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It's a bummer no doubt, but not surprising. Both Playstation and Xbox spent considerable resources turning both devices into "entertainment centers" The result

It's a bummer no doubt, but not surprising. Both Playstation and Xbox spent considerable resources turning both devices into "entertainment centers" The result for Xbox was a cluttered UI that disincentivized playing games, and the result for Playstation was poorly utilized services that cost too much. The one benefit of it all is that games seems to be coming back to the forefront of both platforms, so they can get back to doing what they do best

brian_herman__ 7y ago
Yeah xbox game pass for pc is great Outer Worlds for a starting subscription of one dollar!
- Phillips126 7y ago
  Playstation Vue was their TV service (not to be confused with Playstation Now - their game streaming service which is comparable to Xbox Game Pass). Their TV service if I can recall started at $40/mo for their basic subscription. Their game streaming service was $20/mo but was dropped to $10/mo earlier this month. To compare Xbox Game Pass is currently $10/mo. The difference is (correct me if I'm wrong) PS Now _streamed_ the games whereas Xbox downloads them. PS Now seemed to focus more on older titles where Xbox Game Pass is heavily indie games with a few newer AAA releases mixed in. Xbox certainly provides a lot of value for the $1.00 entry into the Game Pass with their current sale (provides games for both Xbox and PC).
  - ascagnel_ 7y ago
    PSNow now does both — it’ll stream PS3 games (since emulating that chip is a tall order; if we’re lucky, the PS5 or PS6 will be capable of doing so), but there’s a subset of PS4 games that can be downloaded and played on-console.
    - Phillips126 7y ago
      Interesting. Thanks for clearing that up. I used to be subscribed and did play a number of games but ended up cancelling my PS Now subscription. Now my Playstation is saying I need to fix the OS with a flash drive which I've been meaning to do but life is busy.

brian_herman__ 7y ago

Yeah xbox game pass for pc is great Outer Worlds for a starting subscription of one dollar!

Phillips126 7y ago
Playstation Vue was their TV service (not to be confused with Playstation Now - their game streaming service which is comparable to Xbox Game Pass). Their TV service if I can recall started at $40/mo for their basic subscription. Their game streaming service was $20/mo but was dropped to $10/mo earlier this month. To compare Xbox Game Pass is currently $10/mo. The difference is (correct me if I'm wrong) PS Now _streamed_ the games whereas Xbox downloads them. PS Now seemed to focus more on older titles where Xbox Game Pass is heavily indie games with a few newer AAA releases mixed in. Xbox certainly provides a lot of value for the $1.00 entry into the Game Pass with their current sale (provides games for both Xbox and PC).
- ascagnel_ 7y ago
  PSNow now does both — it’ll stream PS3 games (since emulating that chip is a tall order; if we’re lucky, the PS5 or PS6 will be capable of doing so), but there’s a subset of PS4 games that can be downloaded and played on-console.
  - Phillips126 7y ago
    Interesting. Thanks for clearing that up. I used to be subscribed and did play a number of games but ended up cancelling my PS Now subscription. Now my Playstation is saying I need to fix the OS with a flash drive which I've been meaning to do but life is busy.