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Today, we have an announcement for our fellow gamers on PlayStation Portal remote player.

As we continue to improve user experience based on community feedback, we are releasing a new system software update for PS Portal starting later today, which will add a few new features to improve your gaming experience while using Cloud Game Streaming Beta.

As a reminder – Cloud Streaming (Beta) is an option for PlayStation Plus Premium members to play games via cloud streaming on PS Portal, allowing select PS5 games in the PlayStation Plus Catalog* to be streamed directly from our servers, even without a PS5 console. Since Cloud Streaming (Beta) on PS Portal is still an experimental offering, the features available during the beta period may change over time and may not reflect the final experience. For more details, visit here.

Without further ado, here are the new features added in this update:

Sort

You can now sort games in the Cloud Streaming (Beta) catalog screen. There will be a new sort icon added to the top left corner, allowing you to sort games by: Recently added to PS Plus (default), Name, and Release date.

Capture gameplay

The Create button on your PS Portal will now be enabled during a Cloud Streaming (Beta) session. Here is what you can do:

• Press once: Display the create menu
• Press and hold: Take a screenshot
• Press twice: Start/finish recording a video clip**

Images and videos captured during a streaming session will be automatically uploaded to the cloud server, which can be accessed from the PlayStation App by selecting [Library] > [Captures]. Your captures will be stored for 14 days after they were created.

Queue

You can now wait for your turn to play when the streaming server is full. The estimated wait time will be displayed on screen, and the game session will automatically start as soon as it's your turn.

Pause

During a Cloud Streaming (Beta) game session, gameplay will now pause in the following situations:

• Gameplay will pause when you open the PS Portal quick menu. You can open the quick menu by pressing the PS button, swiping left from the top right corner of your screen, or tapping the quick menu icon from the status bar.
• When you press the power button once, PS Portal will be put into rest mode and the game will be paused. You can un-pause and get back to your game play by pressing the power button again. If PS Portal remains in rest mode for more than 15 seconds, the cloud streaming session will be disconnected.
• Gameplay will also pause when a system error message is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Note that the pause feature will not be supported in some cases, such as during an online multiplay session.

Notification of inactivity

You will now receive a system notification when your streaming session is about to close due to inactivity of over 10 minutes.

User feedback screen

We have added a user feedback screen at the end of the streaming sessions to rate the quality of your streaming experience. This will help us identify what went well or could be improved, as we continue to enhance the quality of our service.

PlayStation Portal remote player system update releases today with Cloud Game Streaming Beta UX enhancements

Sorting games and support for gameplay captures are among the new features.

blog.playstation.com

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Pretty clear that it won't be in beta much longer. I think the last big things that they need to introduce are Voice Chat and friend management and joining groups.

Definitely think it will leave beta by the end of the year. Wonder if it gets a rebrand as a Cloud and Remote Player.

 

[mckmas8808]

Pretty clear that it won't be in beta much longer. I think the last big things that they need to introduce are Voice Chat and friend management and joining groups.

Definitely think it will leave beta by the end of the year. Wonder if it gets a rebrand as a Cloud and Remote Player.

100% correct. Potentially leaving Beta this Fall.

 

[K' Dash]

Amazing, I fucking love mine.

 

[Sooner]

It's amazing still that Sony's cloud streaming works so much better than Microsoft's.

 

[Loomy]

It's crazy, in hindsight, how we beta tested this thing (And Portal 2)for Sony

Turned into a pretty cool product and worth way more than the initial price at this point. I hope Sony never realizes this.

 

[Woody337]

I wish sony could add a direct to PS5 connection for home use

 

[nowhat]

It's amazing still that Sony's cloud streaming works so much better than Microsoft's.

They've had quite a head start? Not so amazing IMHO, just inevitable.

 

[Loomy]

I wish sony could add a direct to PS5 connection for home use

Can you elaborate on how you imagine this working? Genuinely curious.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Did it ever have a queue? Something tells me needing a queue now may be a bad thing . . .

 

[phant0m]

Can you elaborate on how you imagine this working? Genuinely curious.

The Portal would communicate over your local network to the PS5 instead of going out over the internet.

Same way Steam in-home streaming/Moonlight works.

 

[Baemono]

Can you elaborate on how you imagine this working? Genuinely curious.

Like a direct wifi, that people would call something like "Wifi Direct"

 

[Felessan]

The Portal would communicate over your local network to the PS5 instead of going out over the internet.

Same way Steam in-home streaming/Moonlight works.

It goes through your local router and not internet
If your router is not overloaded it should be pretty much the same as wifi direct

 

[Skifi28]

The Portal would communicate over your local network to the PS5 instead of going out over the internet.

I was under the impression this is already how it works.

 

[Woody337]

Can you elaborate on how you imagine this working? Genuinely curious.

Imagine? Nintendo did it with the Wii U. The portal would connect to the ps5 instead of the local router. Its not impossible.

 

[onQ123]

I wish sony could add a direct to PS5 connection for home use

Your router Is the direct connection to your PS5

 

[Baemono]

It goes through your local router and not internet
If your router is not overloaded it should be pretty much the same as wifi direct

Yes but also a bit of a no on top of it, the Portal goes to the PSN servers to check the PSN id and so does the PS5 for the initial setup. Hence the Portal not working during the PSN out(r)age.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Watching Sony so ahead of MS in everything related to cloud is kind of hilarious.

Anyway...all this talk about Portal and i'm really trying hard to not buy one...seriously.

 

[envyzeal]

PS Portal Pro is a matter of time

 

[Esppiral]

And remember this piece of craps sells for half the price of a Nintendo Switch 2.( An actual hardware with value)

 

[Felessan]

Yes but also a bit of a no on top of it, the Portal goes to the PSN servers to check the PSN id and so does the PS5 for the initial setup. Hence the Portal not working during the PSN out(r)age.

I thought complain was about stability/latency and these are non-issue
Auth/initial connection go through internet but I doubt it'll be changed - too small of an issue and require separate functionality on both portal and PS5 sides instead of reusing already present remote play.

 

[Baemono]

I thought complain was about stability/latency and these are non-issue
Auth/initial connection go through internet but I doubt it'll be changed - too small of an issue and require separate functionality on both portal and PS5 sides instead of reusing already present remote play.

The annoying thing is that there were no checks before, they added the PSN Id requirement like 2 or 3 years ago

 

[nowhat]

Anyway...all this talk about Portal and i'm really trying hard to not buy one...seriously.

I was really close with Metaphor: ReFantazio. Because lets be honest. As great as the game is, there is a lot of grind involved as well. And being turn-based, it's something you could literally do with your left hand (or right hand, if you're a southpaw). Didn't give in then, but the next major turn-based (J)RPG may just break the back of the metaphorical camel for me.

 

[loktaiextatus]

I grabbed the black portal that came out a couple months ago or whatever. Since I spend a lot of my time with any portable including switch playing somewhere in the house anyway.... its been fantastic. We've come a LONG way since remote play on the vita etc.

 

[K' Dash]

Imagine? Nintendo did it with the Wii U. The portal would connect to the ps5 instead of the local router. Its not impossible.

yeah, and you had to be right next to the console for it to work.

 

[Dorfdad]

And remember this piece of craps sells for half the price of a Nintendo Switch 2.( An actual hardware with value)

Not even remotely the same thing IMHO. It's getting better but they need to open it up to pc/Mac users ASAP

 

[Gamerguy84]

Very nice update.

 

[March Climber]

Nice update. Hoping to see a custom button assignments update sometime soon.