PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers will soon enjoy the added benefit of PS5 cloud streaming, as it’s dropping later this month in select regions.
As announced on the official PlayStation Blog, PS5 cloud streaming will begin rolling out to Premium members starting this month. The available titles will range from some of the biggest PS5 hits, PS5 game trials, and even support for some games you already own.
- Top PS5 hits from the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog*, such as Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Horizon Forbidden West, Ghost of Tsushima, Mortal Kombat 11, and Saints Row IV.
- Game Trials* for PS5 games, such as Hogwarts Legacy, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and The Calisto Protocol
- Additional PS5 digital titles PlayStation Plus Premium members own that will be available for streaming, such as Resident Evil 4, Dead Island 2, Genshin Impact, Fall Guys, and Fortnite.
Optionally, these games can also be downloaded as part of the subscription for those who prefer playing on a local machine rather than streaming. The rollout schedule is as follows for the selected regions.
- Japan – targeting October 17
- Europe – targeting October 23
- North America – targeting October 30
More regions are expected to be added in the future.
PS Plus Premium users will enjoy these additional features when streaming PS5 titles.
- Downloadable content and in-game purchases will be available for PS5 game streaming, including DLC and add-ons – similar to purchases from downloadable games.
- High quality resolution options**, including 4K, 1440p, 1080p, and 720p, with 60 FPS and SDR or HDR output.
- Enhanced audio with support for all PS5 audio capabilities including 5.1 and 7.1 as well as Tempest 3D Audiotech.
- Capture screenshots and record up to 3 minutes of video, which will be downloaded to your Media Gallery on PS5 and also available in the Media Gallery on PS App
Fantastic news, and we’re hoping this gets expanded to the mobile app to some capacity. It would be perfect for PlayStation Portal next month, though from what we understand, that is solely for local remote play.
Hopefully more games will be available for streaming on streaming services like Twitch. Certain games like Persona 5 and Tales of Beseria has an in game notification that says “gameplay recording has stopped” and you can’t stream them period.
Other games like WWE only the streamer can hear the wrestlers entrance music because of copyright laws and infringement.
Hopefully they have less restrictions for the games that can be streamed and allow for other games to be streamed that wasn’t previously allowed.