Sony is preparing a response to the Xbox Game Pass service. The project “Spartacus” is coming

There is no need to convince anyone about the success of Game Pass. According to the data shared by Microsoft itself, “Netflix for games” is used by more than 18 million users worldwide. The principles of XGP are simple. In exchange for a fixed monthly fee, users get access to a catalog of several hundred games – both fresh titles from Xbox Game Studios developers and classic productions from Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles.

So far, Sony has not offered a similar service. PlayStation users can subscribe PlayStation Plus, which allows them to play online games as well as 2-3 fresh titles added to the catalog every month. It is also unavailable in Poland PlayStation Nowwhich is a bit more like Game Pass, but gives you access only to a very limited catalog of games.

Bloomberg: The “Spartacus” project is coming

Sony apparently became jealous To Microsoft of the success of the Xbox Game Pass, because -, Jason Schreier – the company is preparing a response to Microsoft’s service. The head of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, spoke about the fact that such an answer would appear last year, but his words were not followed by any details and specifics.

Jason Schreier shed new light on the matter. According to the information he obtained, the service, codenamed “Spartacus”, will debut on PlayStation 4 and 5 in spring 2022 and will give users of these consoles access to the “catalog of new and classic games” as part of a monthly fee.

According to Bloomberg’s findings, the new subscription will be a combination of PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now, and while PS Plus will continue to be offered as a separate service, PlayStation Now will be completely abolished.

The “Spartacus” is to be available in three different variants. The cheapest one would offer the benefits offered by PlayStation Plus today, in the higher variant, players would get access to the catalog of PS4 and PS5 games, and the most expensive subscription would also include classic titles from PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3.

Recall that Microsoft also offers Xbox users three different subscriptions:

• Xbox Game Pass na konsole – access to the catalog of 100 games + Xbox Game Studios games available on the day of the premiere (PLN 40).
• Xbox Game Pass na PC – access to the catalog of 100 PC games + Xbox Game Studios games for PC available on the day of release (PLN 39.99).
• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – access to the catalog of 100 games for consoles and PC + Xbox Game Studios games available on the day of the premiere + playing in the cloud + Xbox Live Gold + EA Play (PLN 54.99).