“PlayStation Now is a joke,” says Pachter

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PS Now has been branded “a joke” by Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter.

It follows leaked footage Sony’s PS3 cloud-streaming beta, which showed a user loading up PS Now and playing Killzone 3 over the cloud.

Speaking with Game Informer, Pachter said of PS Now, “PlayStation Now is a joke. There is no publisher that is going to license content that’s less than two-years old because they would be concerned that they can’t sell as many copies if they make it available for subscription or rental.

“This has no prayer of working. None.”

Pachter’s rationale is that publishers will not license their game for monthly streaming as it will dent their ‘per-unit’ sales, along the same lines as bands on Spotify.

What do you make of Pachter’s reaction?



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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2014/02/05/playstation-now-is-a-joke-says-pachter/

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-DynamicPosted:

I used to like Playstation but it is to easy to hack and mod so there are far to many people that do this ...

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VIT
ext I honestly do agree with this, Playstation has been going through some downfalls since the Playstation 3 start.


Xbox 360 definitely beat the ps3, but in the next gen, ps4 beat xbox one. so it's come back i guess..


I honestly could care less which one wins, but I honestly think they added way too many things to the Xbox One.


Well that's what Microsoft do, They will add loads of stuff to the xbox one so that people are still buying it and keeping it.

DV8Posted:

VIT
ext I honestly do agree with this, Playstation has been going through some downfalls since the Playstation 3 start.


Xbox 360 definitely beat the ps3, but in the next gen, ps4 beat xbox one. so it's come back i guess..


I honestly could care less which one wins, but I honestly think they added way too many things to the Xbox One.

ValorPosted:

It is not a joke, I actually have found a use for it

TravitorPosted:

ext I honestly do agree with this, Playstation has been going through some downfalls since the Playstation 3 start.


Xbox 360 definitely beat the ps3, but in the next gen, ps4 beat xbox one. so it's come back i guess..

DV8Posted:

I honestly do agree with this, Playstation has been going through some downfalls since the Playstation 3 start.

TravitorPosted:

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xEuanG I disagree with this! rubbish


Why though, do you have a valid reason or just jumping on the band wagon?


he hasn't read the whole thing :)

CraigPosted:

xEuanG I disagree with this! rubbish


Why though, do you have a valid reason or just jumping on the band wagon?

MultitaskPosted:

I don't think it will hurt them that much they still are making sales

KatsumiPosted:

Calyx Sony was always bad but never this bad!


What do you mean by this? I personally do not disagree with the idea of PlayStation now yet he makes a few valid points i guess


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