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Bloomberg is reporting that Sony will reveal its new Spartacus subscription service as soon as next week.
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According to Schreier, Sony themselves have been referring to it as a service to take on Game Pass.
I'm not expecting a whole lot, definitely not for the two lowest tiers, which might as well be PS+ and Now, with maybe a bit more emphasis on newer stuff. The third tier doesn't seem my jam, but at least seems to be offering something new.
Does anybody think PS5 games will get added to PS Now (or whatever they call it now) with this? It's kind of ridiculous that I can stream from a cloud-based Xbox Series X with MS or a base PS4 with Sony.
Yeah this should alone have 99% of PS4 first party which would be great, plus Destruction All Stars, Returnal, Sackboy, Demon Souls would be good. Can't see miles morales that's selling too well at retail
I hope it's a lot more than that. I could see that being true at the high level, but there are a lot of things I think Sony could do to still offer a great service, such as paying to have great AA and AAA game releases on there day one, in lieu of a lack of first-party day 1 releases.
Also, I'd personally really like them to cull a lot of the weaker games out of PS Now, and present this almost like a clean slate. Put all 1st party PS4 and PS5 games that are over 6 months to a year old on there for both download and streaming. Improve thier cloud save system. Significantly improve the quality and frequency of new game additions to the service, bring proper native BC for PS1 and PS2 games etc.
Heck, if they can't offer proper native PS3 backwards compatibility, they could at least work on a PC emulator, and steam the games from there at higher resolutions and framerates where possible.
I certainly hope so! Them retrofitting their streaming servers with PS5s could be a reason for the recent lower forecast of PS5s expected to be available on the market.
Bingo. Nevermind the gross practice of exclusively gating classics behind the highest tier of this thing. Hopefully I'm wrong, but the current regime at PlayStation doesn't exactly fill me with confidence, all things considered. My finger is already hovering over the Fuck-Off button.
I think it will 100%
They'd be absolutely mad to launch a new sub in 2022 that didn't support PS5 games. I can only think that the only reason they didn't ever include them on PS Now was so that it'd be a upgrade for the inevitable relaunch.
Is there any rumour of individual game purchases outside the service?
Kind of a related question, what's the likelihood of having access to PS1 games from my library that I've purchased on my PS3/PSP/Vita?
Kind of a related question, what's the likelihood of having access to PS1 games from my library that I've purchased on my PS3/PSP/Vita?
My realistic hope for this is that it increases the quality and quantity of third party games offered, especially indies. I don't mind that first party stuff won't be on there day 1, but it would be nice to see older first party titles included (even though I own the ones I really care to play).
Hopefully it's priced well, don't care about keeping an active sub to these services, as have a big enough backlog as is, but really don't want to have to pay more for shitty online and this will be a perfect opportunity to stealth price hike.
I'm hoping Spar is a great service, but the fallout for the initial rollout if poor is going to be hilarious.
Jim Ryan: "We are bringing back legacy games starting with the PS1"
Resetera: "This is what we want to hear baby, let's FUCKING GO!
Jim Ryan: "Then the PS2"
Resetera: "Nice. been feeling to play Wild Arms again"
Jim Ryan: "And finally the PS4"
Resetera: "Wait, does Jim know how to count?"
Jim Ryan: "With all these consoles, we can truly offer a catalogue second to none"
Resetera: "Yeah, but..."
Jim Ryan: "Legacy, ah, such a beautiful thing?"
Resetera: "But thre...?"
Jim Ryan: "LEGACY!!!"
Jim Ryan: "We are bringing back legacy games starting with the PS1"
Resetera: "This is what we want to hear baby, let's FUCKING GO!
Jim Ryan: "Then the PS2"
Resetera: "Nice. been feeling to play Wild Arms again"
Jim Ryan: "And finally the PS4"
Resetera: "Wait, does Jim know how to count?"
Jim Ryan: "With all these consoles, we can truly offer a catalogue second to none"
Resetera: "Yeah, but..."
Jim Ryan: "Legacy, ah, such a beautiful thing?"
Resetera: "But thre...?"
Jim Ryan: "LEGACY!!!"
Hate is a strong word, but if people sound negative maybe it's because what they expect it to be from the details so far don't make it sound that attractive…?
Absolutely zero chance of that happening. The classic game tier will likely be like Nintendo Switch Online where they add a few classic games per month and has no relationship to PS1 games you already own digitally.
They really need a dedicated team working on their legacy content. They'd have me subbed instantly with an NSO-style PS1-3 library running natively, that back-catalog is nothing to sneeze at.
good call!
maybe I'm interpreting it wrong but I'm seeing some unrealistic expectations here
Schreier already reported as such. Not sure on timelines however, it might not be available day 1.
Never happening, they wouldn't have dared to close to the PS3 PSN store if this were the case.
Classic PS1/PS2/PSP and I can play Budokai 3, Crisis core & D.O.N I will be happy.
But it will be interesting to see what is their End goal with this service. It is Netlfix/Disney+ types of services where they want to reach everyone with big content constantly? Or more "niche" services like HBO Max where they will put their exclusives 2 month after the release etc... for the Spartacus tier.
But it will be interesting to see what is their End goal with this service. It is Netlfix/Disney+ types of services where they want to reach everyone with big content constantly? Or more "niche" services like HBO Max where they will put their exclusives 2 month after the release etc... for the Spartacus tier.
I will sub depending on the pricing and when 1st party releases will be "free"
Doesn't have to be day 1 but within 2-3 months would be nice.
Doesn't have to be day 1 but within 2-3 months would be nice.
I pray this is the end of timed exclusivity. Hopefully, Sony will stops spending tens of millions on timed exclusives, and put that money into making this service better.
Thats like articles calling X device the iPhone killer....when alot of times the company never says it.
Thats your opinion....but PS Plus being mediocre is certainly a take.
Lets not forget that Plus started on the PS3...and only got better from there. Their offerings doesnt negate that.
Maybe you are missing that one of the tiers is the current Plus?
It would be adding 2 higher tiers...on top of whats already there....
Cant get any more simple than that. And yes, thats a good thing.
And this is what Sony will do. Its what works for EA and their subscription model.
Sony can't even keep their old first party offerings on PSNow forever atm. It's a joke
Don't expect miracles.
They'll add 1st party games to the offering when they are forced to do so [same as MS did it after loosing entire generation].
