PlayStation’s Project Spartacus needs an overhaul to compete with Xbox Game Pass

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Regardless of where you stand in the so-called “console war”, it’s hard to deny that Xbox Game Pass has revolutionized what we’ve come to expect from gaming. 

Sony has been more successful than Microsoft in terms of gaming hardware, with the PS5 outselling the Xbox Series X and Series S. However, so far PlayStation has offered little-to-no resistance when it comes to software. 

While there have been rumors floating around that the company is readying to announce its own Xbox Game Pass rival, nothing yet has been officially confirmed yet. And the gap between the two brands is only set to widen now that Microsoft has agreed to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion.

There’s no point sugarcoating it — it’s no longer enough for Sony to announce a straightforward service that allows users to download from an extended catalog of PlayStation games and be done with it. As Xbox’s collection of gaming brands continues to grow, I firmly believe that the only way that Sony can come close to competing with Xbox Game Pass is if it includes PC support as part of its platform.

Back in December 2021, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported that Sony was developing a new service that could take on Xbox Game Pass. Codenamed ‘Project Spartacus’, the upcoming platform is reportedly due to launch in Spring 2022 and will give PlayStation users access to “a catalog of modern and classic games” for a monthly subscription fee. Even Xbox boss Phil Spencer recently said that it was “inevitable” that PlayStation will release its own Game Pass equivalent in the near future.

According to Schreier, Sony’s gaming service could be split into three tiers, with the base level expected to give users essentially the same benefits as PlayStation Plus, namely access