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:

• WipEout HD
• Syphon Filter
• Syphon Filter 3
• Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves
• Crash Team Racing
• Spyro the Dragon
• Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage!
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon