Sony presently offers two membership services: PlayStation Plus, which includes multiplayer gaming, discounts, and a few free games each month, and PlayStation Now, which provides access to a back catalog of select PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 2 games through cloud gaming or download (which options are available depends on the specific title). These services, in my opinion, pale in comparison to Xbox’s Game Pass, which allows you to play key Xbox and PC games on the day they launch — primarily Microsoft-published titles — as well as a portfolio of third-party titles.
With Spartacus, Sony appears to be aiming to provide PlayStation customers with a service worth getting excited about — though sources indicate that it will rely more on the enormous PlayStation back library than on today’s fresh releases.
