PlayStation Now vs. Xbox Game Pass: The Facts and Why They SHOULDN'T Be Compared
PlayStation Now vs. Xbox Game Pass: The Facts and Why They SHOULDN'T Be Compared
With PlayStation Now’s new low price for a monthly or yearly subscription, a big conversation is sprouting about just how good it is compared to Xbox Game Pass. And while it’s easy to see why people are coming to this discussion, it makes a lot more sense to judge them on their own. Waiting for Microsofts xCloud initiative, or even Stadia, is where the bigger picture starts. For now, watch me ramble on for nearly 15 minutes, and also send me pictures of your pets on Twitter.
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Sony should change the name of Playstation Now to Playstation Then ‘n Now and have games from PS1 til current and include PSP and PS Vita. People want backwards compatibility… well there you have it.
The biggest downside of PS Now is that you can’t download ps3 games on ps4 because that isn’t supported (like wtf).
The ps3 collection of ps now is no doubt the best I’ve ever seen with infamous, kill zone, battle field, star war the force unleashed, fallout 3 and new vegas and many more, but the fact that you can only stream them and are therefore restricted to the capability of your own wifi connection is absolutely nonsense.
Im not sure how the PS5 is going to handle it, maybe the add a full backwards capability but as of now on ps4 ps now is pretty underwhelming compared to the xbox gamepass.
PS now doesn’t have very good games. Yeah Xbox doesn’t have a lot more than ps4 but Xbox game pass has RDR 2, GOW 5, SOT, And The surge 2 just to name a few (also the entire halo series with forza, dead by daylight, battle toads, final Fantasy, hello and secret neighbor, almost all the kingdom Hearts, Minecraft and Minecraft dungeons, NBA 2k20, no man sky, streets of rage 4, and we happy few) and when I went on ps now, I was like YAY persona 5, then I couldn’t play it anymore after 5 days. 😒 reason why I commented this is because this guy didn’t fully cover the games. After this video I bought ps now and thought I was gonna get good, exclusive, million dollar title games, nope, I got bullshit, PS now puts a 60 day timer on every big exclusive game. What’s the problem with that? Well, I wanna enjoy my games and my service not just buy it and then I get to play the new God of war for 24 hours. Also All "52%" Of ps now owners Are from disappointed people who thought they would get at least some good 𝙋𝙎4 𝙏𝙄𝙏𝙇𝙀𝙎, also the reason why PS now has more people coming to it is because they don’t tell them up front that games will go away, and also ps4 has more buys than xbox, it’s simple math this guy just doesn’t want to get into it. PS5 is also calculated to have less buys and be less powerful than the Xbox series x (just saying). All in all, PS Now has shit games and isn’t upfront with all of its buyers, while Xbox game pass gives you good games and doesn’t bullshit you
I really enjoy PS Now.. but I kinda wish Sony would push themselves to try and bring more games from PS2 era, and bring some PS1, PSP & Vita games.
It’s not download only anymore, gamepass ultimate now includes xcloud
I wish PS Now was available in Australia. I would ideally finish off my backlog, hold off on buying anymore games, then sign up to PS Now and complete all the games I do not currently own that are on the service.
I would say that the medium on which games are played is different like you’ve said download vs stream; however, they are identical in the fact they are a gaming subscription service and based on they are both gaming subscription services you can draw comparisons. I would simply summarise that the perceived value proposition game pass has over ps now is huge! And Xbox game pass is the superior gaming subscription service on multiple levels. Love your content, you got this one wrong imo. And that’s me saying this as a Ps4 user who doesn’t own an Xbox or pc….so non biased.
Does anyone actually like owning their games anymore or nah 😂😂😭
PlayStation now offers all of these PS1 PS2 and PS3 games all bundled together with PlayStation now, and say they have over 700 games. Xbox has been doing backwards compatibility for free
GamePass is better.
I am interested in Ps exclusives BUT! I would not appreciate to have an input lag experience at all. That’s why i consider Game Pass is better. It’s ok if you have a streaming service as an option but not as the only way to play.
I have both and game pass is way better
have a good day
Out of 100 mil gamers in ps and only selling 10 mil of an exclusive still not that good tbh
Still now, streaming games is several years away from truly making sense for the majority of gamers
Game Pass is better PS Now caps the shit at 720p for PS3 games
Gamepass owns PS Now
Well, Jim Ryan said PS exclusive cost Hundreds of Million to make, so it won’t be profitable to put it on PSnow.
Sadly India doesn’t have ps now
We don’t even have the PS5, which is $200 more than USA
Xbox game pass is the best!!!!!!
Even PlayStation fans like myself know Game Pass is a better deal
I’m a physical media guy myself.
I’ve got enough games that will last me a lifetime. Looking at the lists for gamepass and psnow makes me want to finish the many games I currently own.
I have both and I think it depends on what your looking for game pass has more modern and some old games PlayStation now has about 700 games most are good games but from older generations but has some newer ones so it really depends on what your looking for
Id rather stream instantly than have to install and delete games to be honest
Why do they both of game passes?
some of the psnow games have downside they are not able to download some dlc’s on xbox game pass games i could download some dlc’s that i couldn’t on psnow
Game pass is beautiful
They just added EA Play in November to Game Pass Ultimate as well, without raising the price at all. And the Microsoft Studio games will NEVER leave Game Pass. That means it will keep all the Gears games, Doom, anything owned by Bethesda, etc. FOREVER.
Gamepass has both pc games in and outside of Xbox game studios, and they have dlc/gold editions from alot of games. Plus you download the games not stream like that other service.
Got a year of PS Now for 45 bucks. Loving it. I go to my friend’s house and just plug in his Dualshock 4 to his PC and boot up the Sly Cooper collection. I haven’t even gotten into the PS4 downloaded games yet but I’m loving the streaming.
For PC only Xbox game pass works right.
XCloud bets is being added for free to the gamepass ultimate
PS NOW whole year is the best service imo….only bull part the regional restrictions, but it’s easy to pass that with another account. Why SONY still keeps these regions stupid mechanics, it’s beyond me. Make no FK sence
Clearly this is a pro playststion clip lol
If sony makes exclusives ps5 games Come day1 on Ps now then I am buying ps5 as my first next Gen console if not Them xbox series X will be my first next gen console
They should have ps Vita in ps now?
I fully agree ! I’m a ps5 fanboy but for me Xbox and the subscription won the war on consoles this time ! And I might switch to the Xbox and ultimate game pass I can play on PC and Xbox that’s actually what I always wanted !
For PS2 games on PS4 is Most likely star wars games,And get this the PS2 games on PS4 can operate better then PS3 games.
It stinks!
ps now is better
I got both and I’m a PlayStation fan so I’m always biased but game pass is a lot better nearly all of the exclusives are on game pass I really want PlayStation to improve the quality instead of streaming make it download to the hard drive like Xbox
I saport all missing the switch tho but hey I guess to each there own I have payed for ps now I think I bought a 12 month
Im a Hardcore PlayStation user. Mainly because the exclusives are amazing. But Gamepass is years away of PS Now. If Sony wants to compete with game pass, they need to start let the greed aside for a bit and start giving (at least some) AAA games on release date and working on the streaming performance. I never tried streaming but most people have issues even with an average 20mb down connection
ps now is finally getting games like Spider-Man
9:03 @TimDog!
Xbox game pass seems so much better value for money
I’m a PlayStation fan but the ps now service is terrible (in my opinion) I hate how they only give you some games for a certain period of time. Tried the free trial for the ps now and had a lot of connection issues, went to play fallout out new Vegas and there was no dlc. Checked game pass and it has all dlc for fallout and more. I think Sony need to seriously have a look at ps now it’s not as good as it should be 🤷♂️
I think it depends what kind of gamer you are. If you are a causal gamer then ps now may be for you, as it has something for everyone. If your more hardcore and you must play the premium titles game pass is probably your preference.
I rather have barely any games and download them all than have to stream 90% of the games