Sony's Jim Ryan says that have no intention of launching a subscription service and taking away from the hype of big new releases. via:blog.us.playstation.com Sony has been hesitant to completely commit to the subscription game pass bandwagon, according to a with Sony's Jim Ryan. This makes the company a bit of an anomaly among the big names in the games industry. It's a bandwagon that most of the big names have already jumped on. The Xbox Game pass has over 200 games, including most of Microsoft's first-party catalog, for less than the price of . EA Access has 77 of their company's big-name games, along with early access to new releases. Ubisoft's UPlay+ lets players get their hands on some of the newest Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Tom Clancy and Might and Magic games among its catalog of 100+ titles. Even Apple and Google have gotten into the game with Apple Arcade and the Google Play Pass. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY Sony, though? Sony's not interested. Not that they don't see value in a subscription service: they've already got PlayStation Now, which gives players access to a massive back catalog of games from the PS2 era onward. But the subscription services for Sony's competitors offer brand new games. Meanwhile, the were initially released back in 2017. via:blog.us.playstation.com While there are many , the catalog is missing many of Sony's great exclusives, including Days Gone, the 2018 Spider-Man game, and Horizon: Zero Dawn. It does have the newest God of War game, but that'll disappear from PlayStation Now in January 2020. So, why the different approach? Well, Sony seems to think that their competitors' approach would hurt the launches of new titles. "[...]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," Jim Ryan said in the interview. Ryan says that for now Sony's resources are better focused on making game launches in to momentous events. They will be keeping an eye on the competition, and it's entirely possible that Sony will change its mind on how to handle its subscription services in the future, but for now, if you want the latest and greatest games from Sony, you're going to have to buy them. Source: