PlayStation Portal gets full PS Plus cloud streaming, and you can even stream your own games

Close to one year on from the launch of the Cloud Streaming beta for PlayStation Portal, Sony has announced the official launch of this feature, as well as the debut of being able to stream your own games. All you need is a PS Portal and an active PlayStation Plus Premium subscription.

The update will arrive overnight tonight at 2AM on 6th November GMT, or 6PM 5th November on the US West Coast.

Cloud Streaming of your own games lets you stream from Sony’s servers instead of using Remote Play with your console. This has been shown to have some better performance, which seems daft in certain situations, but comes down to the server architecture having been optimised specifically for streaming. By incorporating your digitally owned games into this, it means titles such as Astro Bot, Borderlands 4, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Fortnite, Ghost of Yōtei, Grand Theft Auto V, and Resident Evil 4, which are not in the PS Plus library can be streamed.

The announcement notes that this can open up new multiplayer possibilities, such as having another player on your PS5, while you stream from the cloud. It also makes the experience of using the PS Portal away from home better and more reliable – no more remembering to leave your PS5 in standby or telling other family members not to use it.

For a full list of streamable games, visit here, where Sony has constructed a really annoying layout with a search bar, instead of just making a list.

Beyond this, the system software of the PS Portal has been given an overhaul.

The refreshed UI presents three options when booting up – remote play, cloud streaming and a cloud streaming search – and cloud streaming now has a dedicated UI. There’s also 3D audio support for streamed games, a passcode lock, and a network status screen for finding a good connection. When you’re in a game, the in-game stores now work, there’s better accessibility options specifically for when streaming games, and game invitations arrive on a system level as well.

All around, this seems like a great update, so long as you have a PS Plus Premium subscription.

Source: PS Blog

Tags: Cloud Streaming, PlayStation Cloud, PlayStation Portal, ps plus