Sony Teases A PlayStation Response To Xbox Game Pass

@njs72: Yep, they warn about 2 weeks ahead of time. I've made a habit of browsing this list every week to see if there's anything I might like (which is often very rewarding), and only a couple of times have I been so "into" a game that I was compelled to buy it. (Aven Colony was one of these -- stellar city builder!)

@wolfpup7: PSNow charges the same price per month at $10/month as Gamepass for Xbox. Sony actually used to charge double that before matching Gamepass last year.

@wolfpup7: please tell me which games do you get on PSNow on day 1 release the way Microsoft does with GamePass?

None?.....I thought so.

@zintura: MS is just trying to reach the billions of gaming customers outside of consoles(which only caters to it's nice base of billions). It allows MS to double or triple their income for their first party games either via sales or subs compared to Sony. It is good business practice which apparently Sony is considering following.

@zintura: Sorry but I don't see it. Do we need to get into the whole Betamax type proprietary Sony technologies that they didn't even want competition on.

Please Sony doesn't exactly have an innocent past, so let's not fool ourselves into thinking it does. Just imagine what they'd do with Microsoft money.

@zintura: Funny that you mention aversion to "outsiders" as a knock on Microsoft, when the entire country of Japan rejects Microsoft's consoles, largely because they're not a Japanese company. I'm not saying you're wrong about MS business tactics, but they have to utilize any advantage they have to attempt to break into the Japanese market.

@zintura: It's not just your perspective, it's actually history. MS is known for anti-competitive tactics.

@LVT_PTA_PB: Netflix doesn't let you download the programs to your hard drive though.

@Richardthe3rd: I think people WAY overvalue the impact of ES.

@Richardthe3rd: I don't see why it has to be so personal. Why isn't it just that a business is trying to do what is good for business, and good for consumers. Honestly those to things should always be in harmony, the fact that it isn't the case is actually the weird thing.

@Richardthe3rd: Probably, but I imagine it has more to do with them seeing the numbers Fortnite is pulling and wanting to leverage Windows.

@jinzo9988: It's easily sustainable with the proper customer base.

Microsoft has at least 15 million subscribers--up from 10 million six months ago. At $10-15 per month, depending upon the plan, that's $150-220 million in revenue per month. That easily covers development of a $100M AAA title. And they aren't going to release a new game with that price tag every month.

One could argue that it's a much less risky model than producing a $100M game and having to sell 3-4 million copies just to break even. For every God of War and Uncharted 4, Sony has suffered duds like Knack and The Order.

Nobody knows exactly how finances work on the GamePass licensed games, but I doubt they are cost prohibitive. They're already trending toward $2-3 billion per year in revenue from GamePass. And the subscriber base can be doubled or tripled without adding development costs.

@DeadlyMustard: What are you looking to play?

Sports, Story driven, FPS, RPG, RTS, MMORPG, Racing, Point and Click, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Simulation, Puzzle, Fighting games . . .

They even have a number of JRPG's now so what's left?

At this point saying it's a shit selection kinda looks bad on you unless you can give a valid example of the types of games you're looking to play.

It's kinda like saying Netflix has a shit selection because they have movies you've seen before while glossing over the fact that you go to the theater every week and stream TV for hours every day.

Maybe try something out of your wheelhouse and see if it sticks. I know I've gotten more into puzzle games than I thought I would. I certainly didn't think that What Remains of Edith Finch was going to be my cup of tea but it's interesting what you'll enjoy once cost vanishes from the equation.

@DeadlyMustard: It's a good way to try out some PC games that you would normally buy from Steam or something during a sale. I've regretted purchasing a number of games, despite how cheap they are, so GamePass at $1 has proven to be really nifty for that purpose.

As a daily gaming service, on the other hand, it's a pain.