A newly filed patent suggests Sony is working on a new service for PlayStation Plus that will allow players to stream games from a web browser.
Sony could enter the realm of cloud-based gaming by letting players stream, according to a new patent Play station games from a simple web browser. Cloud gaming uses the internet to connect players to a remote server using any internet-connected device, eliminating the need for special hardware or storage space when running or streaming video games. Microsoft recently embraced the use of the cloud to play games on any system by adding its new Xbox Cloud Gaming technology to Xbox Game Pass, giving players access to blockbuster titles. underway.
This is just one of the many factors that have allowed Xbox Game Pass to grow in popularity in recent years – leading to Sony trying to catch up by renewing its own PlayStation Plus subscription service under a new deal earlier this year. new multilayer model year. The new PS Plus launched in June and gives subscribers access to classic PlayStation titles, but it still lacks the type of cloud support that allows players to enjoy exclusive PS titles such as God of War (2018) or Marvel’s Spider-Man on their tablets or mobile devices like Microsoft currently does with Xbox Game Pass.
However, this could soon change as Sony recently filed a new patent for a browser-based gaming experience, as noted by Game Rant. Entitled “Browser-Based Cloud Gaming”, this patent application describes a supposedly in-development system that allows PlayStation Plus subscribers to run the service and stream games on any device via a web browser – eliminating the need for a designated console to hand during play sessions. This will allow players to access games such as the upcoming God of War: Ragnarok on their laptop or cell phone, or even stream them directly to an internet-connected TV without a PS5 — similar to how Xbox Game Pass can run on Samsung TVs.
While Sony has largely remained focused on building its PlayStation brand as a console gaming powerhouse with the PS5, in recent years the company has tried to branch out into the PC realm through some of its biggest first-party titles. to be released on outlets such as Steam and the Epic Games Store. Earlier this year, Sony released the blockbuster God of War (2018) on PC, and both will be available next month Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered and Spider-Man: Miles Morales swing to computers after you’ve been exclusively on PlayStation hardware. Sony executives have even publicized the company’s plan to have about half of its first-party PlayStation titles available on PC by 2025.
This new PlayStation Plus patent appears to support this effort to expand Sony’s influence in the PC gaming atmosphere and compete with Xbox Game Pass by allowing players to stream games to their computers via a web browser – although a patent far from confirming that the technology will ever be used by the company. There are still a few issues that Sony needs to resolve as it works to realize this patent, and there’s currently no word on when Sony will roll out this new web browser-based cloud streaming service on PlayStation Plus — or if it will come to fruition at all. If this new patent leads to the launch of a new cloud-based outlet for PS Plus, then Play station fans could one day play Sony published titles like Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart on their cell phones.
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