vendredi 1 août 2014

PlayStation Now's Pricing is Reasonable (Kind of)

PlayStation Now -- Sony's long-discussed streaming solution -- has officially entered open beta on PlayStation 4 starting today, and I was surprised, as I scrolled through the 122 games currently available, how reasonably priced many of these games are, specifically in the weekly rental category. (If you want to find PlayStation Now on your PS4, go to the PlayStation Store and scroll down to "PlayStation Now," the third option down from the bottom in the list on the left.)


Now, let's be totally clear: the other rental options on Now -- four hours, 30 days, and 90 days -- seem to make very little sense, especially (but not limited to) the former. Why you'd rent a game for four hours is beyond me, especially at $2.99 a pop and up, which seems to be the territory where most of these games sit. Likewise, renting many of these games for a month or, more heinously, a full three months brings you into the pricing territory you'd be in if you just bought the game outright, whether new, used, or digitally. (It's weird, in this light, that Sony said EA Access isn't a good value, but somehow this is. But I digress.)


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