“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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21Posted:

Not wrong, PSNow does look to be a total joke. Still prefer PS4 over XB1 though.

DemonSurferPosted:

Hollywood_Undead LOL!
First HMDI Cable issues.
Then GPU issues.
Now someones saying PSNOW is a joke?

Nah, PS IN GENERAL, is a joke!


Sales say otherwise and the as for the "problems" i don't know anyone with any or that's had any.I agree with the "Playstation Now" statement but other than that everything else is fine.

DollPosted:

Is it safe to say that the Xbox is the better console then?

SkeletonsPosted:

ive never liked playstation past ps2....

XboxPosted:

He is right PlayStation is a joke.

XenoChristPosted:

I still love PlayStation. Every console has its problems.

ValorPosted:

Krookodile I think this is good for PS1 & PS2 games only


I agree, there is not incentive to buy otherwise.

XBL-ABPosted:

LOL!
First HMDI Cable issues.
Then GPU issues.
Now someones saying PSNOW is a joke?

Nah, PS IN GENERAL, is a joke!

USNPosted:

I think it's a great idea for older games, but there's no way it will work on newer games. The publishers would lose money, and no one wants to lose money.

MidtownPosted:

This is one of those additions to the console that only effects people who choose to use it, and those who use it wanted it. I don't see why people are getting upset over something that doesn't effect them.

IMO, if it's a netflix for games then I'm all in. Regardless if it's only PS1/PS2 games. Those were really good games anyways, so yeah, sign me up.


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