Sony Starting A Service Similiar to Gamepass (Spring 22)

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JCHateSteve said:
Well they need to do something. I have PS Now and Plus. Gamepass is eating their lunch in the online services space. I was planning on finally buying a 4k TV and a PS5. But, with the Xbox series S being the only console readily available, keeping my current TV and buying an S along with game pass ultimate is looking awfully tempting.
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Gamepass on PC has been phenomenal. And it's even better on console. Microsoft taking it to Sony in that regard.
 
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Ttucke11 said:
Gamepass on PC has been phenomenal. And it's even better on console. Microsoft taking it to Sony in that regard.
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PS has something similar for PC. It's not that PS Now is bad. I've played a lot of stuff I might not have otherwise that ended up being great. But Gamepass with an S is just such an absurd value for the money. Microsoft has really caught lightning in bottle, especially with folks staying at home so much more.
 
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Sony is never going to put their AAA games day and date in a subscription service. They can't afford it. They rely too much on game sales to do something like that. MS is a trillion dollar company and can afford to take the financial hit where Sony cannot absorb that. This is merely a re-shuffling/re-branding of their PS Plus and PS Now services. My guess is that they're going to offer a package where you get both at one price. But that's all it is. I think it's a bit misleading with the way the media is framing this as "Sony's answer to Game Pass".
 
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JCHateSteve said:
PS has something similar for PC. It's not that PS Now is bad. I've played a lot of stuff I might not have otherwise that ended up being great. But Gamepass with an S is just such an absurd value for the money. Microsoft has really caught lightning in bottle, especially with folks staying at home so much more.
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What’s the similar thing on PC for PlayStation? I play PC so I’m intrigued
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Sony is never going to put their AAA games day and date in a subscription service. They can't afford it. They rely too much on game sales to do something like that. MS is a trillion dollar company and can afford to take the financial hit where Sony cannot absorb that. This is merely a re-shuffling/re-branding of their PS Plus and PS Now services. My guess is that they're going to offer a package where you get both at one price. But that's all it is. I think it's a bit misleading with the way the media is framing this as "Sony's answer to Game Pass".
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I don't think they need to do day and date. They could put 1st party stuff up on a delay and be fine. They need to get PS3 games downloadable, add PS1 games, and lean into PSVR. Nobody could compete in the VR gaming space if Sony commits to it. Microsoft doesn't have any VR hardware and Occulus doesn't have the 1st party software pipeline.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
I don't think they need to do day and date. They could put 1st party stuff up on a delay and be fine. They need to get PS3 games downloadable, add PS1 games, and lean into PSVR. Nobody could compete in the VR gaming space if Sony commits to it.Microsoft doesn't have any VR hardware and Occulus doesn't have the 1st party software pipeline.
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I'm absolutely 100% with you there. Especially on the PS3 titles. Its the main reason why I'm not a PS Now subscriber. I'm just not going to pay for a service where I have to stream certain games in order to play them. They also are missing too many of the great PS3 games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance 1 and 2, Motorstorm 1 & 2, Mod Nation Racers, etc.

But as I said earler, its wrong to frame this as Sony's answer to Game Pass. Its NEVER going to be an answer to Game Pass because Sony is never going to put their big budget AAA games on the service at launch the way MS does.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
I'm absolutely 100% with you there. Especially on the PS3 titles. Its the main reason why I'm not a PS Now subscriber. I'm just not going to pay for a service where I have to stream certain games in order to play them. They also are missing too many of the great PS3 games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance 1 and 2, Motorstorm 1 & 2, Mod Nation Racers, etc.

But as I said earler, its wrong to frame this as Sony's answer to Game Pass. Its NEVER going to be an answer to Game Pass because Sony is never going to put their big budget AAA games on the service at launch the way MS does.
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No argument there, Sony can't do that and won't beat Gamepass at it's own game. But there are things they can do to add value and fill a slightly different niche. More than anything I just hope this is the start of Sony actually putting some focus on Now, or whatever the end up calling the combined service.
 
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