But Spartacus will likely add PSP and PS1 games into the mix as well.įurthermore, the rumored service also wants to merge PlayStation Plus with PS Now. Right now, the service allows access to select PS2, PS3, and PS4 games. In other words, PlayStation owners are still largely opting to play their games directly on their consoles instead of streaming it in.īack in December, rumors of a Game Pass-like competitor from Sony, which is allegedly codenamed "Spartacus," started floating around the web back in December.Īccording to a report by The Verge, Spartacus looks to offer a lot more than what PS Now is currently offering.
Spencer remained confident that Microsoft will acquire Activision Blizzard by June 2023.While PS Now actually got a head start against Game Pass when it comes to game streaming, its services remained behind traditional native gaming. Days after the UK CMA released its assessment, Xbox lead Phil Spencer chimed in to say that the criticism was valid and good for business regulation. By this count, four million more subscribers were added in just under a year. Back in January 2022, Xbox Game Pass had a reported 25 million subscribers.
RELATED: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Adds 2 New Games Today, Including Day One ReleaseĪccording to UK CMA documents from the Activision Blizzard merger hearing, Sony stated that Xbox Game Pass has over 29 million monthly subscribers across both console and PC. However, the Premium tier has not, to date, listed as many classic PlayStation titles for players to justify the extra cost by comparison. Some popular PS4 and PS5 titles such as Stray and the Assassin's Creed series are available on the Extra tier. By comparison, PlayStation Plus launched the Extra and Premium tiers earlier this year to a lukewarm response. With PC and console games rotating in and out each month, and many titles to choose from at an affordable monthly rate, Xbox Game Pass has been considered one of the best deals in gaming for some time. The news was part of Sony's response to an October 14 statement from the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concerning its issues with Microsoft's much-publicized acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In this case, specifically, Sony stated that the subscriber count for Xbox Game Pass is "considerably ahead" of the Extra and Premium tiers of PlayStation Plus. Recently, Sony admitted what no business ideally wanted to: Xbox Game Pass is crushing it.
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