Sony Reportedly Planning a Serious Xbox Game Pass Challenger Combining PS Plus and PS Now

In current years Microsoft has been pouring all its sources into making Xbox Game Pass a success, whereas Sony has largely been content material to sit down on the subscription service sidelines. Sure, they’ve each PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now, however neither service has obtained all that a lot love. Well, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, that’s about to alter.

Per Schreier, Sony is engaged on an expanded and improved subscription service that might immediately problem Xbox Game Pass, codenamed “Spartacus.” The new service will primarily mix PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now, and will doubtless retain the PS Plus branding with PS Now being phased out. Apparently, the plan is to supply three tiers – the primary will principally be what PS Plus is now, providing on-line play and month-to-month free video games, the second would provide a catalog of PS4 and PS5 titles, and the third would provide prolonged demos and a giant again catalogue of PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, and Vita titles. Sony can be reportedly trying into “increasing its efforts in cloud gaming” so maybe the power to play on cellular platforms can be within the works.

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Word is, this new service can be out there on each PS4 and PS5, probably granting homeowners of Sony’s older {hardware} entry to its newest PS5 exclusives. That stated, you should not essentially count on new video games to hit the service Day 1 ala Game Pass…

This new service, anticipated within the spring, will doubtless retain the “PlayStation Plus” branding. Don’t count on Sony to incorporate its massive new video games day one like Game Pass does, however the expectation is a stronger providing than PlayStation Now

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) December 3, 2021

Of course, take this with a grain of salt for now, however Schreier is about as stable as a supply as you may get. It’s been fairly clear for a whereas that Sony has been watching the event of Xbox Game Pass with a specific amount of jealousy, so this might all make sense.

As for when this revamped service may arrive, Schreier says to count on it this coming spring. So, what are your ideas? If this finally ends up being the true deal, will you be signing up?