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Sony announced that anyone with a PlayStation Portal handheld and a PlayStation Plus Premium membership will be able to start using cloud streaming to play PS5 games on November 5, 2025. The update that starts access to that feature starts at 6pm PT/9pm ET. It also shared a trailer showing what to expect.
First there’s the cost to get started, which involves the $199 PlayStation Portal and paying either $17.99 per month or $159.99 for a year of PlayStation Plus Premium. (That also includes access to the monthly games, Game Catalog, game trials, and Ubisoft+ Classics.) You also do need to own the game or the compatible Game Catalog.
As for the games themselves, not every one works with the service. Sony’s official site goes through the options and allows someone to search.
Here are some of the more notable compatible titles:
- Atelier Yumia
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
- Deltarune
- Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
- Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
- Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Genshin Impact
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Jeanne d’Arc
- The Legend of Dragoon
- Metaphor Re:Fantazio
- Octopath Traveler 0
- Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
- Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
- Trails in the Sky First Chapter
- Triangle Strategy
- Vampire Survivors
- Wild Arms 2
- Wuthering Waves
- Zenless Zone Zero
Here’s the PlayStation Portal cloud streaming trailer, which highlights some of the compatible PS5 games. It starts with Ghost of Yotei, the Resident Evil 4 remake, and FFVII Rebirth, before showing how the feature looks in action on the device.
The PS5 and PlayStation Portal are available worldwide, and the game cloud streaming will be available on the handheld starting on November 5, 2025.