Rumor: PlayStation Now launch games and price details revealed

The launch titles and the subscription price for PlayStation Now may have been leaked after the closed beta was released back in late January.


From Gameranx:

The leak apparently comes directly from one of the people given access to the beta, and one wonders if this is legit and Sony is out looking for the leaker now. In any case, we can take this with a grain of salt, but it may also give us hints on the direction of the service at the onset.

The leak seems to have revealed the subscription price of $ 49.99 [per year].

Gameranx also lists the entire launch lineup, featuring Beyond: Two Souls, Killzone 3, inFamous 2, The Last of Us, Puppeteer, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, and much more. They believe that there's a method to how Sony releases the games.

Aside from two exceptions (Shatter and Shadow of the Colossus), every game on the list was released in the last three years for PlayStation 3. That means the majority of the games that we will see available at the start of the service will likely be newer games.

The price comes in considerably lower per month, as we were expecting somewhere in the $15-20 range. This raises a lot of questions, such as what happens to PlayStation Plus? Payday 2 is on this list and it's also free right now on PS+. Why would people pay to have it as an option to stream when they can just have it for free? Or, would people just pay for streaming all those good games along with Payday 2 instead of waiting for random games to become free?

Considering it's the same price as a PS+ subscription per year and things don't change for that service, would you be willing to pay $100 for both services?

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