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[FrankWza]

How do.you get 3 years for a 1$?

I think there was a deal like this that lasted a few days and you had to jump on it right away. It was a glitch or something. Good deal

 

[VAL0R]

Game Pass looking at this thread:

 

[Bryank75]

Once PSNow gets the Pringles promotions, we know Gamepass is done.

 

[FrankWza]

Once PSNow gets the Pringles promotions, we know Gamepass is done.

If they do another deal like this it’s 2 weeks more than the gp $1 was ever available for I think.

 

[Hitchyhero]

What is this next gen you are talking about

Off the top of my head, the new dirt game is on there.

It may not be your cup of tea and I won't argue that but you asked if next gen games are on there, and there is.

 

[SLB1904]

Off the top of my head, the new dirt game is on there.

It may not be your cup of tea and I won't argue that but you asked if next gen games are on there, and there is.

Dirt is not next gen. My cup of tea or not

 

[Unrivaledx88]

Ah yes,

well i got 1 Year Free for Both PS+ and PS Now from my Verizon Fios promotion for
1 Gigabit Speed interent here in NJ ill be enjoying some old games

still not a fan of these services tho but while i have it ill use it

 

[FrankWza]

I think there was a deal like this that lasted a few days and you had to jump on it right away. It was a glitch or something. Good deal

How do.you get 3 years for a 1$?

Actually it’s still available. I guess it’s been going on for a while. Jump on it, they may close it if too many people find out about it.

 

[FrankWza]

Dirt is not next gen. My cup of tea or not

That counts. DeS remake is a PS3 game and MM is cross gen DLC. But dirt counts

 

[EverydayBeast]

Streaming video games is a mistake gamers like true gaming.

 

[Blade2.0]

Actually it’s still available. I guess it’s been going on for a while. Jump on it, they may close it if too many people find out about it.

So I need to buy 3 years worth of xbox live and then pay the 1 dollar to change it? That would equal one year of 15$ ultimate so it's definitely a better deal.

 

[mckmas8808]

sony needs a ps+ ultimate sub for $100 a year.

Completely agree!

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It’s expired now but this is madness (in a positive way)! I bought today this 1 month promotion and to put it mildly, I’m overwhelmed by the number of quality games that I haven’t played throughout the years but plan to now. Big problem is how to cram everything in one month because there’s at least 20 must-play games and it‘s gonna be near impossible to give everything attention it deserves. So, for a start, I’m doing Detroit: Become Human and loving it so far. Next is Until Dawn, Doom, Tekken 7, Ace Combat 7 and there’s whole bunch of other stuff I only glimpsed. I mean, I see F1 2020 there ffs. If I only eat, game and sleep every day, I couldn’t do it all. Maybe I’ll just drop another tenner after this month and finish everything I need.

It’s like PS Plus on massive steroids and basically free. Crazy stuff.

Of course.

Only the worst fanboy purist who thinks every media should be bought for $50 each will complain a $1 PS Now or GP (or free first month Amazon Prime or Netflix sub) is bad. I'd like to see how many DVD and BR discs they've bought for $20 and if they have NF themselves when they should be buying every show or movie they watch for $20.

Get a great service for cheap. Whether or not someone wants to keep it going is on them, but there's no debating the promo offer is sweet.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I think there was a deal like this that lasted a few days and you had to jump on it right away. It was a glitch or something. Good deal

Too lazy to check but the deal was on for at least a year and a half. It started in in summer 2019 and was still going on in late 2020. I did it myself later in 2019.

Don't know if it's still going on in 2021.

On MS site you can still upgrade to GPU for $1, but dont know if it converts all Gold months to GPU.

 

[Stuart360]

It’s expired now but this is madness (in a positive way)! I bought today this 1 month promotion and to put it mildly, I’m overwhelmed by the number of quality games that I haven’t played throughout the years but plan to now. Big problem is how to cram everything in one month because there’s at least 20 must-play games and it‘s gonna be near impossible to give everything attention it deserves. So, for a start, I’m doing Detroit: Become Human and loving it so far. Next is Until Dawn, Doom, Tekken 7, Ace Combat 7 and there’s whole bunch of other stuff I only glimpsed. I mean, I see F1 2020 there ffs. If I only eat, game and sleep every day, I couldn’t do it all. Maybe I’ll just drop another tenner after this month and finish everything I need.

It’s like PS Plus on massive steroids and basically free. Crazy stuff.

 

[Andodalf]

Too lazy to check but the deal was on for at least a year and a half. It started in in summer 2019 and was still going on in late 2020. I did it myself later in 2019.

Don't know if it's still going on in 2021.

On MS site you can still upgrade to GPU for $1, but dont know if it converts all Gold months to GPU.

I've seen IGN and Digital Foundry post on twitter about converting EA access for about 30 bucks a year

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I've seen IGN and Digital Foundry post on twitter about converting EA access for about 30 bucks a year

Not sure what you mean. EA Play is already $30/yr on its own. So people get charged an extra $30 if they do the $1 upgrade now?

 

[Andodalf]

Not sure what you mean. EA Play is already $30/yr on its own. So people get charged an extra $30 if they do the $1 upgrade now?

No, you buy a year of EA Access and it converts straight to a year of GPU.


I don't think it works the same way anymore though

 

[cormack12]

On MS site you can still upgrade to GPU for $1, but dont know if it converts all Gold months to GPU.

I did this about a two weeks ago. I'd already redeemed the $1 GPU offer so let it expire. Bought 30 months of Gold from cdkeys for £100. Redeemed it. Bought 1 month of GPU for £14.99 and now have GPU until Dec '23 iirc - winner, winner, chicken dinner.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I did this about a two weeks ago. I'd already redeemed the $1 GPU offer so let it expire. Bought 30 months of Gold from cdkeys for £100. Redeemed it. Bought 1 month of GPU for £14.99 and now have GPU until Dec '23 iirc - winner, winner, chicken dinner.

I remember this now. It looks like your activation is what I remember if you got existing GPU.

When it expires, do the same thing as before but instead of the initial $1 promo, it's a one month price to get 3 years.

My GPU doesn't expire till later in 2022. Hopefully MS keeps your method around so I can top up till 2026! lol

 

[Amiga]

It’s expired now but this is madness (in a positive way)! I bought today this 1 month promotion and to put it mildly, I’m overwhelmed by the number of quality games that I haven’t played throughout the years but plan to now. Big problem is how to cram everything in one month because there’s at least 20 must-play games and it‘s gonna be near impossible to give everything attention it deserves. So, for a start, I’m doing Detroit: Become Human and loving it so far. Next is Until Dawn, Doom, Tekken 7, Ace Combat 7 and there’s whole bunch of other stuff I only glimpsed. I mean, I see F1 2020 there ffs. If I only eat, game and sleep every day, I couldn’t do it all. Maybe I’ll just drop another tenner after this month and finish everything I need.

It’s like PS Plus on massive steroids and basically free. Crazy stuff.

I myself started PS Now with a promotion, after that subscribed long term. played a lot of games I usually wouldn't because I wasn't confidant to spend money to buy them.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Fucks sake...

Got to wonder where all the shill threads are for EA Play or humble choice (where you get to keep your games permanently by the way) are whenever they are on discount.

There was once a perception that console only gamers are dirty and broke but what I didn't realise was that it's to the extent that people are now willing to fornicate over what are essentially rental services.

Talk about completely bending over and relinquishing what little control you had left of your DRM box. We're approaching end-game now.

All of the games are available to purchase, and no company really has a reason to not continue to do that.

As you said.. rental services, one of the main hopes being you buy games as they leave.

People are so damn dramatic about options... physical rental services have always existed, did you tell people they were "relinquishing control?"

 

[GHG]

All of the games are available to purchase, and no company really has a reason to not continue to do that.

As you said.. rental services, one of the main hopes being you buy games as they leave.

People are so damn dramatic about options... physical rental services have always existed, did you tell people they were "relinquishing control?"

The reality is that the option to also purchase will no longer be there in the future. Ask any business anywhere whether they would prefer one off purchases or repeatable and reliable monthly income and they will always tell you the latter.

If you want to see where all of this is heading then look at how iracing is structured. I've been a subscriber there for ages and I can tell you it sucks and once you get to a certain pint it's essentially a trap. But why do hundreds of thousands of people do it? Because there's no other option, and that's where we are heading with these things.

They might tell people otherwise now to keep the momentum going but the "only available via gamepass or PS Now games" will arrive before the end of the generation. They took the liberty of making people pay for online so why does anyone think this will be different?

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

It was a glitch or something.

It's not a glitch lol, it says it right in their terms and conditions that any gold time will be converted into gamepass ultimate time.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

All of the games are available to purchase, and no company really has a reason to not continue to do that.

As you said.. rental services, one of the main hopes being you buy games as they leave.

People are so damn dramatic about options... physical rental services have always existed, did you tell people they were "relinquishing control?"

Totally.

And here I thought everyone at some point rented movies and games from Blockbuster or the local video store.

I never knew some people are so hardcore they only bought games and movies instead of spending $2.50 to rent it.

 

[IntentionalPun]

The reality is that the option to also purchase will no longer be there in the future. Ask any business anywhere whether they would prefer one off purchases or repeatable and reliable monthly income and they will always tell you the latter.

If you want to see where all of this is heading then look at how iracing is structured. I've been a subscriber there for ages and I can tell you it sucks and once you get to a certain pint it's essentially a trap. But why do hundreds of thousands of people do it? Because there's no other option, and that's where we are heading with these things.

They might tell people otherwise now to keep the momentum going but the "only available via gamepass or PS Now games" will arrive before the end of the generation. They took the liberty of making people pay for online so why does anyone think this will be different?

This is just.. I don't know how to say it without being insulting, way off base IMO. You can't compare a single game going to a sub model (I guess that's what iRacing is?) to an entire platform. I mean you can, but you realize you are comparing 2 incredibly different things?

They all want that monthly repeated income for sure; it's huge business. They all also are happy to sell games at $60,70 or $90/100 (season passes, special editions, etc.)

At this point for $15 they are offering a tiny fraction of what is on the market, and it's temporary for the vast majority of it, and mostly old games.... Get much higher than $15 / month and you lose mass acceptance of your service, and then what is the point?

Gaming sub services will always involve encouragement to spend loads of money outside of the service, and that won't just be microtransactions, there will be games not available at all, not available for years, or available only temporary and you'll be encouraged to buy them when they leave.

Movie sub businesses didn't stop companies from selling movies.. music sub services didn't stop anyone from selling music either, and that is almost entirely pointless since most of them have 100% of the music lol

 

[Joyful]

For a dollar i figured id try it

I downloaded a few games and the input lag is too noticeable for my tastes

I have pretty good internet

so its distance to data center or something probably

if you want to play something turn based go for it maybe

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Movie sub businesses didn't stop companies from selling movies.. music sub services didn't stop anyone from selling music either, and that is almost entirely pointless since most of them have 100% of the music lol

I bet the vast majority of anti-gaming sub gamers have NF or Spotify. Or even both. Or some other music or tv plan.

So for games they are all about paying $60 instead of a wide selection of games at sub plan price. But for movies, tv shows and music, they don't want to pay $20 per show or album.

Go figure.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I think PS Now has good games, I tried a little bit of God of War and Vampyr. But quality of stream is quite poor even with fast connection (over 100Mbps).

Game that is mostly night like Vampyr combined with fact that compression algorithms tend to compress dark areas more gives really bad image quality overall. I think game streaming services might need to have some kind of integration with the game engine so that game can tell which areas of the screen are more important instead "just" using psychovisual heuristics.

I have better internet than that or maybe I’m closer to data centers as it felt pretty great with Sly Cooper. I play tons of platformers and didn’t notice god awful input lag and it looked fine. I was shocked as all I ever heard was how shit and unplayable streaming was.

I’m sure even at it’s best, streaming is crap for certain types of games like fighting or some racing games.

 

[Gatox]

Totally.

And here I thought everyone at some point rented movies and games from Blockbuster or the local video store.

Friday nights going to blockbusters to get 2 or 3 games for the weekend was amazing times, even better when you end up going out with the lass who works there and she "forgets" to put the games you want out on the shelf so no one else can take them before you....

 

[iJudged]

But $1 gamepass is horrible for gaming, right?

nonononoon not if its on PS! FooOoOOoOOool

 

[GHG]

This is just.. I don't know how to say it without being insulting, way off base IMO. You can't compare a single game going to a sub model (I guess that's what iRacing is?) to an entire platform. I mean you can, but you realize you are comparing 2 incredibly different things?

They all want that monthly repeated income for sure; it's huge business. They all also are happy to sell games at $60,70 or $90/100 (season passes, special editions, etc.)

At this point for $15 they are offering a tiny fraction of what is on the market, and it's temporary for the vast majority of it, and mostly old games.... Get much higher than $15 / month and you lose mass acceptance of your service, and then what is the point?

Gaming sub services will always involve encouragement to spend loads of money outside of the service, and that won't just be microtransactions, there will be games not available at all, not available for years, or available only temporary and you'll be encouraged to buy them when they leave.

Movie sub businesses didn't stop companies from selling movies.. music sub services didn't stop anyone from selling music either, and that is almost entirely pointless since most of them have 100% of the music lol

Where did I say the entire platform?

It will start with a handful of games and then as these subscription services become more fragmented it will be the majority over time.

We will start to see two things:

• Major publishers buying up development studios and smaller publishers (this is already happening). This will result in there being fewer companies which then allows those in positions of power to exercise more control and dictate the direction of the industry.
• After dangling the carrot for an extended period of time those major publishers will start pulling their games off third party subscription services (and/or stop accepting deals for their content) with the mindset of starting their own subscription services. Those subscription services will start to also have content that is exclusive to subscribers and cannot be accessed in any other way.

As time goes by the vast majority of content will launch as subscription only, that content will then be able to be purchased at a later date once the trap has been executed. As for physical copies of content that was once subscription only, that will be limited run only due to how unattractive the margins on physical will have become at that point in time.

As for price increases:

People's perception, expectations and resistance levels change over time. If you were to say it's too soon for an increase now I'd agree, but once we've hit critical mass the only people giving these services away for cheap will be new entrants to the market.

Feel free to bookmark and revisit in the future. If I'm wrong I'll gladly admit it because that would actually mean the gaming industry is an outlier in this overall trend of businesses transitioning to subscription based service models - that would be a positive thing as it would mean things would stay as they are today.

I bet the vast majority of anti-gaming sub gamers have NF or Spotify. Or even both. Or some other music or tv plan.

I do. Plus gamepass, and ubisoft+. Nothing stopping people from enjoying the benefits that the services offer today.

However I do think people need to be realistic about what all of this means and where we are heading. To be frank, only a fool would think that things are going to stay the same as they are today. This is just the beginning.

 

[FrankWza]

It's not a glitch lol, it says it right in their terms and conditions that any gold time will be converted into gamepass ultimate time.

Ah. So it’s always .03 cents a month? Good way to add subs

 

[Jigsaah]

Does PSNow offer games for download on PC? I really don't wanna stream them.

 

[Outrunner]

I mean I paid $1 for 3 years of gamepass, so there’s that.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Ah. So it’s always .03 cents a month? Good way to add subs

Kinda, every new sub still gets the 1$ offer, but it's the normal price for anyone who already made use of it.

 

[CatLady]

There's a lot of great PS4 games for new gamers or people that don't subscribe to PS Plus. Lots of exclusives. It's actually impressive but people here won't let you have a positive thread about PS Now, as you can see by the replies.

I'm playing God of War Ascension on streaming and it looks good enough for me on a 4k screen.

Hilarious coming from someone that has made it his life's work to troll Game Pass threads.

 

[Agent X]

Does PSNow offer games for download on PC? I really don't wanna stream them.

No, the games are meant to run on PS3 and PS4, rather than a PC.

That being said, the streaming on PC works well for me,. As you can see from this thread, different users' experiences vary. You can always try the 7-day free trial to see how well the streaming works for you.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Feel free to bookmark and revisit in the future. If I'm wrong I'll gladly admit it because that would actually mean the gaming industry is an outlier in this overall trend of businesses transitioning to subscription based service models - that would be a positive thing as it would mean things would stay as they are today.

You can still buy the vast majority of music, movies and streaming shows. Even Netflix Originals if it makes sense end up on Blu-Ray. You can buy Orange is the new black or stranger things.. or the irishman.

There is no industry that is moving towards exclusively locking content behind monthly services. It's likely Disney will eventually release The Mandalorian and WandaVision/etc. on blu-ray as well, or otherwise to purchase. And really those are alternatives to TV shows.. content that traditionally nobody could "own" until they maybe were released on VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray.

Really you need to name a single industry that has stopped offering content outside of sub services by and large.

 

[CatLady]

It’s expired now but this is madness (in a positive way)! I bought today this 1 month promotion and to put it mildly, I’m overwhelmed by the number of quality games that I haven’t played throughout the years but plan to now. Big problem is how to cram everything in one month because there’s at least 20 must-play games and it‘s gonna be near impossible to give everything attention it deserves. So, for a start, I’m doing Detroit: Become Human and loving it so far. Next is Until Dawn, Doom, Tekken 7, Ace Combat 7 and there’s whole bunch of other stuff I only glimpsed. I mean, I see F1 2020 there ffs. If I only eat, game and sleep every day, I couldn’t do it all. Maybe I’ll just drop another tenner after this month and finish everything I need.

It’s like PS Plus on massive steroids and basically free. Crazy stuff.

It is a great deal especially for people that are PlayStation only, since it's the only way to play games from the 360/PS3 era and there are so many great games from those days. I think a lot of those people don't realize how great a sub like this is to introduce you to games you might never play otherwise and to supplement the games you do buy during the slow times for game releases.

Even though this promotion is over now, if Sony likes the results they will probably offer it again.

 

[acm2000]

nah, $1 gamepass and abusing the gold>gamepass deal beats it by a huge margin

 

[FrankWza]

Kinda, every new sub still gets the 1$ offer, but it's the normal price for anyone who already made use of it.

nah, $1 gamepass and abusing the gold>gamepass deal beats it by a huge margin

Apparently you can keep doing it?

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Apparently you can keep doing it?

Not with the same account, unless there's a new promo.

 

[SLB1904]

For a dollar i figured id try it

I downloaded a few games and the input lag is too noticeable for my tastes

I have pretty good internet

so its distance to data center or something probably

if you want to play something turn based go for it maybe

what are you talking about? what games you download?

 

[Jigsaah]

For a dollar i figured id try it

I downloaded a few games and the input lag is too noticeable for my tastes

I have pretty good internet

so its distance to data center or something probably

if you want to play something turn based go for it maybe

Hmmm, my internet is pretty similar to this. Where are the data centers. I'm in Chicago, maybe it'll be better for me.

I'm interested in trying this because most of my games are multiplayer and therefore on Xbox's platform mainly. Basically what this means is that I may get more out of PSNow than Gamepass to an extent because there's simply more games I haven't played on Sony's platform. I mainly have a PS4 for the exclusives, but there's some exclusives I just didn't get, like Dayz Gone and Detroit Become Human. So this is still intriguing.

 

[SLB1904]

Hmmm, my internet is pretty similar to this. Where are the data centers. I'm in Chicago, maybe it'll be better for me.

I'm interested in trying this because most of my games are multiplayer and therefore on Xbox's platform mainly. Basically what this means is that I may get more out of PSNow than Gamepass to an extent because there's simply more games I haven't played on Sony's platform. I mainly have a PS4 for the exclusives, but there's some exclusives I just didn't get, like Dayz Gone and Detroit Become Human. So this is still intriguing.

dont worry about that, you can pretty much download every game and play like any other game you own with the exception of ps3 games of course.

some people just love to spread fud

 

[zcaa0g]

The fuckers need to add the other Motorstorms and Resistances instead of just one of each.

 

[Gamerguy84]

what are you talking about? what games you download?

The comment doesn't make sense. Any games downloaded are played natively on your system.

If he meant streaming then displaying his internet speed means nothing. Latency is king on streaming. Also people assume because they have fast internet they don't need to hardwire. With game streaming HW should be mandatory. I've seen thr difference on about 6 different PS4 and they all reacted the same.

 

[driqe]

True gamers dont use subscription services.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

Apparently you can keep doing it?

You can do it again on the same account but you have to wait until your subscription ends. If you renew Gold while GPU is active you only get 4 months. I have it again until 2024 with the 1$ promo

I would do the same with PS Now now that I tried it, there's lots of good stuff there but I won't have enough time with the trial.