STR just left game pass . I wonder if game will be on both game pass and PS now at the same time. Or will they have it as an exclusive for a period of time.
Actually we know that the answer is no. A developer revealed that the deal with Game Pass is subscription exclusivity but remember this also allows them to sell non sub versions concurrently.
Some will, some wont. Some will be on one but not the other. Just depends on what the dev and service providers offer and and accept, and what the service providers feel is worth it
wow, you just have to find something to crap on PS+ ha? it's not enough that PS+ allows you to play all its games online without PS+, suddenly it's an issue that it doesn't allow you play non-PSNow games online too? I think you're a bit reaching there considering how generous the PS+ offer already is and how Sony totally not charging its players for F2P games on PS4 unlike MS.
The pricing is very good. Better than Game Pass, frankly, with the yearly option. Not sure what kind of "entry" pricing there needs to be. You've got the 7-day trial. $10 is fine for a month. But for long term sub, you'd be crazy not to take advantage of the yearly pricing. Overall, pricing puts PS Now on par with Game Pass. That's just between the consoles though. Game Pass on PC rocks at $5 a month right now.
All PS4 games are downloadable. PS3 are not probably won't ever be unless Sony tries to implement emulation for BC. Very doubtful.
@razzer. Sony needs a bundle with PS+, I got gamespass for just under 150$ for 3 years and that includes gold, I’d love to see Sony adopt a strategy like that and get people onboard.
Recently bought PSN, its actually pretty nice as a compliment to games I buy. Lets me try different things that i either wanted and missed or would never have tried otherwise.
Im not sure. When you first load a streaming game it gives you tips. I believe one of them is that if you later decide to download a game you began ppaying by streaming, you will get an option to transfer your saves to your hard drive. I have no idea about the trophies, but if I had to guess, yes, your trophies would show up in the same place as downloaded games.
Perfect, I just finished playing the first two Wolfenstein thanks to PS Now and I can finally play the last one. Never played Control so that is a must play and I bought a physical copy of Shadow of the Tomb Raider last December for €18, so It means that my copy will remain sealed and I'll play the digital version so I can let the Blu-ray drive take a rest lol
Edit: I'm downloading Shadow of the Colossus too so my queue list literally looks like this on my PS4:
- Shadow of the Colossus -Wolfenstein II the new Colossus -Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Why? You don't want a launch title that you basically don't pay for? I got, The Outer Worlds on Game Pass the same day it launched. I got to play and beat the game. Not having to pay 60 dollars for it was great.
But of course I'd like a launch title that I don't have to pay for. But that's not reality. You still pay for gamepass just like any other service. So it's not free.
More importantly though, I like actually owning my games. I don't care if I may not play them anymore after a certain point. But that should be MY choice to make, not some rental service's choice. I stay away from PS Now for the same reason I stay away from game pass.
Mainly because if games are released from day one on streaming services, it will result in less quality as content becomes the central focus of game makers instead of merit.
"we have the "Sony Only" crowd telling us how bad this is for gaming"
No, you have people who don't like subscription services telling you that and you've decided to generalize it to the "Sony crowd". Obviously you have a large number of the "Sony crowd" here who are happy about news like this.
If you want to call out individuals who have told you "how bad this is for gaming" and are now here saying how great this is then please do so. But that isn't what you are doing. You are trolling this article with some sort of made-up hypocrisy that you want to accuse the "Sony crowd" of. Just like chiefJohn117. It is silly and it is stupid. You both should just stop.
PSNow does not bring games on day one, does not affect the sales of those games and does not create a market for f2p games just to fill the service. That would be the positive point for the games market. For users, however, not having games on day one is a disadvantage.
A personal disadvatage that is a better overall policy for all gamers. i for one like my God of Wars, Uncharteds, Horizons, etc the way they are. I will be more happy with a policy that brings games at least 6 months after release to streaming services that way game makers have an incentive to make quality still instead of fluff and cash cows.
The streaming side of the service has been greatly improved. Last year I couldn't play any games without massive lags. Last month I have played Mgs4 without any drop of resolution or lags. Now if Sony could bring every ps2, ps1 gems on the service, it would be awesome. 🤞
For some weird reason I can only stream ps4 and ps2 games. And these games are downloadable so it’s not really worth streaming. I can’t seem to be able to stream any ps3 games. I’m running a 100mbps fiber and the ps4 games streaming on psnow works quiet well. Something weird with the ps3 titles. :(
The games don’t stream at alll. Tells me to use lan cable for streaming , which I’m already doing. But when I go for ps2 and ps4 streaming it works instantly.
Ohhhh Control.... Wow...lol no Spiderman, no Death Stranding, where's the promise of Last of Us 2 on day one... PS Now gets a great big pass from me Game pass is still better
Wheres all the xbox exclusives? Why dont you go find some phil article making more broken promises. The 1st party titles on gamepass are all cheap unreal engine 4 games. Only exclusive worth anything on xbox is forza and i can get that on pc.
The last few weeks playstation has got 3 blockbuster system selling exclusives in dreams. ff 7, niho2 while xbox talks talks talks.
Not 1 xbox made game can hold a candle to any of sonys 1st party masterpieces.
Lol, it's got to hurt bad that your subscription to PSNow and PSPlus (which both together cost more money than Gamepass Ulimate) doesn't give you any incentive towards a brand new first party branded PlayStation Game on day one. So your quick to say, "Xbox has no games, blah blah blah" to which I reply when one is made, its on Gamepass on day one without me paying more for it. Those are all coming to me when I buy the Xbox Series X on day one, unlike the PS5 who will make gamer pay for the quote exclusive PS5 games on day one.
PS Now is starting to look pretty beefy.
Wasn't the rumour that Control was going to game pass?
Those are two really good titles to hit the service.
Recently bought PSN, its actually pretty nice as a compliment to games I buy. Lets me try different things that i either wanted and missed or would never have tried otherwise.