Oct 02, 2019 11:00:00

Sony's cloud game service `` PlayStation Now '' reduced to about half price, against Google Stadia

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Florian Gagnepain

Sony announced on October 1st (Wed), 2019 that it will significantly reduce the price of the game streaming service PlayStation Now . In the new price applied from October 2 (Thursday), the 1-month plan is 1180 yen including tax and less than half price of 2500 yen including tax before revision.

PlayStation ™ Now changes service! Popular titles such as 1,180 yen per month usage right and “God of War” are also added! | PlayStation.Blog
https://www.jp.playstation.com/blog/detail/9026/20191001-psnow.html

Sony slashes PlayStation Now streaming prices ahead of Google Stadia launch | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/10/sony-slashes-playstation-now-streaming-prices-ahead-of-google-stadia-launch/

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PS Now service changes from October 2! From 1,180 yen (tax included) per month!
In addition, popular titles such as “God of War” and “Grand Theft Auto V” will appear on PS Now for a limited time! https://t.co/CBJDyEOXuk # PS4 #PSNow pic.twitter.com/5C1mOCCUm7

— PlayStation Official (@PlayStation_jp) October 1, 2019

In the new charges from October 2, the 1-month plan is 1180 yen including tax and the 3-month plan is 2980 yen including tax. In addition, the newly established 12-month plan is 6980 yen including tax, and PlayStation Now can be used for about 581 yen per month.

In addition, the works of

CERO Z that had not been distributed on PlayStation Now have also been lifted and were released in 2018 for a limited period of 3 months from October 2, 2019 to January 1, 2020 Popular works such as “ God of War ”, “ Grand Theft Auto V ”, “ Uncharted Pirate King and the Last Hidden Treasure ”, “ inFAMOUS Second Son ” are added to the lineup.

Subscription fees for overseas users have also been reduced, the monthly plan is $ 9.99 (about 1075 yen), the 3-month plan is $ 24.99 (about 2690 yen), the 12-month plan is $ 59.99 (about 6460 yen) It was. In particular, the monthly plan of $ 9.99 is the same price as Google Stadia, which will be launched from November 2019, and for gamers who already have PlayStation, they do not buy a controller for Stadia of $ 69 (about 7500 yen) Because the game streaming service can be enjoyed cheaper than Google Stadia which should not be done, the view of this price revision also says that 'the predecessor Sony will have the aim of maintaining an advantage'.

Jim Ryan, who was appointed president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment from April 1, 2019 (SIE) is 'the arrival of the era of streaming, conversion of rapid era is going to happen,' said investor In the briefing session for the company , the attitude of responding to the intensifying competition is becoming clear.