PS4 vs Xbox One: 8 Point Comparison To Determine Which Console Is Better For You?

#5 Game subscription services

"The Netflix of Gaming". Call it the White Whale of the video game industry. Netflix offers a huge library of movies and TV shows, all of which stream on a multitude of formats, for a monthly subscription price. While this works great for movies, games are a different animal. But that hasn't stopped both Microsoft and Sony from giving it a shot.

Sony's offering, PlayStation Now, has a lot going for it. For starters, it has a library of over 600 games. In fact, other than rereleases or remakes, PS Now is the only way to play any PS3 games on the PS4 at all. It also gives you the option of playing these games on your PC as well, although the game's performance will depend on both your Internet connection and your PC specs.

And, that's been the biggest downfall of the PS Now service - until very recently, it's been a streaming-only gaming service. Still, while subscribers can download PS2 and PS4 games, PS3 games have to be streamed. And, it's a subscription of $20 a month.

The Xbox One, on the other hand, has two different services available. First, there's Microsoft's Game Pass, which offers over 100 games that subscribers can download onto their hard drives and play whenever they want.

These games include original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles, as well as a number of Xbox One games. Most importantly, Microsoft announced that all future first-party Xbox One titles will be available for launch on Game Pass. Game Pass costs $10 a month.

EA Access is a similar service from... well... EA, that allows the downloading of a wide variety of games from the Electronic Arts catalog. Along with this, Access also allows subscribers to try out upcoming and newly released EA titles, and saves their progress if the subscriber decides to purchase the full game later. The price is $5 a month or $30 a year.

Winner: Xbox One

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