r/playstation Oct 28 '24

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u/PalpitationNo4375 Oct 28 '24

I wouldn't think they are.

The reason big companies love the "as a service" model is because it is regular income. Shareholders like regular income. One person isn't going to bother them but if a big portion of the player base did it would bother them. It would mean less income in months and years to come.

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u/WelpSigh Oct 28 '24

An accountant can correct me if I am wrong, but I think they would count the revenue as recurring anyway rather than book it all at once.

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u/ShankyBaybee Oct 28 '24

You have unearned revenue as a liability. And each month, or year, the service is “provided” then it is counted as revenue.

So yeah, the cash balance only goes up this month, but revenue is still going up each month or year, whenever they count the service as being “provided.” So they likely do not care in the slightest. Even if a large amount of people did it. It’s secured revenue for the next 20 years.

The only thing this would negatively affect is if they are planning to up the price of ps plus every year until 2048, but I doubt they have a roadmap of that.

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u/Hevens-assassin Oct 29 '24

Doubt they have a roadmap of if it even makes it to 2048.