A new report from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier suggests that Sony is currently in the process of planning a PlayStation Plus revamp in order to compete with Microsoft's hugely successful Xbox Game Pass.
According to the anonymous source and reviewed documents, a new project is in the works at PlayStation with the code-name 'Spartacus'. The service will reportedly merge PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now, still keeping the name of 'PlayStation Plus' whilst they phase out the 'Now' service.
Customers will apparently be offered a service with three tiers: one would be similar to how PlayStation Plus is now; the second would offer a hefty batch of PS4 and PS5 games; and the third tier would add "extended demos, game streaming, and a library of classic PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP games," according to Bloomberg.
However, the service isn't expected to launch until Spring 2022, so details could change by the time of release.
Spartacus aims to make Sony's PlayStation Plus service more competitive with Xbox Game Pass which has amassed over 18 million subscribers since it launched in 2018.
According to the anonymous source and reviewed documents, a new project is in the works at PlayStation with the code-name 'Spartacus'. The service will reportedly merge PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now, still keeping the name of 'PlayStation Plus' whilst they phase out the 'Now' service.
Customers will apparently be offered a service with three tiers: one would be similar to how PlayStation Plus is now; the second would offer a hefty batch of PS4 and PS5 games; and the third tier would add "extended demos, game streaming, and a library of classic PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP games," according to Bloomberg.
However, the service isn't expected to launch until Spring 2022, so details could change by the time of release.
Spartacus aims to make Sony's PlayStation Plus service more competitive with Xbox Game Pass which has amassed over 18 million subscribers since it launched in 2018.
