So, Microsoft followed Sony with that whole "for 5$ a month you get some free games" thing and their offers havent been exactly on the same level as Sony's (A World of Keflings isnt exactly at the same level of Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen).
With that said there are is one thing that I think is very different on both from a business point of view (not much for the costumer) that does influence the crapptastic choice of games that Microsoft has been offering (that and the fact that companies only care about making money spending the less possible).
The thing is that PSN+ only lets you play the games as long as you are subscribing to them, meaning that if you stop you cant play them anymore while with GWG you can still play them (and redownload) even if you unsubscribe. With GWG you actually get the game and not some kind of rental (as a costumer I would prefer better games as a "rental" to be honest).
Now, for publishers do you think that to make a deal where the game offered is offered for good or part of a rental system where the costumer to take use of their product does have to shell out some money does influence the amount for said deal? Like Microsoft to include a game in their offer would have to offer more then Sony since their service wont bring back more money for the publisher?
Not really here to defend Microsoft (A World of Keflings for fuck sakes, they have a lot of their own games to offer without going after other publishers) but it really seems like something that would weight a lot in a decision for a publisher.
With that said there are is one thing that I think is very different on both from a business point of view (not much for the costumer) that does influence the crapptastic choice of games that Microsoft has been offering (that and the fact that companies only care about making money spending the less possible).
The thing is that PSN+ only lets you play the games as long as you are subscribing to them, meaning that if you stop you cant play them anymore while with GWG you can still play them (and redownload) even if you unsubscribe. With GWG you actually get the game and not some kind of rental (as a costumer I would prefer better games as a "rental" to be honest).
Now, for publishers do you think that to make a deal where the game offered is offered for good or part of a rental system where the costumer to take use of their product does have to shell out some money does influence the amount for said deal? Like Microsoft to include a game in their offer would have to offer more then Sony since their service wont bring back more money for the publisher?
Not really here to defend Microsoft (A World of Keflings for fuck sakes, they have a lot of their own games to offer without going after other publishers) but it really seems like something that would weight a lot in a decision for a publisher.
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