Insider claims PlayStation\u2019s rival to Xbox Game Pass is \u201cclose to launching\u201d PlayStation, MicrosoftPlayStation Plus has been rumored to launch a service to compete with Xbox Game Pass, and now, the exciting project could be close to an official reveal. Xbox Games Pass continues to impress players with its superb array of games. Mixing both new and beloved classics together, PlayStation players have been pining for a similar implementation for PlayStation Plus. Rumors of PlayStation\u2019s \u2018Project Spartacus\u2019 project have been circulating for a while, but according to GamesBeat journalist Jeff Grubb, the wait might not be for much longer. PlayStation\u2019s \u2018Project Spartacus\u2019 is \u201cclose to launching\u201d During his premium GiantBomb show Grubbsnax, GameBeat\u2019s Jeff Grubb revealed that he had obtained fresh information regarding PlayStation\u2019s \u2018Project Spartacus.\u2019 While the Game Pass-style service has yet to be officially announced, Grubb explained: \u201cIt\u2019s probably getting pretty close to this actually launching, something\u2019s probably going to happen by the end of this month.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t think that necessarily means publicly, I think in terms of the internal milestone of where the service needs to be\u201d added Grubb. Players have been pondering on PlayStation Plus would incorporate the service, and it seems that \u2018Project Spartacus\u2019 will opt for a tiered subscription model. Grubb said that \u201cRight now they are called essential, extra, and premium.\u201d \u201cPricing is $10 a month for essential, $13 a month for extra, and $16 a month for premium\u201d continued Grubb. However, these prices may just be a \u201cplaceholder\u201d as PlayStation works on the service. While Xbox Game Pass allows players to download full games, it appears that PlayStation\u2019s rival service may not offer that luxury initially: \u201cFor premium, $16 a month\u2026 do you get full games? Not really, kinda\u2026 it\u2019s like EA Play. You get full game trials. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s for every single game that comes out, but it seems like that.\u201d Interestingly, Grubb did mention that \u2018Project Spartacus\u2019 could look to have a focus on \u201cclassic games,\u201d but clarified he doesn\u2019t exactly know \u201cwhat classic games means\u201d in the context of the service. The \u2018extra\u2019 tier will allegedly feature downloadable games from PS Now too: \u201c250, 300 games, something like that. You don\u2019t get cloud streaming, but you do get 300 games you can download.\u201d With Xbox Game Pass offering access to the biggest games on the day of release, PlayStation\u2019s service will need to pull out all the stops to make it a worthy contender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Insider claims PlayStation\u2019s rival to Xbox Game Pass is \u201cclose to launching\u201d PlayStation, MicrosoftPlayStation Plus has been rumored to launch a service to compete with Xbox Game Pass, and now, the exciting project could be close to an official reveal. Xbox Games Pass continues to impress players with its superb array of games. Mixing both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}