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Sony is Preparing a New Subscription Service, Just Don’t Expect a PS Game Pass
The Japanese plan to strengthen their position according to a new report — this is how they can make it all work
Rumors are constantly flying around the Web about all sorts of possible developments in the home entertainment market, but some of them turn out to be true simply because they made sense in the first place — and that’s exactly what’s happening during the last few days with Sony’s alleged plans regarding a new subscription service. The rumor in question has been discussed before, but now Jason Schreier is reporting on Bloomberg that the Japanese giant is getting ready to offer such a service in a few months’ time.
Exciting news. But is it really the move that a number of outlets have described as “Sony’s answer to Xbox Game Pass”?
Schreier's report offers enough details to make this scenario quite believable (and probable): Sony is planning to essentially expand the current PlayStation Plus service in order to offer more tiers and, therefore, more options to PlayStation owners. The “Project Spartacus”, as the service is allegedly called, will merge PS Plus and PlayStation Now (Sony’s cloud gaming that has seen moderate but not great success so far) into one service for PS4 and…
