This is the part the I’m having trouble reconciling. In January, Microsoft reported a growth of 7 million new users to the service (25m from 18m the year before). Given that the service was only introduced in a limited form in 2017, that’s a significant percentage jump in that single year. So where are you seeing reports of drastic slowdown?
As for the Sony service itself, I think it’s interesting. If the gap between first party new release and appearance on service is somewhat comparable to the gap we see in films between theater->digital release and not, like, a year, I think the service will be extremely compelling. I don’t generally have FOMO for new releases, and just pick them up when I’m in a good spot to play. If I can get those trickled out to me in a somewhat timely fashion for the prices they’re listing, I’d be happy to sign up!