Probably streaming for retro, which is a bummer. On system emu id be stoked if it was good. Lots of ps1/2 classics. Give me re 1/2/3 and Dino crisis. Retro on system with graphical options would be amazing
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Jason Schreier: Sony is planning a new subscription service, code-named Spartacus, to take on Xbox Game Pass (Merges PS+ and PSNow. Not day one games)
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I guess my biggest hope from this is it doesn't result in a bunch of deals where games aren't allowed to appear on other subscription services for X amount of time but considering Sony's moneyhatting track record lately I'm guessing that's exactly where we're heading.
But in the gaming space at least they haven't taken anything away from the traditional models either. So, if it's better for some and presumably better for the companies then it should be a net win for everyone.
No one is subscribing to any subscription service for old content. Imagine if Netflix waited years to put it's new shows on it's subscription service. Like you could only buy Tiger King for the first couple years when it comes out, it and then it gets added to the streaming service. Or imagine if Spotify waited years to add new albums to it's catalog. Unless it's going to include new 1st party games day one, I don't see any reality in which it is trying to "take on Game Pass".
And PS3 and PSP if this is to be believed. I'll be there day one depending on the offerings.
Combining them both, keeping the PS+ name, and phasing out PS Now was the obvious move.
This is a good first step.
This is a good first step.
Hopefully they dive deeper into the PS2 back catalogue of releases, and don't just put whatever was part of the PS2-on-PS4 program as the ONLY ps2 titles in this sub (And fix some of the wonky emulation issues that some of these have on PS5)
Sounds good to me, especially if they are going to be making more BC games available. Exciting times, can't wait to see what they are cooking up.
Putting your first party games day one is a genie that you cannot put back in the bottle once done. Sony knows they would make more releasing their games as normal releases, unless they wanted to sink profits currently, or got really desperate in the near future, I don't see it happening. Xbox was in a much different place when they decided to do day 1 games. It would take a lot for Sony to do that imo, with all the profit they would be leaving on the table from their largest division.
I mean just strengthen Now. The service is already there it just needs to be better. Merging with Plus is fine too. If they aren't putting 1st party day 1 (which is fine) then I don't see a purpose of a rebrand. Make it better, do promotions, give a tier with Plus and voila, people will come (just like when Plus got a lot better).
If they add all this back compat stuff but require me to sub to this services high tier to play games I already own they can jog on.
It sure won't for me as soon as one service start moneyhatting third party games from certain companies to keep them from showing up on the competition's service.
This is all I'm worried about. It's no competition to GP without this.
People absolutely will subscribe to play free games. And this will most likely have new free 3rd party offerings similar to gamepass but of course someone has to rain on the parade
It's worth noting that Sony Pictures doesn't currently have it's own streaming service, and seems to be content letting everyone else pay them a lot of money to just licence their back catalogue.
If Sony was also planning this at the same time as a big, star-studded relaunch of Crackle - maybe we'd have to worry about them bundling in unnecessary bullshit.
So your going to ignore all the shows greenlight and funded by streaming services that would not exist otherwise?
One would think so normally, but if you check the safety guides for the PS5 models with the optical disc drive, there's a line where it specifically says PS1, PS2, and PS3 software cannot be played from disc. Even the PS4 guides didn't go that far, they just said CDs can't be played (implying music CDs). Sony really isn't interested in honoring any money customers spent before 2013, so I doubt the old PS1/2 Classics from PSN will be compatible. I'd wager it's just whatever their service can license and that's it. And the Japanese sub will have most of the games I want, except not in English.
I'd argue that people like me that already have most of the old games they want are few and I'd probably be happy to sign up to fill in the gaps if I didn't feel like I had to just to play the games I already own. As it is, chances are about 100% that their service is going to be missing a bunch of games I own, so it's going to be even more frustrating to still not be able to play, for example, the Futurama PS2 game with their service.
Well this does not seem like a GamePass service. It doesn't seems to include day one first party games. And personally I don't see Sony adding their games in a subscription service any time soon.
I think we all kind of saw this coming a mile away. I was always surprised to see a lot of people saying this would never happen. And yeah, probably no day one stuff but definitely a game pass rival in a much bigger way than any of their existing services are today.
I imagine there'll be a 10 to 20% discount on day one purchases though. If you're a member of this. Something like that.
I imagine there'll be a 10 to 20% discount on day one purchases though. If you're a member of this. Something like that.
Uh, what are you talking about? What nerve? I clearly pointed out the fallacy to your argument and you respond all childish?
Even though I'm rarely that enthusiastic about subscriptions, this sounds like a rather promising service. I never expected that day and date would be a possibility for Sony, so I'm not disappointed by its absence.
I would still be fine with that if the timeline is known and it was capped out at a year.
This is already a common thing, all the time a game pops up on PSNow/Plus after leaving GP and vice versa, both companies does this and it will get worse as the services gets bigger.
Id assume that tier would have to be priced similar to GPU
I'm not sure why he framed it like that either…because when you talk gamepass that's gonna be the first thing to cross peoples mind. But when I clicked on this thread, I knew for a fact that "part" wasn't happening. No need to explain why, it's been said many times.
Schreier says not to expect Sony day 1 releases on the service. Not really contradictory what was said before, if true. Their games sell too well.
No, but I still need to pay for them. Meanwhile I can't watch the newest season of Star Trek Discovery (which has been available on Netflix for the past three years) unless I pay up for Paramount+. Just to give you a recent example.
Yes but Jason says a much stronger offering than what is currently out and if the BC library is there that's a huge sticking point as well.
