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Title: You can now stream PS5 games you own over the cloud on the PlayStation
Portal

Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:50:25 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/you-can-now-s...

Slowly but surely, Sony has been transforming the initially limited
PlayStation Portal into a viable handheld for PS5 gamers, albeit only those
with a solid internet connection. What launched as a strictly remote play
device eventually got unlocked for cloud streaming, with PS Plus Premium
members able to play select Game Catalog games without needing to connect to
a PS5. And from today, you can also stream select digital PS5 games that you
own.

Again, youΓÇÖll need to have a PS Plus Premium membership to take advantage
of the new features, but once signed up to the most expensive tier of
SonyΓÇÖs subscription service youΓÇÖll be able to stream the likes of Astro
Bot, Borderlands 4, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Ghost of Yotei, which are
among the the thousands of games supported at launch.

You could, of course, already play all of these games on the Portal over
remote play from your PS5. But now that the device has been untethered from
the main console, it gets a bit closer to the dedicated go-anywhere
PlayStation handheld everyone wants. That's provided you have a decent enough
Wi-Fi connection to get a good quality stream.

Alongside the new cloud streaming functionality, the Portal has a new home
screen that adds a search tab for quickly finding games that are available to
stream. The latest update also adds 3D audio support for supported games on
both remote play and cloud streams when using wired headphones or one of
SonyΓÇÖs proprietary PlayStation Link headsets. You can also now add a
passcode lock to the device, while a new network status screen is available
in the Quick menu.

Sony now allows you to make in-game purchases while streaming games over the
cloud without leaving a session, and if you have a friend playing the same
game youΓÇÖre streaming, you can receive invites and join their game from the
Quick menu.

Sony seems intent on the PlayStation Portal plugging the gap between now and
and the arrival of the PS6, which could reportedly arrive in the next two
years alongside a powerful complementary handheld device that might beat out
the ROG Xbox Ally X in the specs department.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/you-can-now-s...
cloud-on-the-playstation-portal-135025829.html?src=rss

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