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Game Pass Library vs. PS Now Library - Which has the superior game list to you right now?
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I can play third party games on any console. Exclusive games is what sells me on a service. There isn't a single Microsoft franchise that I could care about, so even if Sony's offerings are objectively worse value for your money, they suit my needs much bettef.
For a couple of years now I've told myself I'll give the PS Now trial a shot when I have the time. It's got a great library for me since I never owned a PS3 myself, but I doubt that my connection is up to the task.
So far, that seems like the more interesting offering as someone who doesn't either a PS4 or Xbox. Still waiting for Game Pass to branch out to PC in a big way.
So far, that seems like the more interesting offering as someone who doesn't either a PS4 or Xbox. Still waiting for Game Pass to branch out to PC in a big way.
Game Pass. I don't own an Xbox, but Game Pass is clearly superior. PS Now doesn't even come close.
PSNOW seems to be have the better, bigger library. But gamepass has new first party games day 1...but given the state in which a lot of those release I'm not entirely convinced of the value in that?
Neither have convinced me to use them beyond their trials though. But if I HAD to have one I'd go for PSNOW.
Neither have convinced me to use them beyond their trials though. But if I HAD to have one I'd go for PSNOW.
PS Now allows you access to games you can't get anywhere else unless you still have a PS3. That makes it more valuable to Game Pass to me. Though I'm not a fan of streaming. I wonder if BC on PS5 will include PS3 games. In that case those PS3 games on PSNow should in theory all become downloadable.
But you dont have to stream it........I think you can download the games.
I have to choose Game Pass as PS Now might as well not even exist in much of the world (pretty sure it isn't accessible to me in Australia), whereas Game Pass is right there easily accessible and highlighted on the XBOX (and available on PC too with the Play Anywhere titles).
That's only true of the PS4 and PS2 games. Sadly the best stuff on the service is actually from last gen where there are plenty of gems from the Ratchet games to Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 to Puppeteer but they need to be streamed. Hopefully PS5 will have PS3 BC with 4k enhancements we'll then have the option to download these.
Those indies are not on PS Now.
I understand MS exclusives aren't for everyone, but this is about which service has a superior list of games for you personally. Which means third party games on the service are also part of that.
But I completely understand your reasons to prefer PS Now.
For me it's PS now...I was not a fan of MS first party.
You don't have to stream Ps now either...
PS3 isn't supported as a PS Now client device unfortunately. I guess usage would be miniscule at this stage. PS4 and PC obviously can't play downloaded PS3 games.
Over like half the library (and arguably the more interesting half) you do.
Neither. Lately I'm down on services like spotify, because it feels like I'm spending more money on music than before. The only thing I justify library services now is for tv shows.
Between sales, humble monthly/PS+/GWG (and various bundles in general on PC), I feel like a lot of gamers have libraries so huge, that most people barely touch most of them and they usually overlap quite a lot with these services. Unless you've managed to avoid these subscriptions, buying in sales, or just bought the console, I don't see any value in continuously subscribing to these libraries.
Between sales, humble monthly/PS+/GWG (and various bundles in general on PC), I feel like a lot of gamers have libraries so huge, that most people barely touch most of them and they usually overlap quite a lot with these services. Unless you've managed to avoid these subscriptions, buying in sales, or just bought the console, I don't see any value in continuously subscribing to these libraries.
What about all the games on Game Pass that aren't MS first party? Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Ashen, Mutant Year Zero, Doom, the whole Life Is Strange franchise, Ninja Garden, OnRush, PES 2019, Vermintide 2, PUBG etc? There are a lot more third party games than first party games on Game Pass.
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None of those interest me personally..I can only speak to my tastes. never liked the new tomb raiders. If MS has better first party that would interest me.
Game Pass by fucking light years. I recently bought a one S despite never owning an xbox console, and already owning a good PC, just for game pass and 4k blu rays. Incredible value.
It's cool that PSNow lets you download PS4 titles now, but all of the good PS4 titles are things I already own. For the other stuff, I would honestly rather not play a game at all than play it with an extra 65 ms of input lag. Add the absurdly high price on top of all that and it's not anywhere close to appealing for me.
Game Pass I bought a year for 70 bucks from Best Buy and it gives me access to all of Microsofts output, and a bunch of other stuff, including actual, proper backwards compatibility.
It's cool that PSNow lets you download PS4 titles now, but all of the good PS4 titles are things I already own. For the other stuff, I would honestly rather not play a game at all than play it with an extra 65 ms of input lag. Add the absurdly high price on top of all that and it's not anywhere close to appealing for me.
Game Pass I bought a year for 70 bucks from Best Buy and it gives me access to all of Microsofts output, and a bunch of other stuff, including actual, proper backwards compatibility.
Arent they close in price now? Ps now was 99 for a year recently.
No, Game Pass is £7.99 a month, PS Now is £12.99 ($9.99 and $19.99 in the States).
You can get deals for both if you buy 6/12 month subs but the gap is always around this.
Ah ok, so it's not ridiculously over priced then, just a bit more expensive. Sony should drop it permanently to 9.99 a month.
I didn't put the US price in there (edited in now!) but PS Now is double the price of Game Pass in the US. $19.99 and $9.99. It's a significant extra cost.
Oh I never realised it was 19.99 a month there, I thought it was reduced awhile ago. My bad.
I don't like Xbox games therefore I choose PSNow totally ignoring all the third party games that launch day and date into the service. What don't you like about those games?
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Why are you triggered over someone liking Ps now more? I do not care for most of the third party games on gamepass....there is nothing to argue, it's my tastes. Are you going to quote everyone who prefers PS now?
For every game? How many PS3 games can be downloaded on the PS4?
No one is getting triggered I just find it amusing to see so many people state they don't like or think that Game Pass is value for money or a great service because they don't like Xbox games, now if they were the only games releasing on the service then I would think they people have a point, but its not so I laugh at comments like yours and others.
You're basically saying I don't like games.
Edit, banned now - oh well.....
Same thing with Uncharted 1-3. So fucking dumb. Putting the inferior versions of one of your biggest franchises on your subscription service, and force anyone who wants to play them to put up with a bunch of unnecessary input lag. For 20 dollars a month. Such a fucking joke. And yeah bloodborne is a cool game, it also started going on sale digitally for as low as 8 dollars in 2016, and was a PS+ free offering. The value just isn't there for PSnow imo.
My main gripe with PSNOW is the limited library. Sure it has Uncharted and TLOU, but they are the PS3 versions and it wouldn't be so bad if I could download them on my PS3 console and yet I can't. Downloading is only available for PS4 games, which is fine if every cross-gen game in the library was the PS4 version, as stated before the PS4 versions of Uncharted and TLOU are not listed in the library.
PSNOW could be a good service if it only took a few extra steps, such as making downloads available on all relevant platforms (PS3 Games on PS3/PS5 console, and PS4 Games on PS4/PS5 console), and ensuring all versions are available in the library (PS3 & PS4 version). Another thing that would boost subscription numbers is copying Microsoft's strategy of putting their exclusives in the library Day One. It would also be amazing that if I search for an old game, I would find it available to play on PSNOW.
PSNOW could be a good service if it only took a few extra steps, such as making downloads available on all relevant platforms (PS3 Games on PS3/PS5 console, and PS4 Games on PS4/PS5 console), and ensuring all versions are available in the library (PS3 & PS4 version). Another thing that would boost subscription numbers is copying Microsoft's strategy of putting their exclusives in the library Day One. It would also be amazing that if I search for an old game, I would find it available to play on PSNOW.
For me, Game Pass. Microsoft's first party games tend to gel with me more than Sony's, so being able to get those on Day 1 is a pretty big thing, on top of a lot of new, modern releases like Mutant Year Zero. I think PSNow is pretty cool, but if I had to choose between the two i'd go Game Pass.
