“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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935Posted:

E-40
Aah
IamRCA
Resort Xbox will always be on top, PlayStation has always been a joke in the real competition. Not what all these kids think


the only time where sony was better then microsoft was the ps2 vs the xbox. only bc the xbox was the first of its kind.


Exactly! PS1 and PS2 made many gamers, including me, but Xbox will always be better.
I will always stick with xbox, never making the change back!


I agree with this. I have yet to buy a new console, and it will for sure be Xbox One.

E-40Posted:

Aah
IamRCA
Resort Xbox will always be on top, PlayStation has always been a joke in the real competition. Not what all these kids think


the only time where sony was better then microsoft was the ps2 vs the xbox. only bc the xbox was the first of its kind.


Exactly! PS1 and PS2 made many gamers, including me, but Xbox will always be better.
I will always stick with xbox, never making the change back!

GibbityTreePosted:

It really is a stupid idea.

IamRCAPosted:

Carpe-Diem
IamRCA
Resort Xbox will always be on top, PlayStation has always been a joke in the real competition. Not what all these kids think


the only time where sony was better then microsoft was the ps2 vs the xbox. only bc the xbox was the first of its kind.


At the time Xbox was way ahead of all.... In reality, the Xbox may no longer be on top...


I think your confused it was the other way around

Carpe-DiemPosted:

IamRCA
Resort Xbox will always be on top, PlayStation has always been a joke in the real competition. Not what all these kids think


the only time where sony was better then microsoft was the ps2 vs the xbox. only bc the xbox was the first of its kind.


At the time Xbox was way ahead of all.... In reality, the Xbox may no longer be on top...

Corn_DogPosted:

Activez-
PawnStars
itomni Xbox is more but it respects consumers and publishers and helps them get money, unlike PS witch care about themselves trying to sell monthly sub so they get money and the publisher wont!!! cheap Sony.


That's weird, could of swore that you need xbox live (which is a monthly subscription) to do just about anything on the One. That includes using 3rd party apps (that you already pay for separately). The Ps4 allows you to use all of your apps, party chat, and play FTP multiplayer games without Plus.

Btw the way you used the wrong "witch", it's supposed to be "which" but the way you used it only helps your point...


We pay because we get better servers, security, and DLC before PS.

I probably could say more but I won't. I own both so it doesn't bother me one bit.


DLC first? Destiny, Watchdogs, MGS5, or Assassins Creed? I could also go on myself but I would take the exclusive content and DLC for these games first over CoD or BF any day... I also have both but to say get DLC first in general is beyond ignorant.

orgyPosted:

IamRCA
Resort Xbox will always be on top, PlayStation has always been a joke in the real competition. Not what all these kids think


the only time where sony was better then microsoft was the ps2 vs the xbox. only bc the xbox was the first of its kind.


Exactly! PS1 and PS2 made many gamers, including me, but Xbox will always be better.

IamRCAPosted:

Resort Xbox will always be on top, PlayStation has always been a joke in the real competition. Not what all these kids think


the only time where sony was better then microsoft was the ps2 vs the xbox. only bc the xbox was the first of its kind.

ResortPosted:

Xbox will always be on top, PlayStation has always been a joke in the real competition. Not what all these kids think

MissPosted:

Torrer
Activez-
PawnStars
itomni Xbox is more but it respects consumers and publishers and helps them get money, unlike PS witch care about themselves trying to sell monthly sub so they get money and the publisher wont!!! cheap Sony.


That's weird, could of swore that you need xbox live (which is a monthly subscription) to do just about anything on the One. That includes using 3rd party apps (that you already pay for separately). The Ps4 allows you to use all of your apps, party chat, and play FTP multiplayer games without Plus.

Btw the way you used the wrong "witch", it's supposed to be "which" but the way you used it only helps your point...


We pay because we get better servers, security, and DLC before PS.

I probably could say more but I won't. I own both so it doesn't bother me one bit.


Why does everyone say Xbox gets DLC first? You make it seem like you get all DLC first when really xbox only gets CoD DLC first


Xbox 360 gets a lot of things before PS3 does, not just CoD related DLC.


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