I've had the D+ for a few years for my daughter and then realized that all we watched was just a handful of movies on repeat (Frozen, Toystory, etc). So I cancelled it and just bought the movies.
This is what I’ve been doing work video games for a few years now. I used to have Xbox Gamepass ultimate. They kept jacking up the price. I realized if I buy the 2-3 games I play a year it’s cheaper than paying for ultimate for a year
This was always the plan - operate at a loss to attract lots of subscribers, then jack up prices. You'll still have more subscribers than if you started at a rational price.
That was the plan to get market share and ultimately dominance but that didn't work.
They started ignoring getting embarrassed by Steam.
PSN plus has also started costing a kidney.
And Nintendo hasn't figured out that the internet exists yet.
They can't grab market share with a low price so it stopped making sense trying to.
to be fair, PSN plus ONLY started raising their prices specifically for different tiers, and it's priced way better than game pass and has barely changed price wise. The cheapest tier which still gets you all of the stuff it used to have (your 2 free games and online play) is now CHEAPER than it was in the past. The other 2 tiers are actually priced very well for what you get out of them. As far as "game passes" go, Sony won with flying colors.
As far as Nintendo, you're absolutely right, they haven't managed to create anything substantial.
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u/Worth-Reputation3450 11d ago
I've had the D+ for a few years for my daughter and then realized that all we watched was just a handful of movies on repeat (Frozen, Toystory, etc). So I cancelled it and just bought the movies.