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[RedFury]

Don't really seem like Sony should be worried. Shelling out a live sub on top of a games service sub is not appealing especially if this was on ps4. Way too many new games to buy then worry about playing old games

I guess you got to do what you got to do when you have no new games coming out and you cancel half you catalog.

Spoiler

This is a joke, still salty as fuck about scalebound

 

[sangreal]

I'll definitely be in for the service when it launches, but I have all the games I'd want to play from the preview

edit: oh neat, the preview is free

 

[OldRoutes]

Wait.

After games cycle out, are you not allowed to keep the ones you've downloaded as long as your subscribed? Like GwG or PS+? Does it just revoke access once the month is over?

Wondering if I'm reading this wrong or not.

Yeap! Like Netflix -- it removes the games and you'll have to pay for them, unless you own them already.

The 100 games probably won't rotate every months -- only a few titles.

 

[Wedzi]

From Mike Ybarra. Adding Membership to My Games and Apps. Design not final

https://mobile.twitter.com/xboxqwik/status/836593552377327618

That's really smart. I hope the membership option alleviates the Ready to Install section. I have over 200 games in there and have no idea what I own out right and what are Games with Gold. Would be nice to separate everything. Plus it would serve to add value to Games with Gold, letting users see what they'll lose if they unsubscribe.

 

[Savantcore]

Wait.

After games cycle out, are you not allowed to keep the ones you've downloaded as long as your subscribed? Like GwG or PS+? Does it just revoke access once the month is over?

Wondering if I'm reading this wrong or not.

That seems to be the system, yeah

 

[Shil Pencer]

Wait.

After games cycle out, are you not allowed to keep the ones you've downloaded as long as your subscribed? Like GwG or PS+? Does it just revoke access once the month is over?

Wondering if I'm reading this wrong or not.

its like netflix in the sense games will be coming and going monthly. When a game is available you can purchase it fully at a 20% discount

 

[Samurai G0SU]

creators update looking better and better.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Um from the alpha list its not worth that price at all lol

 

[danowat]

Wait.

After games cycle out, are you not allowed to keep the ones you've downloaded as long as your subscribed? Like GwG or PS+? Does it just revoke access once the month is over?

Wondering if I'm reading this wrong or not.

Well, you can't continue to watch Netflix movies once they cycle out, so...........

 

[Papercuts]

Damn, that's a shockingly good price point for this. Actually impressed.

 

[gamz]

Wait.

After games cycle out, are you not allowed to keep the ones you've downloaded as long as your subscribed? Like GwG or PS+? Does it just revoke access once the month is over?

Wondering if I'm reading this wrong or not.

Correct.

 

[JaffeLion]

yes, this definitely sounds like a better fuckin deal than psnow. although i'm wondering is it just xbone games or all xbox games?

Selected Xbox One and Xbox 360 games.

 

[PeterGAF]

The Netflix of video games we've been asking for!

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Now let's see if Sony's response is to make every PS3 digital game purchase available for free with PSnow, something I wondered when they limited it to PC and PS4.

 

[Kodros]

That's you. You also have to factor in people who have never played a lot of these older games. Ever been in a conversation where people are talking about some of their favorite classic film and "It's on Netflix, I'll check it out." always pops up? Well, this could happen with games. Hell, this could give younger people the opportunity to go back and try some classics damn near hassle free.

I think there's a lot of value in having these older titles accessible on the newest hardware. This subscription service could be a major stepping stone for that.

Heh, I know that's me. That's why I said personally =). Younger kids don't give a flying crap about older games. There's plenty of great modern stuff to play without me forcing my video game experience as a young lad on them. Especially for $120 a year.

 

[ironcreed]

Pretty awesome service. I like that you can choose to buy the game at a discount price.

In which sense it's like a digital Gamefly with rotating games that they try and sell you once they rotate out.

 

[MarveI]

I'm legit more interested in the 20% discount I'll get than the games offered.
Like 20% is huge imo.

Would be awesome if they also allow trials to new games.

 

[WorldofMiku]

Actually PS Now will no longer work on Smart TVs. Only PC and Ps4 from now on, all other versions discontinued.

PlayStation Now will be discontinued on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation TV, Sony Bravia televisions (modeled between 2013-15), Sony Blu-ray players and all Samsung televisions by August 15, 2017.

Sony better compensate for discontinuing those. I have a Samsung TV with PS Plus and was going to subscribe in the summer. Pathetic from Sony, if they did this just so they can just improve the UI or something similar...

And then they rotate and you can't play them anymore anyway.

We don't know if Game Pass would do the same...

Yeah but PSNow is terrible. The pricing to rent old games is bad and the streaming is a poor gameplay experience. I have a great internet connection (70 down 40 up), wired console and rented Ninja Giaden Sigma and the controls felt like I was running through molasses. Didn't even finish the rental period.

I've had a go and I thought it was fine. Yet again I live quite close to London so maybe that had an influence. As people mentioned, you have to be close to a server for the service to work well.

Also I don't think playing fast-paced games on the service is a good idea...

Don't forget you can play Xbox one on win10 pcs so this service extends beyond just the xbox.

But do you need an XONE to use the service? PS Plus, you don't need a PS.

 

[flkraven]

http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/02/28/microsofts-xbox-game-pass-game-coming-canada/

$13.99 Canadian, about $0.75 more expensive than the straight conversion.

Yeah, that's garbage imo. So many people getting hyped without looking at the games list. The only thing I've seen in the pictures or alpha list that hasn't been GWG or under $5 is Halo 5, Mad Max, and NBA 2k16 (all of which you could straight up own for under $14, maybe even get 2).

 

[SpideySenses]

Depending on titles, my PS+ subscription is elapsing soon and I can see myself switching over, at the very least it's nice to have options.

 

[BennyBlanco]

So it's like PS Now but actually worthwhile

 

[Flux]

Interesting, will definitely keep up with this one.

 

[jaypah]

This is pretty cool. No Xbox for me but I'd like something just like this on PS4. As for the current list of games I'll wait and see the games the service officially launches with before I chime in on that. I tested PSNow before it came to market and played Pacific Rim and some dirtbike game. The beta PSNow library was not indicative of the games the full service got and I don't expect this to be either.

 

[sam777]

Um from the alpha list its not worth that price at all lol

I believe the actual list on release will be much larger

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

Holy shit! A smart idea from Microsoft.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

So if you're ass-deep in some 60-hour RPG and the game cycles out of the library, can you still keep playing without purchasing the game outright?

I would imagine (hope) that hey will treat it like Netflix does and give you a months heads up.

Like, "here is a list of what is adding to the Game Pass on March 1 and here is what is leaving March 1

You then have 30 days to get your ass in gear and finish the RPG, or think about buying it for 20% off

 

[xabbott]

The trend for games seems to be people sticking with single games for a longer period of time: overwatch, rainbow six siege, Paragon, world of tanks, rocket league, destiny, etc.

This kind of sampler subscription with tons of older catalog games seems a little ignorant of that.

As someone who was in this camp during the first 2-3 years of WoW this would have been perfect for me. I actually used Gamefly back then to check out games that I didn't want to buy/commit to. Especially with so many games having shorter campaigns. Or maybe you have some friends over and download smaller local co-op games.

 

[Jarlaxle]

So basically EA Access but with multiple different publishers. I'm interested to see what is included but if done right, $10/month sounds like a great deal.

 

[Clear]

Don't know if I'd use this but I'm happy MS is doing this. Shows commitment to the brand.

Its just a variant on PSNow, and shares the exact same long-term downside insofar as it likely being not that appealing financially to publishers. Although its a smart bit of business for MS as it allows them to claw some money back from the sunk cost of facilitating 360 BC.

 

[TLZ]

Yea but I'm already paying for Live. How many subs do they want from me?

 

[Kinyou]

Sounds like a good deal

 

[Theorry]

Um from the alpha list its not worth that price at all lol

This is a test list for preview members. Ones released it will have over 100 games.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

Wait.

After games cycle out, are you not allowed to keep the ones you've downloaded as long as your subscribed? Like GwG or PS+? Does it just revoke access once the month is over?

Wondering if I'm reading this wrong or not.

Probably, yeah. It's like Netflix but with downloads, and discounts if you want to buy to keep.

 

[LelouchZero]

Wow this is amazing!

 

[MeisterLeder]

Its just a variant on PSNow, and shares the exact same long-term downside insofar as it likely being not that appealing financially to publishers. Although its a smart bit of business for MS as it allows them to claw some money back from the sunk cost of facilitating 360 BC.

Uhm this is more like EA Access. You wont stream the games.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

........games as a service is not a good thing in the long run.

 

[Kodros]

I'm legit more interested in the 20% discount I'll get than the games offered.
Like 20% is huge imo.

Would be awesome if they also allow trials to new games.

It's only for games on the service.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

From Mike Ybarra. Adding Membership to My Games and Apps. Design not final

https://mobile.twitter.com/xboxqwik/status/836593552377327618

Nice

 

[shandy706]

Um from the alpha list its not worth that price at all lol

Good thing it's Free...

....and an Alpha...

...and a random list for Testing.

Totally not worth $0

 

[ironcreed]

Yea but I'm already paying for Live. How many subs do they want from me?

I hear ya. Good value for some who missed out on a lot of old games, but it's not for me. Xbox Live and PS+ are all the subs I care to have.

 

[TetraGenesis]

well you'd have to wait to see if this even becomes a success first.

True, true.

 

[sensui-tomo]

........games as a service is not a good thing in the long run.

people seem to love it for anime/music/movies

 

[ForkNetwork]

Yeah, that's garbage imo. So many people getting hyped without looking at the games list. The only thing I've seen in the pictures or alpha list that hasn't been GWG or under $5 is Halo 5, Mad Max, and NBA 2k16 (all of which you could straight up own for under $14, maybe even get 2).

The Alpha list is 1/5 of the real list

 

[splattered]

From Mike Ybarra. Adding Membership to My Games and Apps. Design not final

https://mobile.twitter.com/xboxqwik/status/836593552377327618

I've been really hoping they would give the option to separate Xbone from 360 BC games in the list...

 

[mcrommert]

If they are dropping this now...they must have some stuff saved up for e3

 

[Gren]

People shouldn't look too much into the Alpha list I posted, that is just a 'free test' they're trying out. I doubt they'd offer the good stuff to testers for free.

For an idea of the kinds of things the real release list will look like I'd say the picture banner they have up there when they announced it is a more accurate idea.

That's true. But much like Plus & Gold, there's bound to be some "meh" months. I mean, there's only so many X1/BC titles to go around. An ever-expanding library, while perhaps too much to hope for, would've mitigated that.

 

[hanspampel]

Wait.

After games cycle out, are you not allowed to keep the ones you've downloaded as long as your subscribed? Like GwG or PS+? Does it just revoke access once the month is over?

Wondering if I'm reading this wrong or not.

yes. this is the same like Netflix or Amazon Video

 

[SilentRob]

Wait.

After games cycle out, are you not allowed to keep the ones you've downloaded as long as your subscribed? Like GwG or PS+? Does it just revoke access once the month is over?

Wondering if I'm reading this wrong or not.

It's like Netflix, the catalogue changes monthly and you can obviously only watch/play what's in the catalogue.

 

[Static Veins]

I was debating getting rid of my Xbox One with seemingly little to no exclusives coming out, but between this, EA Access and backwards compatibility, it's becoming my dedicated back-log machine.

 

[Johnohno]

Holy shit. Megaton!

Day one subscription. Hope this translates to £5.99.

Not understanding the PS now comparisons though, downloading 100gb worth of halo 5 vs streaming kbps ps3 games.

As a fellow Brit I admire your optimism, but we all know this will likely be £8.99 minimum