PlayStation Portal finally gets reason to exist from the cloud [Video]

• A new update will turn the PlayStation Portal into a cloud-streaming gaming device.
• Initially, the Portal was only for remote play with the PlayStation 5 required to be kept switched on.
• South Africans will have to wait for PlayStation Cloud Streaming to launch locally to use the Portal for what it was probably always intended to be.

Initially launched as a remote play-only device in early 2024, Sony has updated the PlayStation Portal with what is likely the reason it was made in the first place – the ability to play games directly from the PlayStation Cloud.

“This update will also include a beta version of a new feature that many fans have been asking for – support for cloud streaming on PS Portal,” Hiromi Wakai, product management VP at Sony wrote in a blog post.

“When the update is live, PlayStation Plus Premium members will be able to participate in a …