Sony Ramps Up PlayStation Portal Capabilities With Cloud Streaming

Hot connected the heels of Nintendo's handheld occurrence with Switch 2, Sony is ramping up the capabilities of its ain PlayStation Portal instrumentality with the quality to watercourse thousands of games without being connected to a PS5 console.

Starting today, PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers tin watercourse a long, agelong database of games that they whitethorn already own, including large hitters specified arsenic Grand Theft Auto 5, Borderlands 4, and the newly-launched Ghost of Yōtei.

Hundreds of games from the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics Catalog volition besides beryllium streamable, including existing titles specified arsenic Hogwarts Legacy, Cyberpunk 2077 and God of War Ragnarök. Sony has a agelong database of each rubric supported, which stretches to much than 2,800 games.

Of course, this isn't a caller thought — and unreality streaming via the PlayStation Portal has already been disposable to immoderate users for astir a twelvemonth successful beta form. But contiguous the diagnostic launches officially, and Sony is keen to item the antithetic play possibilities that Portal offers.

Having a Portal arsenic good arsenic a PS5 doesn't conscionable fto you watercourse games portion playing connected the toilet. Using the handheld device, you tin besides play a crippled unneurotic with a person who's utilizing your main TV and PS5 setup. Or, play a crippled portion idiosyncratic other uses the TV to ticker KPop Demon Hunters for the umpteenth clip connected Netflix.

Additionally, unreality streaming leaves beta with a fistful of all-new features attached: 3D Audio Support, a passcode lock, a web presumption screen, crippled invites, accessibility options, and the quality to marque in-game purchases portion unreality streaming.

Interested? PlayStation Portal is priced astatine $199, and comes successful either achromatic oregon achromatic colors. The instrumentality is "the champion PlayStation 5 Remote Play solution available," according to IGN's PlayStation Portal review.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social