Kane99 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Well well well, looks like Sony is going to be making their own version of gamepass, and they're saying it could include PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP games. The service is codenamed Spartacus, and is said to be coming for both PS4 and PS5. If this turns out to be true, that would be big for Sony. Gamepass has been huge for Xbox and if Sony can replicate that, it could mean Sony can undercut into that market. What do you think of this? If they can make all PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP games work on this, that would be a huge system seller right there. You can read more about this news at the link below. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-planning-a-game-pass-competitor-subscription-service-called-spartacus-report/1100-6498580/ Crazycrab and kingpotato 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Not really surprised - it was only a matter of time. Microsoft has been working on this a lot longer though and have had more time to market their gamepass service so Sony will really need to bring the heat to stand a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 To add to what I said earlier - Spartacus isn't even anything new. It's basically a merger of PS Plus and PS Now - it doesn't sound like they'll add anything new. kingpotato 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazycrab Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, killamch89 said: To add to what I said earlier - Spartacus isn't even anything new. It's basically a merger of PS Plus and PS Now - it doesn't sound like they'll add anything new. Pretty much, but if it does include all of Sony's first party titles at their launch dates like XBox then it will be a significant improvement over the service(s) they currently offer and a legit competitor to Game Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 As long as the service is only available on PlayStation Consoles, it will have a hard time competing with Gamepass as that also works on Windows PC's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Shagger said: As long as the service is only available on PlayStation Consoles, it will have a hard time competing with Gamepass as that also works on Windows PC's. Agreed - I had heard that Sony was planning to port some of their first-party titles to PC but I wonder if they'll do it with Spartacus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 21 hours ago, killamch89 said: Not really surprised - it was only a matter of time. Microsoft has been working on this a lot longer though and have had more time to market their gamepass service so Sony will really need to bring the heat to stand a chance. Same here. It was a matter of time before they jumped into the fray. Just surprised it took them this long. 9 hours ago, Crazycrab said: Pretty much, but if it does include all of Sony's first party titles at their launch dates like XBox then it will be a significant improvement over the service(s) they currently offer and a legit competitor to Game Pass. We can only hope. Would be big if Sony were able to do that. 7 hours ago, Shagger said: As long as the service is only available on PlayStation Consoles, it will have a hard time competing with Gamepass as that also works on Windows PC's. I'm going to assume it'll be part of PC, since they've already ported a bunch of their first party titles. Isn't Epic Games getting a few of their titles, or was it Steam? I forget. I'm going to guess there will be a PC counterpart, but it will only be for the games they already ported over or plan to port over. I don't think it'll be every game though. Or I hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 It'd be good to have the service on PC. Like that would bring more gamers onto the platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Sony is always revolutionizing, which is absolutely great. I believe they'll make the option of gamepass feature accessible on new gen consoles like, PS4 and 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Can't wait to get something like this. Game Pass is amazing especially since we can get first party games on the day of release. If PlayStation can bring out something like that, it would be amazing. Really hope the PS3 aspect is true as well. I really want to play GTA IV again but can't be bothered to buy it for the Series X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 13 hours ago, Justin11 said: Sony is always revolutionizing, which is absolutely great. I believe they'll make the option of gamepass feature accessible on new gen consoles like, PS4 and 5. I don't think that counts for revolution, I feel that's late to the gamepass business party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 I got a gamepass trial and honestly, it's pretty great. Lots of actually good and current games. I can go play Forza 5 right now and it literally just came out. If you're a PC gamer who has an Xbox, it's a no brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techno Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Can't really I'm excited for it, because I don't know enough about it to really tell it's quality. But I'll keep an eye out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 11 hours ago, skyfire said: I don't think that counts for revolution, I feel that's late to the gamepass business party. Hmm, it might be coming late for P.S serries, but it's not too late, fans of play station series can still enjoy the newly introduced feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
