Ps plus has existed for a decade without first-party games and did not cause sale losses.
I can’t really speak for what PS Now looked like in 2014 (it wasn’t available in my region, PS+ Premium still isn’t either), but PS+ launched with these titles from their first 12 months:
I can’t really speak for what PS Now looked like in 2014 (it wasn’t available in my region, PS+ Premium still isn’t either), but PS+ launched with these titles from their first 12 months: