PlayStation Plus PC app shuts down on December 10
Sony is closing the PlayStation Plus desktop app on December 10. Cloud streaming on PC goes with it, and Sony says under 0.4% of Premium subscribers used it.
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giftdetect· the right gift in minutesIf you have been streaming PlayStation games to your PC through the PlayStation Plus app, the end date is set: December 10. Sony is shutting the desktop app down, and cloud gaming on computers goes with it.
The app let PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers launch games from the service's catalogue in the cloud. Nothing had to be downloaded or installed. The game ran on Sony's side and the picture was streamed to the PC.
Sony's explanation is simple: hardly anyone used it. According to the company, fewer than 0.4% of Premium subscribers play cloud games on a computer, so a separate app is no longer worth keeping.
Does the PlayStation Plus PC app closure affect PS5 and PS4?
No. The shutdown does not change how PlayStation Plus works on PS5 and PS4. Subscribers keep the service's features on their consoles. Sony also says it will notify users of the PC app separately before it stops working.
What about PlayStation Portal?
Cloud play on dedicated hardware is still part of the picture. Sony recently introduced a new version of its handheld, the PlayStation Portal Player, with built-in storage. That model is meant for the Japanese and South Korean markets. The earlier Portal can run some games from the PlayStation Plus Premium catalogue through the cloud without a console connected.
So Sony is not dropping cloud play altogether. It is dropping the PC route, which by its own numbers almost nobody took.
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