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How To Play PS5 Games On A PS4

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New PlayStation 5 consoles are still impossible to find, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play PS5 games like Returnal and Ratchet & Clank. You just need a PlayStation 4. And a friend...with a PS5. Oh, yeah, and you’ll both need PS Plus subscriptions. And some patience. Okay, it’s not exactly a breeze, but it is possible, thanks to recently expanded functionality for PlayStation’s “Share Play” feature.

 

What’s Share Play?

“Share Play,” first introduced for PlayStation 4 in 2014, essentially allows you to beam a game from your PlayStation onto a friend’s PlayStation. Your friend can then watch you play, take over the controller, or join a multiplayer session—even if they don’t own a copy of that particular game. There were some limitations at launch, like sub-optimal streaming resolutions and 60-minute session limits, but the general reaction was, “Okay, preeetty cool”

 

Fast-forward to April 2021: In that month’s PlayStation 5 update, Sony added cross-gen support for Share Play.

 

Nice! How’s it work?

First, both you (the happy PS5 owner) and your friend (the sad PS4 owner) need to be signed up for PS Plus. Sony also recommends a minimum upload speed of 2Mbps, but you’ll want something a bit higher—maybe in the realm of 5Mbps—to ensure a smoother, better-looking experience.

 

 

Source: Kotaku

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