Sony announces the end of PS5 streaming on PC
, by Enzo
This is bad news that will affect some gamers next month, on December 10, to be precise. Sony has announced with relative discretion and through a blog post that it is ending support for PS Plus on PC.
In practical terms, this means that PC users will no longer be able to stream games from their PlayStation 5 console to their computers. As their main rationale, they cite that fewer than 0.4% of PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers were using this feature.
"With a very small number of eligible PlayStation Plus Premium members (less than 0.4%) using the PlayStation Plus app on PC, making this change allows us to focus on enhancing high-quality experiences that more of our members want to use."
While this decision will likely not bother many people, it nevertheless reinforces the divide that Sony is now creating between its console and the PC world as evidenced, for example, by its decision to no longer port its exclusives to that platform.
The ability to stream console games to a PC will be exclusive to XBOX, which, incidentally, allows users to play its catalog on various devices via streaming or thanks to Play Anywhere.