Ahhh, yet another PS service/feature is on top......Innovation Galore..
Shareplay=PS4
Ps Now/Streaming = PS4
VR=PS4
Controller with DPAD/Audio Jack/Share Button=PS4 Day 1 (launch)
Great Exclusive Games=PS4
Crossplay= Since PS2, the most CP games last gen and the most CP game this gen on PS4.
So many innovations, so many firsts on PS systems....I wonder what Sony will be accused of not innovating and sitting on their laurels about next....Yet they stay winning....
Didn't we have another thread recently where people were saying that Sony were behind the ball compared to Google and Microsoft and that they should watch out?
Seems like it is the opposite and Google/MS will have to work very hard.
I'm honestly really darn surprised to see how popular Now is, I can't personally fathom even playing games via streaming. I know it offers downloads now but was just a recent development.
Hey, did I miss that one? Does Google and MS even have a functioning streaming service with over 700+ games available? I guess you learn something every day.....
As for the latter.....unlike Nvidia, the service "just works", even the crappiest ISP delivers 5Mbs internet to it's customers surely, and this is what you need to stream on PSNOW as a baseline....It caters to a larger demographic.....So yes, PSNOW is successful, there are few things Sony has done that has not been successful though, even HOME was successful for them.......The thing is, it could be even more successful by rolling it out into more countries, but Sony didn't budge and instead devoted their time to improving their background online infrastructure with Gaikai and Onlive and of course getting ready for the next gen iteration, where they could roll their improved network out in time for PS5.....They have hinted or even outright said that so many times.....So since the competition is soooo-lttp, they've had enough time to prepare and improve things for a larger scale launch, where they will continue to dominate in that space.....
As for all the noise you hear on PSNOW streaming, it's similar to Crossplay, where you would have thought Sony was anti-CP by said noise, but instead, the facts indicate that they have been the ones pushing crossplay since PS2, it's ironic isn't it? Yet if you are listening to the likes of Louis Cyphre, Hendricks, Luvofthagame, Foxbat and one my favourites The Mike to get consensus on PSNOW, you are doing something wrong.....Even Koala Driving a Ferrari may have something to say, even if PSNOW is not available in his country...
In any case, I'm happy to see a non-innovator doing well
All the innovation seems to be on the other side it seems...