Prior to this, Jim Ryan, the president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, had opposed the provision of game works by subscription, because 3A-level game works often require a large investment, and the cost of game content produced by investing tens of millions or US dollars. Obviously it is difficult to recycle through subscription.
Compared with Microsoft’s Xbox series consoles, it provides backward compatibility with old platform games. It also cooperates with the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, allowing users to download and play more services, or use the Ultimate subscription version to connect to more networks in the cloud. Device games include 3A-level new titles and other game content. Sony’s PlayStation Plus subscription service and PlayStation Now streaming game service provided by PlayStation series consoles are obviously not very attractive, but obviously under the pressure of competition from companies such as Microsoft, Sony also plans Launch a new subscription service as a countermeasure.
According to Bloomberg News, it was pointed out that Sony plans to integrate the two services of PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now, and under the code name “Spartacus”, it is expected to be launched next spring and will be available to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 players.
In related plans, Sony will still retain the PlayStation Plus brand name, and will distinguish three service versions, one of which will be the same as the existing PlayStation Plus, and the other version will add more PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 game content for players to use. The third version will be integrated into the PlayStation Now service, and will also join PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable platform games, allowing players to play more classic or popular games on the old platform.
Prior to this, Jim Ryan, the president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, had opposed the provision of game works by subscription, because 3A-level game works often require a large investment, and the cost of game content produced by investing tens of millions or US dollars. Obviously it is difficult to recycle through subscription.
However, platform operators such as Microsoft, EA, and Ubisoft have successively launched their own subscription game services to attract the support of many players. Obviously Sony must also accept this market trend in the future, and in the game sales and subscription use Strike a perfect balance between.
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