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Sony looks set to announce ‘PlayStation Plus Video Pass’
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Krappadizzle
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rickybooby87
Member
I'll subscribe for the anime, I'm a weeb like that somtimes.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
I'll take some movies for a year.
I'm sure this is eventually designed to be a separate $5 / month service.
What in the world do you guys think Sony is? They make movies and TV shows.. why are people mad they are giving us access to a video streaming service for free for a year?
I'm sure this is eventually designed to be a separate $5 / month service.
What in the world do you guys think Sony is? They make movies and TV shows.. why are people mad they are giving us access to a video streaming service for free for a year?
DavidGzz
Member
When there are rumors that Sony will have an answer to Game Pass and we get this, you have to expect the backlash. Even if it's not the rumored answer, it's bad timing if not.
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
They also are making TVs. Where is the backlash? We want a game pass competitor, and you ARE MAKING TVS??? WTF SONY?
HOLY SHIT SONY IS ALSO A BANK IN JAPAN??
STOP BANKING!
(just having some fun, but that's how you guys seem to me.. it's a big company, it's like complaining MS is working on Office)
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yurinka
Member
Well, I assume this won't be to include Netflix, Disney +, HBO, Funimation or Crunchyroll (or any combination of them) 'for free' in PS Plus. But if they do it without increasing the price, it would be great.
From selling games, consoles, subscription services, to revenue generated, amount of awards earned by their exclusives, amount of exclusives released, both western and Japanese, both AAA and small/indie.
In the same way MS in addition to consoles has many business in PC so is moving their gaming business there, Sony also makes movies, in addition to tv & video services. So they will push them on PS too as secondary thing while keeping gaming their first priority for the console and achieving many gaming history records.
No, unlike Don, Jim is killing it on all game related fronts breaking gaming history records.
From selling games, consoles, subscription services, to revenue generated, amount of awards earned by their exclusives, amount of exclusives released, both western and Japanese, both AAA and small/indie.
In the same way MS in addition to consoles has many business in PC so is moving their gaming business there, Sony also makes movies, in addition to tv & video services. So they will push them on PS too as secondary thing while keeping gaming their first priority for the console and achieving many gaming history records.
No, PS5 is breaking many gaming history records as PS4 has been doing these years and everything points to them to continue breaking records on generating revenue, selling consoles, games, subscriptions and winning GOTY awards.
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Dick Jones
Gold Member
I can't wait for the video library of such great movies such as The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Ghostbusters 2016, The Emoji Movie, Pixels, Jack and Jill, Charlie's Angels, etc
It's the same tactic as Apple TV.
Banjo64
cumsessed
I’m confused by the strategy. Is PS Now the Game Pass counterpunch, or is PS Plus?
I would have thought it would have made more sense to bundle this with PS Now. You would then have a fee for online play (with some games thrown in) alongside a Netflix style fee for PS Now and video services.
PS Now is pretty redundant compared to Plus which has the instant game collection, online play and now this video service.
Wish they’d do some consolidation.
I would have thought it would have made more sense to bundle this with PS Now. You would then have a fee for online play (with some games thrown in) alongside a Netflix style fee for PS Now and video services.
PS Now is pretty redundant compared to Plus which has the instant game collection, online play and now this video service.
Wish they’d do some consolidation.
Ass of Can Whooping
Banned
Good lord the Sony whining
Everyday there's something to be outraged about now
Everyday there's something to be outraged about now
Buggy Loop
Member
Video? As in... a game signal I guess is a video? If not
Sealord of Braavos
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Well, I'll wait for those pesky details before making any kind of judgement but it doesn't sound good imo
Bryank75
Banned
If it's anime, then it would be cool. Just throw in a few films too..... Django, Magnificent 7, Once Upon a Time in the West, Bad Boys, the old GhostBusters films, Jumanji, Casino Royale and Skyfall and maybe Spectre, The Equalizer films, Persuit of Happiness, Superbad and Angry Birds and a few more.
Plus they make almost all the good TV shows for Netflix and Amazon....
Would be an all-in-one!
Plus they make almost all the good TV shows for Netflix and Amazon....
Would be an all-in-one!
Dick Jones
Gold Member
All I can offer is Ghosbusters 2016 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Gold Member
I FUC'ING CALLED IT!!!!!
Okay it won't so much some "prediction" but I was saying a while back that one way they could add value to their subscription services would be to tie in film, television, anime etc. content alongside games. I think this would be even better if they didn't sign that deal with Netflix, but maybe Sony will provide simultaneous first-run of new film releases on VP alongside Netflix, if that can somehow work.
Now if they could just merge PS Now and PS Plus to tie everything into a single subscription with some tiers if desired (btw I think that is also what Microsoft should do if they want to move people from Gold to GamePass; just switch them over to GPU for the duration of their Gold sub at the Gold sub price until the subscription runs out or is renewed then just switch it to GPU price or give option for regular GP, way better than trying to do a 2x price hike), and if they really want to increase the value even more, do something like Disney+ does with their VOD content when it comes to new releases, just...maybe not at the insane prices Disney does it. Then a few months later add those new releases to the PS Collection.
If they do this, regardless even if Microsoft also does similar (which would mean some changes to GP/GPU and doing some partnerships since they don't make their own films/shows etc.), then that should lead to a lot of growth. It's a good way for them to compete on the subscription service front leveraging their presence in various multimedia areas and won't break the bank. It also increases the appeal of the service if they can do that type of integration and (sensible) tiered access while bringing it to mobile.
That's a good question; if Netflix's first-dibs access to new Sony movies after theatrical window even cuts this new service out of the picture, then I think that hurts the value proposition.
I would think they carefully negotiated that deal to avoid such a thing, but if not, while it still means this is a good value-add to the service, it keeps it from being as good a value addition as it could've been.
That's probably what they are leading towards, because as you said there's some redundancy here. Same with Microsoft when it comes to GamePass and Live Gold.
But in both cases they will have to "eat" some initial losses to do it the right way, i.e just switching people over to the preferred service at their current price for the duration of the old service's subscription they have paid up for. Then hopefully, if you have tiers to the newer service, offer them a choice to continue as-is at the higher "tier" but at the price they'd normally pay for said tier, or allow them to swap to a lower-priced option.
It's the only sensible way to switch people from increasingly legacy services to the new one that doesn't look like a greedy move out-of-touch with the market, IMHO.
Okay it won't so much some "prediction" but I was saying a while back that one way they could add value to their subscription services would be to tie in film, television, anime etc. content alongside games. I think this would be even better if they didn't sign that deal with Netflix, but maybe Sony will provide simultaneous first-run of new film releases on VP alongside Netflix, if that can somehow work.
Now if they could just merge PS Now and PS Plus to tie everything into a single subscription with some tiers if desired (btw I think that is also what Microsoft should do if they want to move people from Gold to GamePass; just switch them over to GPU for the duration of their Gold sub at the Gold sub price until the subscription runs out or is renewed then just switch it to GPU price or give option for regular GP, way better than trying to do a 2x price hike), and if they really want to increase the value even more, do something like Disney+ does with their VOD content when it comes to new releases, just...maybe not at the insane prices Disney does it. Then a few months later add those new releases to the PS Collection.
If they do this, regardless even if Microsoft also does similar (which would mean some changes to GP/GPU and doing some partnerships since they don't make their own films/shows etc.), then that should lead to a lot of growth. It's a good way for them to compete on the subscription service front leveraging their presence in various multimedia areas and won't break the bank. It also increases the appeal of the service if they can do that type of integration and (sensible) tiered access while bringing it to mobile.
That's a good question; if Netflix's first-dibs access to new Sony movies after theatrical window even cuts this new service out of the picture, then I think that hurts the value proposition.
I would think they carefully negotiated that deal to avoid such a thing, but if not, while it still means this is a good value-add to the service, it keeps it from being as good a value addition as it could've been.
That's probably what they are leading towards, because as you said there's some redundancy here. Same with Microsoft when it comes to GamePass and Live Gold.
But in both cases they will have to "eat" some initial losses to do it the right way, i.e just switching people over to the preferred service at their current price for the duration of the old service's subscription they have paid up for. Then hopefully, if you have tiers to the newer service, offer them a choice to continue as-is at the higher "tier" but at the price they'd normally pay for said tier, or allow them to swap to a lower-priced option.
It's the only sensible way to switch people from increasingly legacy services to the new one that doesn't look like a greedy move out-of-touch with the market, IMHO.
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Dick, you're fired!
Bryank75
Banned
Well, I understand... they did make a Robocop film without Dick Jones!
Snake29
RSI Employee of the Year
Didn’t the Xbox One had a build in tv decoder? This is really something else since we are living in a streaming service ara.....
So how is that even closely the same?
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S0ULZB0URNE
Member
So just some ps+ free movies?
Kool
Kool
yurinka
Member
No, it isn't.
A year or two so ago they shown next gen plans for PS Now related to increasing the amount of countries supported, business model/pricing improvement (teased something similar to Stadia to allow people buy games to play them without owning a console), devices to stream increased (adding mobile, tvs, etc), streaming resolution/image quality/input lag improvement, servers improvement, game catalog content improvement (they plan to include PS5 games) and stuff like that. As I remember they didn't mention movies.
In any case, Sony game subscriptions have more subscribers, generate more revenue and must be way more profitable (at least profitable) than the MS ones. It's MS who has to counter, not Sony.
DeepEnigma
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Thirty7ven
Banned
I will wait to see if this is just an added trial with no questions asked before feeding into the "Playstation is the new Xbox" narrative that some people are so desperate to create.
Reality Czar
Banned
It has "pass" in the title so I'm sure it is lighting up the pleasure centers of game renters all over the world.
Interfectum
Member
Sony Pictures really wants in on that PlayStation pie.
You got a link for that? I think it's where both companies are leading to so it all makes sense.
Dick Jones
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The Pleasure
Member
Is that a smash player playing a real fighting game?
Zeroing
Banned
I remember when PS plus subscribers were given Netflix for 1/2 months but I always thought it was something regional to Europe.
I said once, the only service that is healthy is Disney plus, they have tons of money, so I assume the Netflix, HBO and Sony are gathering to “survive” they are the only Movie studios still independent.
also for those saying TV TV TV, Sony did not decided to show their PS5 and just talked about tv for 2 hours, that Xbox one cringe event was so bad that no company will never be able to do worse!
I said once, the only service that is healthy is Disney plus, they have tons of money, so I assume the Netflix, HBO and Sony are gathering to “survive” they are the only Movie studios still independent.
also for those saying TV TV TV, Sony did not decided to show their PS5 and just talked about tv for 2 hours, that Xbox one cringe event was so bad that no company will never be able to do worse!
killatopak
Gold Member
Have you seen Don Mattrick and Jim Ryan in the same room?
Coincidence?
I think not!
Coincidence?
I think not!
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Ellery
Member
People get more attention when they completely overdramatize things and they also score internet points for their team when they find an angle to bash the competition.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
It was meant to be quite light hearted. I know it's difficult over the internet and it's crazy with the WARZZZZzzzz.
nothing serious over here. I'm actually looking forward to what this adds. Free to my current subscription!? I'm in!
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