

Not so for PlayStation Music and Spotify. Representatives for Sony and Spotify told Polygon during a demo of the PS4 app last week that the two companies worked together closely on PlayStation Music, and it shows: "Seamless" is the best word we can think of to describe the experience.Įric Lempel, vice president for Sony Network Entertainment's business and operations in the Americas, explained that for third-party services on PlayStation consoles, Sony usually lets those outside companies handle the app development themselves.

You can use PlayStation Music completely for free: It doesn't require a PlayStation Plus membership, and you can use it with a free Spotify account or Spotify Premium, which costs $9.99 per month. The app is launching in 41 markets worldwide, allowing most of Spotify's 60 million users - three-fourths of whom use the ad-supported free version of the service - to stream music while they play games on their PlayStation 4. Music playback on PlayStation consoles gets a boost today with the arrival of PlayStation Music featuring Spotify, which replaces Sony's Music Unlimited service.
