With the current price structure I don´t wanna know what they would charge for a subscription ... ;-)
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PS NOW. Rentals from US$2.99 to US$19.99.
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With the current price structure I don´t wanna know what they would charge for a subscription ... ;-)
won't play on my PS4 or vita though
So, if this were really truly only in the hands of the publishers, you wouldn't see these prices all syncing up so closely. Sony has clearly set the bar for where it thinks the market should be, and the other companies are following suit. Either Sony is guiding the market, or everyone else is colluding.
can't be more than 10 to 15 bucks a month. Anything else forget it. Unless they come with some sort of annual bundle that makes it worthwhile. Like Amazon Prime?
Das_Blarthole
Neo Member
I would think that choosing 'Somewhat unlikely' and 'Not at all Likely' would probably be more constructive than SMH
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
I hope nobody uses this service so Sony has to adjust the prices.
Opus Angelorum
Member
The subscription pricing will be tiered. Absolutely no way the entire library will be available for $15.
Das_Blarthole
Neo Member
Sony will be providing price 'bands' and the publishers will choose which band each of their games goes in - both MS and Sony both do similar things with full game digital prices
When the highest renting price is $ 19,99 for one game.
How can they are 10 to 15 $ ? for all games (even if they let you only play 2/3/4 per month).
Has to be higher than that.
Das_Blarthole
Neo Member
Because it'll be a subscription so they'll take 10 - 15 regardless of whether you use it or not
So the more you pay the more access to other games? that would be kinda broken.
iceatcs
Junior Member
Too way low. $30 at minimum.
As long as its a fixed price i think it makes sense. TBH... people will subscribe and then use it fairly often for the most part. Thats how Netflix works.
gamechanger87
Member
You should just edit the whole post. Your edit at the bottom may get some flames coming your way. You download the entire game and you can play it as long as you are subscribed. When your sub goes away so does your license to play it.
Das_Blarthole
Neo Member
It could be, but the thing is the more people subscribe the more you don't just work on what your usage is, but everyones, so if your high usage, but there's three other people that have subs but don't hammer the system as much as you do, the average usage across all of you is lower, but the price each of you pay is the same.
That being said, I imagine that they'll have a premium 'everything' sub and another that might be 10 rentals a month for $15 or something like that. But it's still up in the air as to what they actually will charge and provide on release.
Anyone with a PS3 should just buy the disc. For anyone else the prices seem fine to me.
Mr. Enigma
Member
These fucking prices.
Brad Grenz
Member
Redbook is $2 a day, they have very limited selections and you have to own the console hardware in question. Every PS Now option other than 4 hours is cheaper than the same term from Red Box.
Mr.Squirrel
Tom
Why did you throw away your PS3 when you got a PS4?
Opus Angelorum
Member
How so? Not everyone will want to pay a (higher) set amount to access everything.
Agree. I think it will something like:
$10 - Rental 5 games
£15 - Rental of 10
$30 - Unlimited
I mean like the 10 dlls tier only has access to certain games. 15 has acess to some more games. 30 has access to all games.
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
The only satisfying thing for me, like many mentionned, would let me stream all the games I own digitally for a fixed fee for the month. That way I wouldn't feel gouged amd Sony woukd get paid for the actual service provided.
There is no way in hell that I'm renting games.
There is no way in hell that I'm renting games.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Am I the only one that thinks that 8 dollars for 30 days is actually kind of a sweet spot? Blockbuster used to charge 7 for 3 days.
I just don't understand. The rental is for a month right? Plenty of people buy games new and trade back after beating it and end up spending more than that. People spend $12 at the movies for 2 hours of entertainment. In theory, the price isn't bad.
But I still don't feel like paying it and neither do others, I guess.
TheSpoiler
Member
Yup.
In all actuality, I don't think these prices are that bad, at least to me. Sure, some of those are inflated to fuck and back, but most of them are jussssttt right.
Like Stranger's Wrath. Five fucking bucks for a whole week? That's amazing.
The four hour ones are silly, but I'm okay with most of the prices. I don't intend to own these games, and it's perfect for that very reason - being a rental. And that's exactly what this system is.
Brad Grenz
Member
No, the 7 and 30 day prices are almost universally a great value. People are just wilfully ignoring that and focusing on corner cases no one is being forced to engage with.
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
The market has changed. I would never rent a movie nowadays either. For the cost of ONE movie rental back in the day you now have access to the WHOLE netflix catalog, with no time limit nor late fees.
wkureservedp2
Member
I've been really pleased with Sony of late, but these prices are truly absurd.
Opus Angelorum
Member
I think it would be hard to categorise games into tiers unless you did it by release date or something. You couldn't do it based on 'how good' they are perceived, that wouldn't be fair.
SerTapTap
Member
People are ignoring the cheaper games and focusing on the $50 for 90 days ones. Most of the prices I saw seemed sane, Sony should have just said fuck off to F1, that one game is making them look really bad.
Pixeljunk Shooter is $8 for 90 days, that's more than enough time to fully enjoy the game (which is $10 normally), and the game itself is easily worth $8 IMO. If you don't have a PS3...and...Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate didn't exist, it would be a suitable way to experience a great game.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Yeah the four hour rentals are ridiculous. I have no idea why Sony even has that as an option, it's just bad PR. Who is that targeting?
Dude, Netflix is not a great model - their continuous content removal and intentional limitation of their selection has started to really piss me off. I'd gladly pay 2 or 3 times more for a service where they give me access to (up to a certain point in the past) all movies with no removal, only addition. That's the service we thought we were getting with Netflix, and it's the service that will eventually replace them.
So let's factor in the cost of a PS4, right?
And you need a pretty good internet connection as well. So let's add that in as well.
and people were complaining about Nintendo's Virtual Console prices. hah
Is it available on all games? Or most? Because that price is great.
Hopefully any revisions to appease outrage around the shorter rental periods doesn't see that option change.
TheSpoiler
Member
To be fair, it does have its usage in a few forms.
For example, for those who want an immediate taste of gameplay to see if they want to commit to a longer time, then it's not the worst thing in the world. I'd prefer a demo of sorts instead, but these prices range in such a quality gap that I assume this is to cover all bases, not just for us.
Besides, it's an option, and while it's not the best one, it still exists as such and can't really fault them for attempting when the other pieces are so damn tasty.
I'm sure this has been brought up but aren't the publishers defining these prices or a major factor to pricing. I'm sure Sony is responsible for the governance and messaging but ultimately it is the publishers discretion, right? I assume the publishers will pay a hosting fee for Sony to distribute on the PS Now framework. If the case, it does show you how disconnected the publishers and Sony are with digital trends.
Its a brand new service, you can't expect them to nail it from day 1.
It took them a while to make PS+ as good as it is today.
p_xavier
Authorized Fister
And you think that the PSNow service will always have every game in its catalog? Games being removed from the PSN store happens (irem).
There are multiple threads on PS Now since it went to Open Beta
I don't recall a single post of anyone being excited after using the service.
Huh? There are lots of positive impressions from GAFers who have used the service on how well it works.
All the negativity is towards the pricing.
Brad Grenz
Member
There have been several threads from people expressing excitement, including one from today comparing it to PS5.
Christophant
Banned
People with + should get streaming access to their previously purchased PS3 games.
I bought my Watch_Dogs for $40. After tax it became $45. After finishing it I sold it for $30.
So my net cost is $15 for about 3 weeks I spent on the game. I wouldn't mind spending that much money on rentals for games < 20 hours. However, I would prefer to have a non stream option where you can download the game and play it for like 1 month for $15 at the time of release.
Edit: how come there is no impression of any kind yet? NDA?
So my net cost is $15 for about 3 weeks I spent on the game. I wouldn't mind spending that much money on rentals for games < 20 hours. However, I would prefer to have a non stream option where you can download the game and play it for like 1 month for $15 at the time of release.
Edit: how come there is no impression of any kind yet? NDA?