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[VGC] Sony looks set to announce ‘PlayStation Plus Video Pass’ (only in Poland for now, see threadmark)
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So we're not seeing a gamepass because sony doesn't have the studio capabilities?
I'm not at all interested in TV or movies so this is a bummer for me
Yes it's "neat" because it is in PS Plus, for the first year, I bet they will change it after that but it's neat for Plus Members at the time, but still nothing anyone asked for with Netflix, Prime, D+ and all the other US services already existing.
And if these movies aren't at least 4K it's straight useless. A good 4K availability could be a spot to get into, cause that's where everyone is still lacking so far (minus D+, their output is great) so that's indeed one way to get into, but if they can't get that right, it's a straight failure.
Is Funimation free, or do you pay for a sub while on a VPN? I tried to VPN to US one day to watch Funi, but it wanted me to sub to watch with subs.
I probably wouldn't use it, unless it had new films day one, but if it's included in the PS+ price and not an additional thing then it seems fine enough.
Europe has Wakanim instead of Funi as the Sony Anime Service.
Not all Sony owned movies appear on those services. If anything Neflix and Prime have been losing shows continuously and are relying more and more on originals, which have their own merits.
Parts of Europe probably do, but in Czechia, I get this message on Wakanim
If you look at their yearly financials they are pretty much just PlayStation as their main net income driver. As consumer electronics division equals same revenue but not same net income. Playstation's revenue is more music and flim divisions combined just based on 2018 reports. Now with a year of covid thats only going to be more of a stark contrast. As prior years PlayStation accounted for 30% of their total revenue.
If sony were a university. Playstation is the football team that generates the profits so music and film can exist.
Secondly, we saw this play out once before when Microsoft Tried the TV TV TV press conference to launch the Xbox One. You can not like it, but people already compare ps plus and gamepass. So now if you add video pass what is the first thing the media and fans are going to do. How does this compare to gamepass as that's just where we are right now in the world.
Oh yeah, Meant western Europe mostly. Kinda sad the licencing of all that stuff is such a PITA.
Apparently Wakanim's only available in:
Frankreich, Belgien, der Schweiz, Russland, der Ukraine, Deutschland, Österreich, Schweden, Norwegen und Dänemark.
Thought it was more European countries.
You should actualy see the financial report, Sony is longer just PlayStation.
The reports are public, all their divisions make money.
I have to presume they're joking or weren't around in 2013 to understand what was really going on back then. The 'TV TV TV' problem was never about a console platform offering media services on the side.
Not everyone subs currently to a bunch of other video streaming services, and this is potentially a global rollout since it was on a Polish site. An added value at no additional cost (assuming it is) is nothing to complain about. If it ain't for you then at least realize it may be for someone else.
Now, best to wait and see what exactly this is before predicting more doom.
Never said all their divisions don't make money. I have looked at the reports and i used specifically revenue and specifically net income and specifically used dates for a reason
Except didn't Sony just sign a deal with Netflix so starting in 2022 all their films will go there first after the theatrical run? Seems counter-productive to sign that deal then turn around with whatever this is.
Curious to see what it turns out to be officially. If it's launching tomorrow then I assume an announcement is coming soon.
Lol, slow your roll there friend. We don't even know what this is yet and we have no idea what their overall plans are for their services going forward.
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I see logic has completely left the conversation and we are just clowning at this point. What has happened to this place?
The Carnival of Stupid continues.
Like some have mentioned an included Anime Pass would be incredible. Movies I don't really care than much about.
You are using 2018 reports...
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so...arterly-revenue-in-video-game-history.372366/
Here, take a look.
Sure, but for the next year they can be on this service instead. Not to mention catalog which is sometimes as big of a deal as new releases.
I'm not sure why y'all are so sure it's free on top of Plus, folks. All of this to me sounds like an additional subscription service, but with a price reduced benefit to PSplus users (with a maybe free temporary "demo"). "Subscription benefit" that is "available" doesn't describe "free thing" that is "included", usually.
I just don't care about shit like this. I have more video streaming subs than I can keep track of
this would draw me in though
this would draw me in though
I would assume Playstation is their biggest branch even without knowing the financial reports, I wasn't alluding to the size of PS branch, but rather saying that Sony has more entertainment branches than PS, and that they are just combining them, in a sense. If PS is really the biggest, then this move makes even more sense to me, they probably want to promote movies to more Playstation owners.
And I know people compare Plus to Game Pass, and with the creation of Plus Collection, I can see why they would, but comparing a Movie Pass to Game Pass is seriously a misunderstanding. I don't understand why would Sony even try to make this a competitor to Game Pass...
Luckily, Crunchyroll is mostly available here. A large selection of it is watchable, and all the new simulcasts are usually too, so I'm hoping Sony acquiring them will mean they will expand the CR catalog here.
I mean, their blockbusters aren't great no but they own Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics, the latter of which still releases some fantastic stuff.
Anyway, movies as a value add to PS+ would be cool enough I guess but I don't feel strongly on it when they're catering to the masses. It'll probably just be some Tom Holland Spidey bullshit and Venom lmao.
Anything's possible given the limited data we have. We'll know soon enough either way.
I feel like if they were adding anime there would be something about that on that banner and not just their movies. But who knows?
The Netflix thing is just the US, so it's not terribly important if this is going for a WW market. Their TV stuff would be much more affect by stuff like Netflix, as pretty much all their big productions are tied to 1 of the big streaming services.
Sony needs to deliver a killer feature with this, like letting me watch content from this in a picture-in-picture window as I play games on my PS5 (similar to watching screen share from a friend)
I don't need to watch what I want from this service more than once. i'll sub to the trial for a weekend and watch a couple movies for free and be done with it.
Their reasoning for why Sony couldn't launch a competitor to GamePass are outlandish and wrong. "They only release two games per year." "They would need VC funds." (Sony isn't an early funding start-up. They are huge conglomerate that has been around forever.)
The idea of Sony launching a tie-in for video on demand into PlayStation Plus would have been easy to guess with how they own a huge movie studio and they are creating video/TV/film adaptations for all their big IPs.