Sony’s Expanded PlayStation Plus Subscription Aims to Take on Xbox Game Pass

Sony Group’s videogame unit is bolstering its subscription options, part of an industrywide trend to lock in players to specific hardware and franchises

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Starting in June, Sony says it will begin to fold its cloud-games service, PlayStation Now, into its online multiplayer service, PlayStation Plus, for its console customers. The new service comes in variations with monthly, quarterly and annual price options for each. The current services combined have more than 50 million subscribers.

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