[j-kent]

You had to pay for the monthly service, as well as PURCHASE the games. I was an early adopter and when I realized this was the business model I knew it was not going to succeed. $10/mo + $60 for a game, and as soon as I stop paying for the service I can't access my purchased game anymore.

[0x6c6f6c]

> You had to pay for the monthly service, as well as PURCHASE the games

This was never true. You could do _either_ to access the platform.

Just like you pay extra for Netflix, high bandwidth 4K and HDR content was part of the $10/mo subscription.

If you bought a game, you owned that game, no monthly fee required to play it at FHD anytime and anywhere (with Internet, of course).

There was the additional benefit of the $10/mo subscription also giving you new games monthly, without buying them at full price (as you were saying, spending $60 per game). You would have access to these games so long as you maintained a membership.

You could have only ever paid $10/mo and had access to a wide array of games over time.

Conversely you could never pay for the subscription and just enjoy PS4-level gaming through your phone, laptop, or Chromecast for the games you bought a la carte. Pay $60 for one game, one time, and put in as many hours as you'd like, no console purchase necessary.

The failure of their marketing is pretty obvious, since as an early adopter you're still saying things like NEEDING to do both.

[Sarkie]

I bought my games and then it was free to stream.

I loved it