The PlayStation Portal, a remote player that Sony launched in November 2023 to bring “the PS5 experience to the palm of your hand,” has received a new beta update that enables cloud streaming, allowing players to stream over 120 PS5 games from the PS Plus Game Catalog, including Ghost of Tsushima and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Hiromi Wakai (VP of Product Management, Sony Interactive Entertainment) has announced. See below for the added features and what will be available during the beta, which notes streaming quality of up to Full HD at 60 FPS.
Audio improvements:
- Speaker audio output adjustment to make the volume lower when the audio level is set to minimum.
- You will now be able to adjust settings of your PlayStation Link device from the PS Portal Settings menu, allowing you to optimize the volume and sidetone volume.
Features available during the Beta:
- Stream select PS5 games in the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog
- Over 120 PS5 games from the PS Plus Game Catalog, including Dave the Diver, Ghost of Tsushima, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Monster Hunter Rise, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, will be accessible on PS Portal via cloud streaming
- Streaming up to 1080p/60fps
- DualSense wireless controller features, including haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, speakers, touchpad (emulated on the touch screen for PS Portal), and motion sensor
- PlayStation Plus Cloud storage
- Save data and game progress can be stored up to 100GB and will be automatically synced with your PS5 console, making it easy to switch seamlessly between local and streaming gameplay, and between multiple devices.
As we are in the beginning stages of publicly testing cloud streaming on PS Portal, some features will not be available, such as Game Trials, streaming games purchased on PS Store, system features such as Party voice chat and game invites for select games, Create button, 3D audio, and in-game commerce.
Additionally, the streaming games playable on PS Portal are limited to PS5 games, and PS4 games/PS3 games are not supported.