CambriaRising
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Not a good look Sony.
The truth isn't a good look?
Not a good look Sony.
Supposedly it's coming but the pricing hasn't been ironed out yet. It's still in beta. I'm not giving them a dime until all of the options are laid flat and the full library of games is made known, which may not be for a few more months. The open beta just starts July 31 iirc.
I'm still confused. Is there a subscription price on top of having to pay to play the games? Also, aren't there supposed to be PS1 and PS2 games on this service?
Right now, the only thing they've said will be there is PS3 games for the immediate future. They've said that the plan is to get all systems PS1-4 on there at some point in the future, but who knows when that'll be.
Ok, but what about a sub fee? Is there one on top of the rental charges?
Well if they're testing these prices for a single game, would would a monthly fee for unlimited access? $1k/month? lol
There may be a subscription plan in place the future, bit you don't need a subscription plan to rent games.
So for the time being, the service is just to rent old games for around the same price one can buy them in a store? 0_o
Yeah its not looking good at this point tbh. We just have to make sure that Sony hears loud and clearly that this shit is unacceptable. 30 and 90 day periods are really all I need for games, and those are fine, but paying $20 for 4 year old games is not something that I'm interested in.
So you are saying that paying $10 more than retail price to rent the laggy version of a 2 years old game is a good deal because "It's not a Ps3".
Hell, if someone is planning on using this service frequently it seems that in the long run it will be cheaper to just buy a Ps3 and buy the digital version of the games (or get a used copy, you can get XIII-2 used for like $9 on amazon).
Or more. But it's beta so we'll see. There are supposedly going to be a ton of games at launch and they're testing like 30 at a time or something atm. Things need to change before then.
Your telling me you don't think that Sony has enough stroke to dictate pricing to these companies? Lol.The truth isn't a good look?
Your telling me you don't think that Sony has enough stroke to dictate pricing to these companies? Lol.
Sony is trying to see his much they can squeeze people for. If they really wanted to squeeze the pubs ,they would simply do the math.Used games are cheaper than the rental fees; and pubs don't get a cut of that biz.It's better to have a cut of something than a cut of nothing.I wonder how much say Sony does have in the prices and if they're looking at the overwhelmingly negative response to the prices with panic.
I already said the prices are off. Mainly the 4hr/90day options. But the week/month deal are fair to me. Of course it all depends on the game. These are not set prices. If the prices flop they can lower it. All i'm saying is the appeal of the service is to play these games anywhere so there might be some (or a lot?) who will dig it. Why do people rent on amazon/itunes when you can buy movies for a couple of bucks more?
I'm almost certain 90days will go away because that would conflict with the sub model, which i'm hoping is going to be 10-20 a month.
Your telling me you don't think that Sony has enough stroke to dictate pricing to these companies? Lol.
doesn't sound too different with how on demand movie rentals work for a lot of services at the moment.
Someone only needs to point Sony to this thread (if they aren't in it already) to view peoples reactions. The prices that are set up by devs and publishers aren't what people want or like. So, this is perfect for testing. Isn't this exactly the point?
I really do hope they are reading these reactions so they can react themselves and hopefully find a truly good pricing scale by launch. Something like what they are testing now would make the service flop hard and become a huge waste of money for Sony.
90 days for 20 dollars isn't bad to be honest, but everything else is terrible.
Also I'd never rent for 20, only reason it's reasonable is because if you trade in games anyways, you have 3 months and essentially are getting 40 back as a trade in.
Cocky Sony.....is back.
Hey, guys?
FF 13-2 isn't a Sony game. They probably didn't dictate the price.
I probably wouldn't pay 20 bucks to rent something maybe 1-10 bucks.
They probably should then, they need to say look guys you follow these price rules or we can't support your games.
The only alternative is leaving it in the gamers hands and hope they aren't stupid enough to pay those prices but if history proves anything its that gamers will pay against the odds.
This service can't be for us. This move is to help sell Tvs to casuals who wanna game without the console.