Sony has announced plans to release the ability to stream PlayStation 5 games over the cloud service.
According to Neowin, although Sony has supported streaming some of the company’s PlayStation game libraries from its cloud server since 2014, support for games is limited because of the limited capabilities of the console. old life. Everything seems to be about to change, as Sony has just announced that it is internally testing the ability to stream PlayStation 5’s unique game library through the cloud.
According to Sony’s information, the testing process is currently only in the initial stage. There is still no specific date on when the new feature will be available to all users
When launched, the feature will be available to PlayStation Plus Premium subscription holders. These gamers will be able to stream over 800 PS4, PS3, and older games on PS5, as well as on the Windows PC platform.
Although Sony has been offering game streaming in the cloud for nearly a decade, the company’s CEO Kenichiro Yoshida has admitted that the technology is still “very complex”. He thinks the high latency when playing cloud games is the most concerning.
Despite the difficulties, Sony is still planning to provide a solution for PlayStation 5 fans to be able to play games remotely. Accordingly, during the recent PlayStation Showcase event, the company revealed the ‘Project Q’ handheld game streamer. Basically, this will be a version of the DualSense controller with a large screen in the middle, capable of connecting to the PlayStation 5 so that users can play the game library right on that device. This handset is scheduled to launch around the end of 2023