Microsoft traf den på daværende tidspunkt kontroversielle beslutning for nogle år siden, at udgive deres nye Xbox-eksklusiver på Xbox Game Pass-tjenesten samme dag som de landede i butikkerne. Dette har, tilsyneladende, vist sig at være en økonomisk robust beslutning, men Sony har vist ikke tænkt sig at følge trop.
For nylig talte Sony om deres strategi med PlayStation Now i et interview med GamesIndustry, hvor CEO Jim Ryan dog slår fast, at de ikke har i sinde at lancere PlayStation-eksklusiver på Now samme dag som de lander i butikkerne.
"It's an area that is fast changing and fluid. The nature and scale of some of the first-party games that we are making leads us to think that, right now, it's better to spend energy on making sure that the launch of those games is a massive entertainment event. I would cite God of War and Spider-Man, and The Last of Us 2 next year will fall into that category."
"That's where we stand right now. But our stance on the inclusion of first-party games in PS Now in terms of what we've done this month is very different to our stance 12 months ago. I don't want to say this is what PS Now is going to be like forever. But certainly right now, given how some of our first party IP is incredibly special and valuable, we just want to treat them with amazing care and respect, and have those launches be clean and pure."