By now all of you lovely gaming fanatics should know the Sony news. If not pop over to Matt's Article here and read it first. Got that? Good. Now, this is obviously pure speculation at this stage, but I have a concern. I'm concerned that Sony are turning into George Lucas. You know what I mean. We've been rinsed for our cash by the weirdy-beardy from Skywalker Ranch as he adds a bit of lens flare and new walking lizards to his films every ten years so nerds like me have to buy the Star Wars box sets bloody well again. All he needs to do is digitally remove all evidence of Jar Jar Binks and I'll be on to Amazon like a virgin fanboy at a Naked Slave Leia convention.
Sony seem reluctant to talk about the details of how the consumer will purchase this service. By now if it was going to be part of Playstation Plus, Sony would be telling us. They'd be shouting it form the rooftops. To be fair, we get a very good deal already from PS+ and I can't see Sony giving anything else away. Lets remember, folks, Sony are a business, and they need to make money. There is a chance it'll be used as an instant demo delivery service for subscribers, but I can see a premium 'Spotify of Games' offering coming very soon.
If this is for games we already own, are we happy to be paying for them once again? What happens when publishers remove games suddenly as is their whim? I don't want to be 50 hours into Skyrim when suddenly it vanishes in a puff of electronic smoke. Netflix having been cleaning out the old content this January, so a precedent has already been set. I'm not sure I'm ready to reinvest.
On a side note, it does also mean we are already using the last Sony console ever. Playstation Now will certainly work on PS Vita TV, as a well as a raft of other devices. We could be entering a thin client paradise where Playstation games can be played on anything. For a price.
Sony seem reluctant to talk about the details of how the consumer will purchase this service. By now if it was going to be part of Playstation Plus, Sony would be telling us. They'd be shouting it form the rooftops. To be fair, we get a very good deal already from PS+ and I can't see Sony giving anything else away. Lets remember, folks, Sony are a business, and they need to make money. There is a chance it'll be used as an instant demo delivery service for subscribers, but I can see a premium 'Spotify of Games' offering coming very soon.
If this is for games we already own, are we happy to be paying for them once again? What happens when publishers remove games suddenly as is their whim? I don't want to be 50 hours into Skyrim when suddenly it vanishes in a puff of electronic smoke. Netflix having been cleaning out the old content this January, so a precedent has already been set. I'm not sure I'm ready to reinvest.
On a side note, it does also mean we are already using the last Sony console ever. Playstation Now will certainly work on PS Vita TV, as a well as a raft of other devices. We could be entering a thin client paradise where Playstation games can be played on anything. For a price.
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