PS Plus Premium customers are expressing frustration as a serious tier perk — PS3 recreation streaming — has been down for a number of days at the very least. It seems that gamers can solely stream video games which can be already of their library. If you wish to attempt a PS3 recreation you haven’t already performed earlier than, it gained’t launch.
PS Plus Premium members making an attempt varied workarounds for PS3 recreation streaming
PS3 video games are solely obtainable to stream, and are thus solely obtainable to gamers in international locations the place Sony affords cloud streaming help. The equal of PS Plus Premium in non-streaming international locations is PS Plus Deluxe.
Someday during the last week, gamers started reporting that a lot of PS3 video games within the catalog (and there aren’t that many to start with) don’t launch once they press the Stream button. Solely these they’ve tried earlier than and are of their library boot up.
The issue persists on the time of this writing, and there’s been no acknowledgement from Sony. Those that have contacted PS Help have been advised that the corporate is conscious of the issue however there’s no ETA for a repair.
Within the meantime, some gamers have found a workaround. Apparently, including a recreation you need to stream to your PS Retailer wishlist is the answer. You possibly can then entry the sport web page out of your wishlist, click on the Stream button, and the sport ought to launch.
One other workaround is utilizing PS Plus app on PC so as to add PS3 video games to your library. Trying to play video games by way of the PC app will mechanically add them to your console’s library, bypassing the aforementioned bug.
Whereas these options have labored for a lot of, they haven’t labored for everybody. If this doesn’t assist, sadly, you’ll have to attend for Sony to handle the issue.
