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Edit: Please ignore the thread title saying it's a gamepass competitor.
I just realized this is not a game pass competitor but a Netflix (300M subs) and Disney+ (80M subs in a year) competitor targeting the masses who like entertainment but occasionally play games as well.
This has larger potential market than what MS is doing. This will go after the Netflix crowd (300M subscribers) with game streaming added into the mix. This is the kind of combination of service that will really bring gaming to the masses as opposed to what MS is doing. And Sony won't have to compromise their $70 AAA business in order to pull this off.
Edit: Now that I have thought it through, I think the game streaming part should not be the PSNow as it is currently, but only selected games (could be hundreds), and not the entire BC line-up. If this is aimed towards casual gamers, I don't think PS1-PS3 games are a big deal. They should make 2 different services, one for casuals (this hypothetical Sony+) and one for gamers (a more robust PS+).
Sony Movies & Shows
Sony will trickle down their games to the casuals through this. When game streaming becomes more prevalent, playstation games will add a lot of value even to non-console owners.
Edit: I thought a more gamer-centric service should be separate from this hypothetical Sony+. A more robust PS+, building on top of the 45 million subscribers, should be Sony's starting point.
PS+ Premium
The video (timestamp) talks about rumors of Sony's counterpunch. It seems, according to this rumor, there the two separate services planned:
1. "Sony Entertainment Pass" (made-up name) - Movies, Videos, Shows, Animes, and Games
2. More robust PS+
I just realized this is not a game pass competitor but a Netflix (300M subs) and Disney+ (80M subs in a year) competitor targeting the masses who like entertainment but occasionally play games as well.
This has larger potential market than what MS is doing. This will go after the Netflix crowd (300M subscribers) with game streaming added into the mix. This is the kind of combination of service that will really bring gaming to the masses as opposed to what MS is doing. And Sony won't have to compromise their $70 AAA business in order to pull this off.
Edit: Now that I have thought it through, I think the game streaming part should not be the PSNow as it is currently, but only selected games (could be hundreds), and not the entire BC line-up. If this is aimed towards casual gamers, I don't think PS1-PS3 games are a big deal. They should make 2 different services, one for casuals (this hypothetical Sony+) and one for gamers (a more robust PS+).
Sony Movies & Shows
- Sony has thousands of movies both vintage and new that they can shuffle in and out.
- Sony has a lot of successful shows they sell to TV and streaming apps. Sony+ will be a new customer except for shows paid for by a client to be exclusive.
- SIE paying Sony pictures will cost Sony $0. It's basically a matter of accounting adjustment.
- They can make a few exclusive original shows for this service. (This is where the majority of operating cost will come.)
- Anime is not expensive.
- Funimation has 600 anime for $6 at only 3.2M subscribers.
- Crunchyroll is $8 with 3M paying subscribers. It has 1,200 anime and original live-action shows.
- Old 1st party big blockbuster games. (Last of Us, Spider-man, Ghost of Tsushima, etc.)
- Casual-friendly titles.
- All-streaming, not available for download.
Sony will trickle down their games to the casuals through this. When game streaming becomes more prevalent, playstation games will add a lot of value even to non-console owners.
Edit: I thought a more gamer-centric service should be separate from this hypothetical Sony+. A more robust PS+, building on top of the 45 million subscribers, should be Sony's starting point.
PS+ Premium
- No Day and Date Release of first party AAA games.
- Day and Date Release of AA Games.
- Day and Date Release of first-party multiplayer games. (They did it with Destruction Allstars. They should continue with it.)
- PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4 BC games.
- Monthly games similar to how PSNow is currently.
- Remove streaming and make it available in all countries.
- Select few movies and shows here and there. (Additional value, like how games is an addition value to the Sony+)
The video (timestamp) talks about rumors of Sony's counterpunch. It seems, according to this rumor, there the two separate services planned:
1. "Sony Entertainment Pass" (made-up name) - Movies, Videos, Shows, Animes, and Games
2. More robust PS+
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