I really, really hope it's true that PS1 and 2 games are coming to PS4/5. It's hard to believe, but I really do want to believe it. I also want to believe the games would actually be downloadable and playable natively, and not just streaming, something that all the rumors seemingly stop short of outright confirming, which is a bit concerning. As for the service itself, we'll see. I'm not necessarily super interested in another subscription service unless it's the only way to play the PS1/2 games.
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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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You're saying that Sony's stated response to Game Pass isn't meant to be a competitor to Game Pass? Then how is it a response to Game Pass?
Yes, probably. People from SantaMonica were tweeting about GOW this last week
I really REALLY want disc BC.
But I know that there isn't going to be Disc based BC. I know it I can feel it in my bones.
Konami, Square Enix and Sega/Atlus are never playing ball on streaming their PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP titles, and honestly most of those is what I would want to play on a streaming based BC.
But I know that there isn't going to be Disc based BC. I know it I can feel it in my bones.
Konami, Square Enix and Sega/Atlus are never playing ball on streaming their PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP titles, and honestly most of those is what I would want to play on a streaming based BC.
You linked a quote by Jim Ryan responding to the question: "How will you respond to MS GP?" where Jim said they have something to show at a latter date. My only point was - and it's incredibly pedantic - that his reply doesn't stipulate it as a direct competitor i.e., feature parity, at least according to the definition many posters here have in this very thread. "Responding" to something can take many forms without being directly analogous, as ultimately the end-goal in the platform gaming context is engagement time & the associated monetization method.
It's a moot point either way, as per Schreier's article, they do view it as a GP competitor internally. For the record, I disagree with the definition that it needs to have day one 1st party titles for it to be a "competitor" to GP that many here have.
interested in the details. if it's awesome, that might push me to play the 'keep a close eye on restock' game again
This will absolutley be a competitor to Game Pass.
A gaming subscription service is absolutely competing against another gaming subscription service.
Consumers only have so much time to play games in a day.
A gaming subscription service is absolutely competing against another gaming subscription service.
Consumers only have so much time to play games in a day.
If they give a concrete timeframe for when their first party games will come to the service the PS5 will become a lot more attractive to me.
The idea of "how do we make more people want our failing PS Now service? Maybe have a tier where it's bundled with PS+?" Is just so funny to me. Like, how about making it a better service instead.
I truly hope in reality that it's a better service than both PS Now and PS+. Simply combining the two wouldn't cut it.
I truly hope in reality that it's a better service than both PS Now and PS+. Simply combining the two wouldn't cut it.
I agree, but also combining the two was necessary. PS Now was one of worst marketed products in gaming I can think of. Even years later you still had people assuming you had to stream the games.
It's a subscription service were you get access to games every month PS+ and PS Now on their own are already a competitors to Game Pass, so Spartacus definitely will be since it's even more similar.
People get hung up on it not having Day 1 games so it won't ever be as integral as Game Pass is to Xbox or have the same expectations of growth either.
"…and that's the lowdown on Spartacus. Coming up next, a game that will definitely not launch on Spartacus!"
Hopefully more indie and 3rd party games day 1, and I mean by a lot if they aren't doing first party day 1
Yeah. I see this service as something Sony is using to increase the MMR from PlayStation Plus subscribers rather than the fundamental shift in consumption which Microsoft intends Game Pass to be.
Looking fordward to see Sony's gamepass competitor! Wonder what the final name will be, I hope they though of something catchy.
No reason? The point of a subscription service is to have as many subs as possible, having day one games there would increase it substantially. People wouldn't stop buying the games either, so "they don't have to since the games sell so well" don't really make sense.
All I really care about is the retro library of games. I would love to jump back in some good PS1 classics. I also hope it's fairly priced, too, but I'm somewhat skeptical whether Sony could execute that well.
If they have the nerve to charge more than Game Pass...
Oh, who am I kidding? Of course they will. And they'll have people here lining up to defend it.
Oh, who am I kidding? Of course they will. And they'll have people here lining up to defend it.
The initial report stated that they would also try to increase the quality of the games added to 'now'.
I expect it to essentially be similar to gamepass except it won't feature day 1 first to party games day 1 (but probably after a year or something). It will feature the odd 3rd party game day 1 (like plus does) and have the option to include a list of old gen games too on the highest tier.
Tbh I don't know how they can beat Game Pass, unless various 3rd parties do not have exclusive agreements with Microsoft and will be able to make their games also available on Spartacus. There's SO MUCH STUFF in GP there's like nothing left for Sony if there's an exclusive agreement.
But I just hope they will have some cool indie games, even more so than triple A's. There are so many indies releasing every year it's really hard to keep track and Game Pass helped me discover many gems.
But I just hope they will have some cool indie games, even more so than triple A's. There are so many indies releasing every year it's really hard to keep track and Game Pass helped me discover many gems.
Well by extension it's a competitor to all entertainment, even Netflix. Consumers only have so much time to do anything in a day. And not limitless money to spend on subscriptions.
But Spartacus won't be available on Xbox or PC, whilst Game Pass isn't available on PlayStation. So whilst they're directly competing services in a sense, they're also operating in separate ecosystems as it stands. Where they're on the same battlefield is in the cloud space, but I'd imagine that's still pretty small fry at this stage.
Game Pass has been a pretty nice way to attract new users to the Xbox ecosystem though. I wonder if Spartacus will at least be as generous as Game Pass with the day one indies and third parties, even if they're not going to have first party games day one. That's the more exciting part of Game Pass for me anyway, just recently the likes of FAR and Tunic, would be cool if I can enjoy even more day one indies via Spartacus too.
I keep saying this because I want to dream it into reality: Factions 2 will be day-1 on Spartacus and will be the service first breakout hit
You would have to want to stream games for PSNow to be of value. I don't think there's anything wrong with PSNow's offering, but most people aren't interested in streaming or have tried it and don't like the experience they had. There's not much they can do either than to bundle it with something else people do want.
I feel like people are going to be massively disappointed with it, it's important to adjust expectations.
I wish PS3 compatibility was possible without streaming but I don't expect it based on rumors. Resistance 1-3 are never going to be remastered so they deserve it. Hopefully the PSP titles have Retribution.
I wish PS3 compatibility was possible without streaming but I don't expect it based on rumors. Resistance 1-3 are never going to be remastered so they deserve it. Hopefully the PSP titles have Retribution.
They better have good number of indie games launching day 1. Otherwise this service will be disappointing for me.
Currently PS+ is meh. For PS Now barely anyone cares about.
Currently PS+ is meh. For PS Now barely anyone cares about.
If I can buy cloud versions of PS3 games without having to subscribe to any service that'd be pretty cool too.
I just hope there isn't any price increase. I wanna keep what I currently already have for the price I'm currently paying.
Technically, PS+ and PS Now have had Day One releases already. PS+ even had a PS Studios day one release!
Also some rumors that there'll be a bunch of PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS5 games, as well as Game Trials.
This! I really hope we see all of the PlayStation 1-2 Classics that were on the PlayStation 3 Store end up on there.
Shameless plug: I hope it eventually gets Silent Hill (PlayStation 1), the PlayStation 2 versions of Silent Hill 2-3 (replacing the HD Collection), the PlayStation 1 Resident Evil games, Forbidden Siren 2, the PlayStation 2 versions of Grand Theft Auto, the Fatal Frame series, and the Dead Space games.
I think this is meant to expand into being the PlayStation equivalent of Game Pass and it's supposed to include Crunchy Roll/Funimation as well.
Good. We'll finally be able to compare this service with Gamepass instead of endless speculation.
I've only seen rumors for PS1, PS2, and PSP. Who is reporting PS3?
I've also seen the PS3 rumours but that's just streamed. Really that should be a no brainier given they're already on PS Now.
I've barely touched my ps5 since launch so any reason to use it beyond it being my plex and Netflix box would be great but if this service doesn't come close to offering the value in gamepass and resembles another NSO then I'm out. At least NSO can be had for cheap on a family plan.