Sony doubles down on PS+ business model, compares games to movies

SolidGame_basic · 2022-09-25 10:09:43

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-exec-reiterates-playstation-believes-in-premium-releases-first-ps-plus-later/A senior PlayStation executive reiterated Sony’s commitment to releasing its games as premium titles first during a discussion panel this week.Speaking at GI Live 2022 on Wednesday, PlayStation’s Head of Independent Developer Initiatives Shuhei Yoshida discussed the expansion of the PlayStation Plus service and how the company views adding new titles to the service at launch.“We believe in the premium release of titles at launch,” Yoshida said, referring to how modern digital games’ life cycles are akin to a film being released in the cinema, and then on streaming services months later.“The new PS Plus has tiers and essentially it’s like the old PS Plus, we still release two or three new games every month, and a new tier, Extra, has a catalogue of hundreds of games for people to play. For Extra, our approach [is] we like to help the publishers [with] lifecycle management.“I was managing first-party [at PlayStation] so I know that it’s like in the movies — a movie comes out at the theatre first, then goes to pay per view, or a subscription service, or free TV, every time generating new revenue and reaching out to a broader audience.“In the same kind of way, we believe in the premium release of a title at launch and after maybe six months, or three months, or three years, when the game’s sales come down, inclusion into this service, PS Plus Extra, can help introduce these games to new, broader audiences.”He added: “Some people might have missed these games when they came out and it’s a great chance to play and generate word-of-mouth or if there’s DLC or a sequel going, we can help elevate interest to a broader audience about the franchise. So we are encouraging publishers to make use of these services in managing the lifecycle of each title.”Later in the talk, Yoshida stated that subscription services were still “kind of experimental for [Sony] at this point,” but said that Stray, which released day-one on PS Plus Extra, was an example of a title that found success by adopting a day-and-date subscription release.While Sony’s first-party titles don’t come to PS Plus on day one, notable indie titles have found success doing so, a trend which stretches back throughout the life of the service, which saw games like Rocket League and Fall Guys launch on the platform.Looks like Sony is committed to selling their first party games before putting them on subscription. That seems to be the most economical approach. Don’t you agree, SW? Launch a game, get the most sales that you can, then put it on subscription for those that haven’t played it yet.

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shellcase86

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#151 shellcase86

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@davillain said:

Okay you guys, this isn't a Halo: Infinite thread. This is about Sony's business on cinematic driven movies after all.

Maybe thread title should be changed to reflect the Halo dialogue.

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#152 Edited By Antwan3K

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@kvallyx said:

@SecretPolice said:

@mrbojangles25 said:

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Don't be surprised if in 10-20 years when game streaming is fast enough that consoles are extinct and we have to have anEA subscription and a Ubisoft subscription and a 2K subscription liek it is now with films and shows.

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People said that digital games would never exceed physical games in sales. As of July, 80% of all PS4 and PS5 games sold are digital. I bet the same people will now say that streaming will never exceed physical/digital games in sales. This oughta be good.

Now we know why MS is so focused on the cloud, and why Sony is using MS for the cloud.

exactly.. some of the people on this board are either incredibly shortsighted or just blindly bash any perceived potential advantages Microsoft/Xbox will have as digital and streaming continues to grow (making software increasingly independant of specific hardware)..

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