Industry legend Michael Pachter has revealed his thoughts on Sony’s upcoming streaming service PlayStation Now. Pachter had this to say on the service:

“PlayStation Now is a joke,” Pachter said in the latest issue of Game Informer, “There is no publisher that is going to license content that’s less than two-years old because they would be concerned that they can’t sell as many copies if they make it available for subscription or rental.”

 

Pachter also commented “It has no prayer of working. None.”

 

SCEA’s marketing VP John Koller, however, claims that “publishers are being exceedingly bullish” about the prospect of PlayStation Now, although Sony has yet to officially announce any of the service’s third-party partners.

 

PlayStation Now is a service that allows people to stream PlayStation games to a wide variety of devices. The service is currently in a closed beta in the US, and will launch later this year; though no official date has been given.

 

My Opinion

Over the years, I’ve come to learn to disregard what Michael Pachter says. I think PlayStation Now WILL be a success and it’s not a joke, I would go on, but I’d be here all day.