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[Craig of War]

That 453 includes Original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles, the 400 games is just PS4/PS5, as per the article title this service will offer over 700 games including older platforms like the 453 figure does.

Not that I think dick measuring over sheer quantity is that important, but if you're going to compare numbers at least get it right.

Your forgetting no day 1 games and PS3 games are only streaming and is locked to the highest priced tier

 

[twilo99]

It's not though. As many have said since the beginning. Jesus Christ...

It’s not what?

 

[Bryank75]

Offers absolutely nothing I am interested in.... but maybe useful for people new to the ecosystem.

I think they should just ditch streaming, waste of time.

 

[Schmick]

OK, so what does this mean for PS Now for PC? I only use PS Now on PC @ £8.99.

 

[Mowcno]

Your forgetting no day 1 games and PS3 games are only streaming and is locked to the highest priced tier

I'm not forgetting that at all, what part of my post suggest that? lol.

 

[aliadiere25]

That's the thing with Microsoft, they have all the money in the world to launch day-1 titles.... Sony doesn't. Sony doing that would hurt them.

Game Pass was always going to be better, simply due to Microsoft having all the money in the world to make things happen more quickly. I do think Sony should have made it a bit cheaper to sell the product better, though.

At the end of the day, Sony is giving you options. If you want to stay on the same tier as you are now, you can. If you want the extra tiers, you can. I personally don't care either way. I'll probably get the premium tier due to the streaming aspect and the extra games. There is always Game Pass there if you ever want to get an Xbox.

 

[AV]

That 453 includes Original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles, the 400 games is just PS4/PS5, as per the article title this service will offer over 700 games including older platforms like the 453 figure does.

Not that I think dick measuring over sheer quantity is that important, but if you're going to compare numbers at least get it right.

Those 400 games are also going to include PS5 versions of PS4 games and PS4 versions of PS3 games. Doesn't change what I said whatsoever, there are over 400 games on GP regardless of what platform they originated on.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

he took the tweet down lol, probably gonna edit and reup.


edit:

Up again and removed the PS2 streaming part

The way this guy couldn't just report on the news without bringing in Xbox into the mix, lmao.

 

[Smoke6]

It's not an answer to game pass so I wonder why they're even bothering tbh. On the plus side, at least they're not raising the price of the basic service.

Since the rumors began before announcement of the PS5, it’s been noted this was not a gamepass competitior at all! I dunno why y’all can’t get this through y’all’s heads man! You not happy with game pass please don’t make or try to force other companies hands by crying about it!

 

[adamsapple]

It’s not what?

A direct analog to Game Pass.

 

[CeeJay]

No desire to play streamed games at all, so that mid tier is useless to me, and i'm not paying twice my PS+ price just to be able to download some of the games on PSNow
I'll reserve too much judegement until the game list is avaiable, but this doesnt look that much different to them just combining PS+ and PSNow into the same subscription to me

Yeah this is not some amazing new service from a consumer perspective. From a business perspective it allows Sony to roll all their subscriber numbers into one without having to specify which tier they are on. Does this simply allow Sony to shout about the 50 mill + subscribers they have to their "Netflix for gamers" sub service and gain a bigger piece of the pie chart than Microsoft?

 

[Shmunter]

Maybe ms can put their games day 1 on Sonypass?

 

[Markio128]

As I suspected, I have absolutely no interest in the changes. Native PS3 games would have been a winner, but I’m not wasting my time with streaming. The games like Death Stranding, Returnal and Spider-Man are great tempters for newbies, but I have already bought those games.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

It’s not what?

Read his comment. He said it was a copy of gamepass. Which it isn't and was never going to be.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Yep, he's Phil's bitch still. Been his bitch since "We believe in generations". Says one thing but slowly over time follow suit. You cannot scream idunno what im doing any louder. Staying on essential.

 

[Sanepar]

That 453 includes Original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles, the 400 games is just PS4/PS5, as per the article title this service will offer over 700 games including older platforms like the 453 figure does.

Not that I think dick measuring over sheer quantity is that important, but if you're going to compare numbers at least get it right.

Exactly people are counting xbox and xbox360 games on gamepass list.
If we include that we go north of 740 games on new plus cheaper per year.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

They really need to add 1st party/new games at a discount or something at least.

 

[SegaSnatcher]

Do you think we will see PS1, PS2 and PSP games being offered on the PS Store for separate purchase? Not interested in their Game Pass service. I just want to play old school Playstation games on my PS5.

 

[RaZoR No1]

Interesting, cant wait to see the final Game list
Bummer that we cannot have ps3 games locally and have to stream them. The PS5 should be powerful enough to handle PS3.
For the normal gamer, there isnt a better way to enjoy gaming either on Xbox or PS.
Just sub to one of the subscribtions and immediately have access to 400+ Games.

I think the PS model will be more successful, because it is Playstation.. as soon you add the name Playstation on something, it will sell like nothing else.

BTW: Can we stream PS5 games? If yes, do we have forward compatibility like xCloud on Xbox One consoles?

 

[Belthazar]

I wonder if they're able to secure Digital Devil Saga and Persona 3 Portable, that would make it a day one subscription for me. I also wonder how upgrading will work, as it doesn't make sense to pay the full price if you already has plus or now.

 

[Craig of War]

I'm not forgetting that at all, what part of my post suggest that? lol.

IDK you tell me lol

 

[DaGwaphics]

400 ps4 and ps5 games? That is more than double gamepass catalog.

At the end of last year TrueAchievements had the total games on GP listed at 430. Bit of a quality difference with a lot of the titles too.

Overall, a total snoozefest as expected. Basically, it's just a way to get PS+ for a little cheaper for those that stocked up a few years of PSNow with cheap keys from CDkeys. (This cheapass bastard right here)

 

[Clear]

Kinda hilarious how sniffy some people get about hundreds of games!

Just proves again how some gamers are just never happy or grateful for the options available nowadays, compared to previous generations.

 

[Just_one]

So i got PLUS and NOW , where will i land? 2nd tier right?

 

[Swift_Star]

he took the tweet down lol, probably gonna edit and reup.


edit:

Up again and removed the PS2 streaming part

Fuelling more console wars, what a pathetic loser.

 

[Leyasu]

Example of CONCERNED citizen taking things out of his ass that has no support in reality.

Now now young warrior, relax and take a deep breath. Sony will be fine.

 

[jimmypython]

• There are no changes for existing PlayStation Plus members in this tier.

Does this mean if you are currently a PS+ member you still get 3 games a month, but it goes down to 2 upon renewal?

 

[Ogbert]

People Didn’t know ps now existed and it wasn’t available everywhere. This is a rebranding and a sign that they’re investing more on their subscription service.
The clowns showing concern here are just clowns.

So it’s a rebranding of a crap service that no one knew about.

Magnificent.

 

[Hunnybun]

How are they in a precarious position if their games are selling like hotcakes, the vast majority of third party is played and sold more on PlayStation and their console are always sold out?

Because Microsoft has completely transformed their first party line up (not bearing fruit yet, to be fair, but only a matter of time) and will soon be offering the likes of Starfield, Elder Scrolls, COD etc for free, day one, as part of the GP service they seem determined to throw hundred of millions at.

Why exactly do you think they're doing that?

It's because they want Sony's market share. That's a scary prospect when they've got basically endless cash reserves.

It's obviously a dangerous time for Sony, especially because their whole company relies quite heavily on PlayStation. That much just seems obvious to me.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Need to see the PS1/PSP list bro.

 

[Keihart]

The only interesting part is that they are finally acknowledging that you could have local PSP and PS2 games on PS5 and PS4, they are just too cheap to carry over your legacy library so instead, get fucked with a subscription.
Nice moves. Truly the best place to play.

 

[Roufianos]

Jeez, £40 for 3 months vs £25 for GP Ultimate. I can't blame Sony for not putting new releases on there but this pricing is pure arrogance, as usual.

Just hoping I can purchase MGS1 and Syphon Filter seperately from the subscription.

 

[Mr.ODST]

So did gamepass just get dunked on or something?

Far from it lol

 

[ACESHIGH]

As long as they don't decide to expand the locations for ps now on PC this is thrash. Besides now you can't just sub to ps now standalone right?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

So i got PLUS and NOW , where will i land? 2nd tier right?

Top tier.

 

[Hari Seldon]

I was really hoping they would nix the online tax and make tier 2 basically tier 1. Hard pass on this garbage. Maybe I will pick it up on some 1/2 off deal around the holidays like I used to for the online tax back when I was a sucker enough to pay for that.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Do you think we will see PS1, PS2 and PSP games being offered on the PS Store for separate purchase? Not interested in their Game Pass service. I just want to play old school Playstation games on my PS5.

For the ones you can download yeah. They'll have sorted all the licensing stuff out so the only thing stopping them is having a cunt attitude

 

[Ezquimacore]

They should just add another tier with gamepass included. Then they would have both worlds.

 

[Swift_Star]

Because Microsoft has completely transformed their first party line up (not bearing fruit yet, to be fair, but only a matter of time) and will soon be offering the likes of Starfield, Elder Scrolls, COD etc for free, day one, as part of the GP service they seem determined to throw hundred of millions at.

Why exactly do you think they're doing that?

It's because they want Sony's market share. That's a scary prospect when they've got basically endless cash reserves.

It's obviously a dangerous time for Sony, especially because their whole company relies quite heavily on PlayStation. That much just seems obvious to me.

Sony is still destroying them, so for now what you're saying is pure fairytale.

So it’s a rebranding of a crap service that no one knew about.

Magnificent.

Yes, what did you expect? That is what was being speculated. Stop being a clown.

 

[R3claimer117]

Yeap he was wrong again in both price and features.
Basically a random guess.

Lol you’re reaching the price could have always change so could the tiers at the time if his reporting till now.

 

[Craig of War]

Pretty much the most we expected apart from ps3 games still stuck with only streaming. Bit disappointed but sony could have done alot worse. Will ps3 games forever be stuck to streaming or can sony eventually work it out? Also can we separately buy and download the classic games?

I think it forever stuck the cell processor is just to hard and waste to much resource to try and emulate

 

[Belthazar]

Your forgetting no day 1 games and PS3 games are only streaming and is locked to the highest priced tier

The highest priced tier is still $60 cheaper than Gamepass Ultimate for the yearly plan, isn't it?

 

[fran.fernandez]

Bushido Blade. Here I go again !

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Will this be coming to PC at some point?

 

[VAVA Mk2]

 

[I'm nobody]

I buy what I want to play

Good for u supporting individual developers

 

[01011001]

So, they're locking classic games on last tier?

How nice of them.

Still, tier 2 bought during black friday sounds nice.

yeah, if they don't actually give you the ability to get these games in an other way I'll stick with my Xbox as the PS1/2 system

 

[Roxkis_ii]

Was this suppose to take on Game Pass

Said who?

 

[Sanepar]

At the end of last year TrueAchievements had the total games on GP listed at 430. Bit of a quality difference with a lot of the titles too.

Overall, a total snoozefest as expected. Basically, it's just a way to get PS+ for a little cheaper for those that stocked up a few years of PSNow with cheap keys from CDkeys. (This cheapass bastard right here)

You have no idea for quality. So what u are saying doesn't make sense. You are including xbox originals and xbox360 games. With retro ps plus goes to 740+ games

 

[Ezquimacore]

I wonder if they're able to secure Digital Devil Saga and Persona 3 Portable, that would make it a day one subscription for me. I also wonder how upgrading will work, as it doesn't make sense to pay the full price if you already has plus or now.

Your phone can play persona 3 easily