Ohhhh. So THAT’S Why Playstation Now dropped its prices in half.

I was wondering why this happened:

With Google prepping its Stadia streaming service for launch next month, and Microsoft rolling out a Project xCloud steaming test this month, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that Sony has been streaming hundreds of PlayStation games through its PlayStation Now service for years. Sony is doing its best to remind you of that fact, though, announcing today that it is slashing the all-you-can-stream subscription price for PlayStation Now to $9.99 a month (down from $19.99), $24.99 a quarter (down from $49.99), or $59.99 a year (down from $99.99). Current subscribers will see the reduced price on their next billing cycle.

Ars Technica is right later on, by the way: if you have a PlayStation 4, then the PSNow deal is a good one, assuming that you have a good Internet connection. So far my eldest kid (who pays for the subscription out of his own chores money; he’s happy to hear that he now has ten bucks a month to put towards DLC) hasn’t wanted to try a PS3 game that isn’t on the subscription service, and it’s a heck of a lot cheaper than getting, well, a PS3 and the games. In fact, getting a PS3 and the games is a dumb idea. Buy the PS4, and get PlayStation Now.

Moe Lane

PS: I got no real opinion about Stadia, except that Google already knows far too much about my business. Which I guess means that I do have a real opinion about Stadia, and it’s not a positive one. Ach, well, figure of speech.

2 thoughts on “Ohhhh. So THAT’S Why Playstation Now dropped its prices in half.”

  1. Argh. The Paranoia video game was supposed to come out today but got pushed back until November at the last sec. That aside…
    .
    For those curious, PS Now also allows streaming of titles, getting around those pesky backwards compatibility things. However, this streaming also extends to your PC as well. I don’t know if I’d want to stream something as time exacting as, say, Bloodborne or God of War, as the input delay will likely be maddening but hey, if you’ve always wanted to play something on the PS but never had one, here’s your much cheaper opportunity to do so.

Comments are closed.