400 investment for many people. How would you like it if you bought a brand new car, and suddenly there was reliable public transportation everywhere that could get you where you needed to go just as fast as your new car? 



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LudicrousSpeed on 08 July 2017
Cerebralbore101 said:
LudicrousSpeed said:
"Hopefully Sony keeps the heavy hitters off PS Now"

I don't get this mentality. Does it change anything for PS4 owners? They can still buy and play the games. Personally I think games like Last of Us HD and Bloodborne are infinitely better avenues to get people into the PS ecosystem than Killzone 6 or fucking Broken Age.

It changes nothing for you if these games appear on PS Now, lol. If Sony isn't trying to entice people to subscribe and/or buy into the PS ecosystem with a good selection of PS4 games, then what's the point? Then again this is the same company that used SOCOM 4 as a barometer for gamers interest in a SOCOM II port.

PS4 owners bought the system under the assumption that they needed it to play Sony exclusives. If all the best games become available on PS Now, then that's a wasted $200 to $400 investment for many people. How would you like it if you bought a brand new car, and suddenly there was reliable public transportation everywhere that could get you where you needed to go just as fast as your new car? 

A more apt comparison would be something like, you pay for a new car and then 6 months later Uber comes to your town and now instead of driving your own car around and going wherever you want to go you can pay per trip to use someone else's vehicle and go wherever they cover.

Exceot in the case of the PS Now experience it's more like your Uber driver is always late and has vomit in his back seat from the drunk fare he had last night. Personally I think I'd rather continue using my own car going wherever I want to go. 



Cerebralbore101 on 08 July 2017
LudicrousSpeed said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

PS4 owners bought the system under the assumption that they needed it to play Sony exclusives. If all the best games become available on PS Now, then that's a wasted $200 to $400 investment for many people. How would you like it if you bought a brand new car, and suddenly there was reliable public transportation everywhere that could get you where you needed to go just as fast as your new car? 

A more apt comparison would be something like, you pay for a new car and then 6 months later Uber comes to your town and now instead of driving your own car around and going wherever you want to go you can pay per trip to use someone else's vehicle and go wherever they cover.

Exceot in the case of the PS Now experience it's more like your Uber driver is always late and has vomit in his back seat from the drunk fare he had last night. Personally I think I'd rather continue using my own car going wherever I want to go. 

Owning your own car and paying for Uber would cost about the same. Public transportation and PS Now are much cheaper. 

Putting all PS4 exclusives on PS Now would tank PS4 sales. This would lead to the end of powerful consoles like the XB1 and PS4, which would mean the end of DRM free gaming, outside of Nintendo. 



Barkley on 08 July 2017
Azuren said:

So you've had exposure to it? You've played through the unforgivable input lag and thought "oh gee, this works great!"?

You can't assume your experiences are indicative of everyones. There are various factors, the major ones being location and connection speed. PSNow worked fine for me.



Azuren on 08 July 2017
Barkley said:
Azuren said:

So you've had exposure to it? You've played through the unforgivable input lag and thought "oh gee, this works great!"?

You can't assume your experiences are indicative of everyones. There are various factors, the major ones being location and connection speed. PSNow worked fine for me.

I've tried PSNow on five different computers, two different Vita's, and three different PS4's. All of them were on 200mbps+, from three different providers (Suddenlink, Spectrum, and Google Fiber). None of them provided what I would consider a playable experience, and god dammit I wanted it to fucking work after paying what I paid for it.

 

So I'm going to just say no, it doesn't work, much less "fine". It's acceptable for games not reliant on input accuracy like Disgaea, but put on Dark Souls 2 or Last of Us and tell me how much fun it is to be aiming from a half-second in the past.



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LudicrousSpeed on 08 July 2017
Cerebralbore101 said:
LudicrousSpeed said:

A more apt comparison would be something like, you pay for a new car and then 6 months later Uber comes to your town and now instead of driving your own car around and going wherever you want to go you can pay per trip to use someone else's vehicle and go wherever they cover.

Exceot in the case of the PS Now experience it's more like your Uber driver is always late and has vomit in his back seat from the drunk fare he had last night. Personally I think I'd rather continue using my own car going wherever I want to go. 

Owning your own car and paying for Uber would cost about the same. Public transportation and PS Now are much cheaper. 

Putting all PS4 exclusives on PS Now would tank PS4 sales. This would lead to the end of powerful consoles like the XB1 and PS4, which would mean the end of DRM free gaming, outside of Nintendo. 

 

Meh, you grossly overestimate the impact and appeal of PS Now. Also the availability. And the quality.



Azuren on 09 July 2017
twintail said:
Azuren said:

So you've had exposure to it? You've played through the unforgivable input lag and thought "oh gee, this works great!"?

Im sorry you have had a bad experience. Not quite the same for everyone else. Its not perfect but that isnt the point. Its a growing tech that will only get better over time. 

As I mentioned before about picture, than music, then movie streaming. Originally these werent perfect, but as the tech has gotten better these are now common place for millions of people. 

Gaming is the next media that will work towards gaining a foot in the streaming game. Sure, it is not ideal as of yet for many people, and many growing pains exist. Sure, Sony hasnt leveraged the tech as well as they could have and there is obvious room for improvement. But there must be something there: every single month they are able to add tons of new games to the library. So the service must be viable enough for them to see it through while they continue to update the tech to make it more compatible with existing internet connections. 

So yeah, your experience has sucked so far. So just wait until the tech gets better. 

So your response to "PSNow is awful and doesn't work" is "It will work in a few years"?

 

And again: have you actually used it?



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