{"id":16401,"date":"2022-02-24T22:52:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/24\/details-on-pricing-and-features-for-playstations-xbox-game-pass-rival-reportedly-revealed\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T22:52:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:52:33","slug":"details-on-pricing-and-features-for-playstations-xbox-game-pass-rival-reportedly-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/24\/details-on-pricing-and-features-for-playstations-xbox-game-pass-rival-reportedly-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Details on pricing and features for PlayStation’s Xbox Game Pass rival reportedly revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A number of new details have reportedly been revealed about PlayStation\u2019s long-rumoured response to Xbox Game Pass.<\/p>\n

On VentureBeat<\/em><\/a>, credible reporter Jeff Grubb spoke about the yet-to-be-announced service, codenamed Spartacus.<\/p>\n

To start, Grubb said that testing could begin in a few weeks ahead of a reveal in March. This\u00a0would align with Bloomberg<\/em>\u2018s original December 2021 report on Spartacus<\/a>, which offered first-ever information on the service, including a spring release window.<\/p>\n

More tantalizing, though, was Grubb\u2019s breakdown of names and pricing for the three tiers which Bloomberg <\/em>had stated the service would offer. First, there\u2019s \u2018Essential,\u2019 which would be $10 USD (about $12.80 CAD) and offer the same functionality as the current PS Plus (online play, free monthly games and cloud saves).<\/p>\n

\u2018Extra,\u2019 meanwhile, would be the middle tier and cost $13 USD (about $16.64 CAD). Per Grubb, Extra is the base PS Plus membership plus a limited offering of PS Now, Sony\u2019s game streaming service. Specifically, you\u2019d only get what he says is a \u201cdownloadable game catalogue\u201d of any game that\u2019s currently downloadable on PS Now. As Grubb notes, there are around 250-300 downloadable games out of the full 800-plus title catalogue. No streaming functionality would be offered.<\/p>\n

Finally, there\u2019s \u2018Premium\u2019 for $16 USD (about $20.48 CAD), which would offer PS Plus, the full PS Now catalogue with streaming capabilities and more.\u00a0Bloomberg<\/em> first noted that one of the extra perks would be classic games from the PS1, PS2 and PSP eras, and Grubb corroborated that.<\/p>\n

One other Premium benefit Grubb mentioned is EA Play-like full game trials. While PlayStation has dabbled in trials before for the likes of Death Stranding<\/em>, Grubb suggests that trials for all first-party PlayStation games would be included with Premium.\u00a0 While PlayStation most certainly wouldn\u2019t offer its big-budget first-party games on day one as Xbox has with the likes of Halo Infinite<\/em>, the free trials seem to be a compromise. Grubb didn\u2019t mention whether these would be 10 hours like EA Play, but regardless, they would be an option for consumers at a time when games normally cost $80 to $90 CAD before taxes.<\/p>\n

Grubb noted that the pricing for all three tiers could be placeholders, but that\u2019s what he\u2019s heard for now. He also said he\u2019s not sure whether there will be annual subscription options. For context, PlayStation Plus costs $11.99\/month, $29.99\/three months or $69.99\/year, while PlayStation Now is priced at $12.99\/month, $34.99\/three months or $79.99\/year.<\/p>\n

Xbox Game Pass, meanwhile, is $11.99\/month on Xbox and PC with a $16.99 \u2018Ultimate\u2019 tier that includes Game Pass for both platforms, \u2018Cloud Gaming\u2019 (streaming on mobile\/in browsers), Xbox Live Gold and EA Play.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that PlayStation is rumoured to be holding a major March event<\/a>; the company\u2019s last significant showcase was in September<\/a>. It\u2019s possible that a formal reveal of Spartacus, as well as updates on the likes of\u00a0Final Fantasy XVI\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Hogwarts Legacy<\/em>, could come during this rumoured March showcase.<\/p>\n

Source: VentureBeat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n