I know what they done. Its Relaunch/ launch of a combination of there 2 services before.
UPDATE: All-new PlayStation Plus launches in June with 700+ games and more value than ever
PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now come together; players can choose from three flexible options.blog.playstation.com
Yes it wasnt the same thing to Gamepass, but everyone knows it was the closest thing to compete with it.
PlayStation Plans New Service to Take On Xbox Game Pass
Sony Group Corp.’s PlayStation division is planning a new subscription service to compete with rival Microsoft Corp.’s popular Xbox Game Pass, according to people familiar with Sony’s plans and documents reviewed by Bloomberg.www.bloomberg.com
A year after launch, the PS Plus Game Catalog is finally an Xbox Game Pass rival
Value for moneywww.techradar.com
Game Pass Vs. The New PS Plus, The Comparison We Had To Make
Sony’s reimagined games-on-demand service shares a lot in common with Microsoft’skotaku.com
Sony to launch PlayStation rival to Xbox Game Pass
Subscription offers games for low fee as tech firms compete to establish Netflix-style streaming servicewww.theguardian.com
Stop buying into what the media says. The same media that hyped up Sony doing gamepass simply took a victory lap for what they felt like they won.
They didn't. Other than being a subscription service, PS+ is not a rival to gamepass. Completely different models.
No one say's AMC A-List is AMC's streamer rival.
They’ve been non exclusive before. Its only recently they started again with FF7/ FF16, FF7part 2.
FF15, Kingdom Heart 3, Dragon Quest were all multiplatform. Square was in trouble before.
Its not helping Sega either.
Funny how Square lost there core audience and have been in a decline since they went multiplatform with Final Fantasy on Xbox. They were selling fine in the PS2 era
Tell me more about Dragon Quest 9 and 10 which was initially exclusive on Nintendo device and didn't come to PlayStation for 5 years.
Let's also look at the Mana games Sword of Mana, Children of Mana, Heroes of Mana all exclusive to Nintendo. Dawn of Mana exclusive to PlayStation.
Octopath Traveler was exclusive.
Theyve done exclusivity all the last 20 years and that is what eroded their fanbase along with their declining quality.
They were fine of PS2, but they had already started putting exclusive titles on DS and they had already begun to decline and focus too much on kingdom hearts, final fantasy, and dragon quest.
Its more Steam and the ability to have all those choices on one console like system, Xbox/Steam/Nvida. Like I said, steam offers cheaper games and free online MP. Its just competition. And I think the reason MS is doing this is because they want to cause as much issues to PS as possible because it makes no financial or business sense to bring your rival store to your console
There's a cost to everything.
You're not going to release a system as powerful as the PS6, as affordable as the PS6, AND allow external stores.
This isn't a problem for Sony like you think it is.