“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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DJMarkyMarkPosted:

It looks pretty cool from what I've which really hasn't been much now that I think about it. I think it will still be pretty successful but I could be wrong.

PintPosted:

This is a very bad idea in my opinion, Sony don't need MORE money.

OasisPosted:

Only time will tell. Tbh they have other issues they should be working on instead of this.

IamRCAPosted:

Lol and another reason why xbox is better

FriskyPandaPosted:

Everything sony is a joke ;) hahahahahah

Scared_of_WaterPosted:

Valor
Int it's a joke but at the same time earn millions o fmoney so not really, they a multi selling business, they are successful; so clearly not a joke./


This. I agree, his opinion was blown out of proportion.


It's Pachter, his opinion is always blown way out of proportion

ValorPosted:

Int it's a joke but at the same time earn millions o fmoney so not really, they a multi selling business, they are successful; so clearly not a joke./


This. I agree, his opinion was blown out of proportion.

AlmightyHelixPosted:

It is going to make extreme amounts of money despite itself, whether it be with PS Now or selling games individually, I think it's a great idea. But he does bring up a valid point about the games will not sell as well if they can be streamed through a much cheaper service.

YuiPosted:

Everyone has their own opinions on things, If it works then good, if it doesn't darn.
My opinion is that they can make it work.

IntPosted:

it's a joke but at the same time earn millions o fmoney so not really, they a multi selling business, they are successful; so clearly not a joke./


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