Cloud streaming arrives on PlayStation Portal for Plus Premium

Sony has activated cloud streaming for its PlayStation Portal handheld, allowing PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers to stream thousands of PlayStation 5 titles from Sony’s servers starting Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. Pacific (Nov. 6 at 2 a.m. GMT). The feature, which completes a yearlong beta that began in November 2024, expands the Portal’s role beyond Remote Play by letting users access select digital PS5 games they own without needing their home console to be on.

Sony says 2,793 PlayStation Store titles are available to stream via the cloud to PlayStation Portal devices for players who already own those games. PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers can also stream additional catalog content, including roughly 196 Game Catalog entries, 107 Classics Catalogue titles and about 75 free-to-play games. Sony highlighted use cases such as playing while the PS5 is in use by someone else, or “enjoy a game side-by-side with a friend who’s using your PS5 under a separate account, or stream your favorite game while someone else watches a movie on the console,” as examples of the new flexibility.

The update overhauls the Portal interface and adds a number of system features to support cloud...