Finally, the Essential tier is basically PS Plus as we know it today. Monthly free games on both the PS4 and PS5, exclusive discounts, access to online multiplayer – you know the drill.
Much of what Grubb has said echoes a previous report from Bloomberg, which suggested Spartacus would see PlayStation Now quietly folded into PlayStation Plus as part of a unified, multi-tiered subscription service. Hopefully we can expect more news soon.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier claims that this new service, codenamed Spartacus, will launch Spring 2022 and will include both “modern and classic” games. It will be available as a paid monthly service for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 users.
Schreier adds that once PS Plus and PS Now have been merged, the Plus name will be kept as Now is quietly swept away. The reason? Now simply hasn’t had anywhere near the impact Sony might have been hoping for.
