Muutaman viime vuoden ajan Microsoft on tavannut julkaista omat yksinoikeuspelinsä näyttävästi heti julkaisussaan myös Xbox Game Pass -palvelussa.
Games Industryn haastattelema Playstationin pomo Jim Ryan ei kuitenkaan usko moiseen Sonyn yksinoikeuspelien ja Playstation Now -palvelun suhteen. Asiantila saattaa kuitenkin muuttua tulevaisuudessa.
"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 PlayStation 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 PlayStation 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."