PSX 2015: PlayStation Now Scores Specially Priced 12-Month Sub

Sony need to start supporting the PlayStation Now UK library. I'm actually a fan of the idea of PlayStation Now, a rare breed of PlayStation gamer. Every month we see the US catalogue grow and grow. The recently got 105+ new games added to the subscription model...in the US. The recently got BioShock 1 & 2, Borderlands 1 & 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum & Origins...in the US. PlayStation Now is only available as a full release in the US and UK, and the latter doesn't receive any monthly updates.
The US also has an official Twitch app for PS4, Sony Rewards program and a completely redesigned PlayStation Store, among other things.
PlayStation treats all non-US customers as second class.

that's just sony in general, the US gets all the good stuff despite Europe being the core supporters, I reall enjoyed the trial for now and think that this is closer to the ballpark, i'd gladly pay 10pounds a month without any complaints, once the catalogue is increased as 100 games just isn't enough, of the 100 games there was probably just 10 games that interested me, not enough to get my credit card out, but if they really push it then YES, ever since first seeing ps now i've regarded it as THE FUTURE!!

BUT here's the thing sony should just say to hell with Germany and all the sensitive countries, it's the european store, so they should simply obide by EU laws and to hell with individuals who think they know best

Yeah I checked it out the other night Thomas was alone was £5.99 for 30 day rent or £6.49 for full purchase, its actually half that at the moment on sale. Very Wonky.

I have never seen value in PlayStation Now. Could you not use a US created PSN account to use the service from the US?

@sradmatt why exactly is Germany a "sensitive country" and why to hell with us?....no offense, just curious

They simply have to do better, plain and simple. I assume it isn't the money maker in the US like they were expecting and that may be holding them back from doing more with it in other countries. Either way, they need to step it up.

The problem is in the UK i could buy a vita for the price of 1 year playstation now sub and download all those ps plus games i've got stacked up. The cost v benefit just doesn't work out. They need a combined now/plus deal

@Breity247 i mean no offence. If you look back to the days of the instant games collection on ps plus. There WAS numerous occasions where games were blocked or cancelled due to Germany. Wolfenstein brings to note or something like that. Anything containing nazis, or severe blood tends to get blocked or censored, like Japan and the fatman. Or the middle east and everything! It's not about to hell with you. It's about to hell with your ratings boards etc...
Europe is supposed to be a free market. And The only way SCEE will ever sort it out is by the way of simply conforming to EU regulations only. Wasn't it Sony Europe who were originally located in Germany and had issues and constant delays with the online store or am I thinking of Nintendo? Can't remember but that's the problem there's always a handful of nations within the PAL region who have a moral high ground. And the only way around all the red tape is by conforming to the free market regulations.

I want playstation now in new Zealand its still not here

@sradmatt It would be good if they could treat the UK as its own market. The problem is, when it comes to videogame markets, people compare it to the US gold standard. That's a single country, there are 196 countries in the world, yet it's responsible for an enormous portion of all game sales. It's been responsible for at least half of all Nintendo sales each generation. That means you have to combine the other 195 countries to get even close to the amount of Nintendo fans in the 196th country. It's crazy.

China is technically the largest game market in the world, but not games as we non-Chinese citizens know them. Then it's the US, Japan, South Korea (I think it's fair to assume this is all StarCraft and MMOs), then Germany, then the UK. So as far as console markets are concerned, it's US, Japan, Germany, UK. Surely the 3rd and 4th largest participants in the international videogame industry don't have to be grouped together, along with 40+ other European countries?

@Draythedestroyer Definitely. It might lead to a bit of an embarrassing rebranding period but they should have PS+ and PS+ Now. Something like that. It's just a small amount more than PS+ itself. At the moment, going off the article, that deal would equate to about £66 a year. Add that to a year's sub to PS+ and you're looking at £102 which just seems too steep. In reality, I don't think it is - that's still only about 2/3 of the UK license fee, for example, and that's just for a crapload of reality TV, baking and dancing. Yet most people accept that.

It might not be fair, but Sony have to take in that people don't see the true value compared to other things they happily throw money at and price Now accordingly. Maybe £40 for a year of PS+, £70 for a year of PS+ Now. They also need to advertise it more, my two PS4-owning friends didn't even know what it was until I told them.

More old game's, rather have EA access.

NA market isn't just US, just saying.

Yeah I really think having a ps plus elite membership would work here. Scrap the instant games collection increase cost say 4 pounds a month and have access to NOW