That's the magic of the marketing. They want you to go for the highest amount possible.
Also, 3 dollars for 4 hours is actually really good if we compare it to going to see a movie (10 bucks for 2 hours).
That would be an excellent analogy if we could all finish games in 4 hours.
That would be an excellent analogy if we could all finish games in 4 hours.
That seems much more reasonable. But i still dont think the prices make sense. Why would i rent for 4 hours when i could just rent for a week and actually beat the game?
I guess maybe to rent a local coop game if i have friends over?
And why rent for a week when a month is only 3 more dollars?
Saints Row the Third now only has the 4 hours for $5 or 90 days for $30 rental options lol.
Heh. I recently replayed SR3 on my Nvidia Shield for free using the beta of their Grid cloud streaming service. But sure, it's obviously those greedy publishers milking beta testers and not our beloved Sony.
I look forward to your outrage when Grid stops being a free beta and they start charging to play games, too.
Heh. I recently replayed SR3 on my Nvidia Shield for free using the beta of their Grid cloud streaming service. But sure, it's obviously those greedy publishers milking beta testers and not our beloved Sony.
Since everyone seems to have ignored the NDA I'll just throw out my stuff as well.
First game I started with DoA 5 Ultimate. There was perceivable lag, though it was still fun to play, but when they switched to the next phase I still had a couple days left on DoA 5 and it was much better.
Game I played most in next phase was Blaz Blue Calamity Trigger. Went incredibly well, barring occasional major quality lag drops.
Then Catherine. Once again, worked amazing, though still had issues sometimes.
Then Puppeteer, which I also played concurrently locally because it was free on PS+ and felt absolutely no difference, barring once again major quality drops sometimes, though rarer, still there.
I have not played anything since it began costing money.
That's the magic of the marketing. They want you to go for the highest amount possible.
Also, 3 dollars for 4 hours is actually really good if we compare it to going to see a movie (10 bucks for 2 hours).
I hope they make it part of the PSN subscription or something, these current prices are a little insane!
But service is pretty nice.
Yea, buy paying $19 to own a 2-hour movie forever on (DVD/CD), not to mention all the extra stuff on the discs (documentaries, commentary, etc...), is better than paying $3 for a 1-time 4-hour gameplay session.
Especially if you can't finish the game in 4-hours.
A 4 hour $3 rental makes sense if you are interested in buying a game and want to try it out. Let's say I am interested in Watch Dogs. Maybe I want to try it first though. I rent it for $3-$5 for a few hours and see if it's worth $60. Ideally, they should then make the game $3-$5 cheaper if I buy it digitally afterwards.
A 4 hour $3 rental makes sense if you are interested in buying a game and want to try it out. Let's say I am interested in Watch Dogs. Maybe I want to try it first though. I rent it for $3-$5 for a few hours and see if it's worth $60. Ideally, they should then make the game $3-$5 cheaper if I buy it digitally afterwards.
Yea, buy paying $19 to own a 2-hour movie forever on (DVD/CD), not to mention all the extra stuff on the discs (documentaries, commentary, etc...), is better than paying $3 for a 1-time 4-hour gameplay session.
Especially if you can't finish the game in 4-hours.
You realize that used to be called a demo, which were free.
I guess it depends on your wants/expectations.
I prefer the Netflix model - flat monthly rate for unlimited access to any movie.
If they're using PSnow simply as a "paid preview" service, then, no thanks.
This may ultimately lead to the end of free demos too, if they can just make money off them.
Any game at any time? What would you expect them to charge per month for that? When you step back and think, it's unrealistic. But a rotating stable of games for a subscription I could see.Totally not interested.
I want a Netflix type of pricing model where I pay a flat monthly rate for unlimited access to any game I want to play, at any time.
Paying per-title, for a limited time is not going to work. It has "fail" all over it.
If you bought a digital PS3 game can you stream it on the PS4?
I don't think so. You're streaming the game from Sony's service, not from your own collection.
So with the high prices are we expecting something around 99 Dollars for a yearly subscription?
99 dollars a year is on the low side. that's less then netflix
12 * 8 = 96
Honestly it's hard to say whether 99 would be a good price considering we don't know how long it takes new games to get on the service.
99 dollars a year is on the low side. that's less then netflix
12 * 8 = 96
Honestly it's hard to say whether 99 would be a good price considering we don't know how long it takes new games to get on the service.
I look forward to your outrage when Grid stops being a free beta and they start charging to play games, too.
Stop quoting him, he's shitting up the thread with talk about other services, which is really all he does on non PC threads!
Lots of people played SR3 (with all DLC) for free as well on PSNow during an earlier phase. Right now they're testing pricing models however.
Publishers are the ones that decide prices. When they're picking crappy prices what makes more sense. Let them push the prices during the closed beta and see the massive backlash despite it being a closed beta and hopefully have them see their error and have them fix it (hopefully), or to ignore that the prices publishers are using are crappy for launch and let them screw up the main launch of the service.
I'm hesitating about paying 99 dollars, anything else above that and it's a no-go for me, and i'm sure as hell not renting games with those outrageous hourly fees.
If you bought a digital PS3 game can you stream it on the PS4?
yes? At least I figured as much? Isn't PSNOW supposed to be like backwards compatibility, sort of?
Saints Row the Third now only has the 4 hours for $5 or 90 days for $30 rental options lol.
Hey, if Nvidia suddenly decide to announce a commercial streaming service and put up shitty prices for it I'll be right here saying that it's shitty and not worth the price of entry. It's unlikely since they're more interested in selling their streaming tech for others to use, but you can quote me on that without any hesitation.
It's not a closed beta though. They already had a closed beta, this is an "open beta". If they were doing a real open beta, it would be free. This is a pricing test to see what the market will handle, and as a consumer who would use their service if it didn't suck a pile of rancid donkey cocks value-wise I'm going to keep bitching so they know the current prices are fucking pants on head moronic.
For $5 you can own it on Steam. I won't even go into the whole PC vs Console thing.
no. You still have to rent it. This isn't supposed to be a solution to BC.
You realize that used to be called a demo, which were free.
For $5 you can own it on Steam. I won't even go into the whole PC vs Console thing.
This is a thread about the prices of PS Now. People are free to compare them to other services.Stop quoting him, he's shitting up the thread with talk about other services, which is really all he does on non PC threads!
How big is that userbase? I'm highly doubting if it's that big.How much is the initial investment ?. PSNow is a console rental service, it is for folks who dont want to spend $250-$1000 in initial investment.
The biggest user base for PSNow will be guys playing PS3 games directly on Bravia TV without any additional hardware.
Guess no one brought it up yet but prices dropped.
4hr-$3
week - $6
month- $8
3 months-$15
There's a tiny few that have the old prices but they seem to include DLC as well. There's also a handful of free games as well.
These are really good prices for the most part, but I'd feel more comfortable with the 4hr rental being $1.99. Would make impulse purchases very common just to try things out, and then I could choose to rent for longer. A week might work better for $4, but the month and three month prices are great.Guess no one brought it up yet but prices dropped.
4hr-$3
week - $6
month- $8
3 months-$15
There's a tiny few that have the old prices but they seem to include DLC as well. There's also a handful of free games as well.