“Bloomberg” reported on Friday (25th) that in order to face Microsoft’s popular subscription service Xbox Game Pass, Sony (SONY) announced that it will launch a video game subscription service for PlayStation as soon as next week.
Sources pointed out that Sony will launch a new subscription service for popular games in recent years, code-named Spartacus, which will combine its two current Sony products, namely PlayStation Now and PlayStation Plus, to provide players with a more diverse selection of games.
The PlayStation console has outsold Microsoft’s Xbox in recent years, but Sony has fallen behind in the streaming market, and the upcoming subscription service is Sony’s official take on its best-selling subscription service, Xbox Game Pass.
Earlier it was announced that the new version of the PlayStation Plus subscription service will distinguish at least three versions, including a $10 version that will be the same as the existing PlayStation Plus subscription service. The $13-a-month version offers an additional 250-300 games and can be downloaded using the PlayStation Now service to include games, but cannot be streamed.
The $16-priced version isplatinumtiers, which will offer additional PlayStation classics, early access to games, and access to the PlayStation Now streaming service, on top of the $13-priced version.
A Sony spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment by press time. Sony ADR (SONY-US) briefly recovered some of its early losses and ended down 1.01% at $106.29 per share. Microsoft (MSFT-US) fell 0.14 percent to $303.68 a share.
In 2020, during the lockdown of the new crown epidemic, the public began to turn their attention to home entertainment at home, and video games also ushered in a prosperous year. According to market research firm IDC, the video game industry is currently worth $180 billion. But it remains to be seen whether the industry’s growth trend can continue as countries begin to ease restrictions on epidemic prevention.
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