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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>AN update to PlayStation\u2019s ‘Share Play’ feature now lets a PS5 owner share games with a PS4.<\/p>\n

Despite the PS5 launch being in November 2020, new PlayStation 5 consoles are still hard to acquire (thanks a lot, scalpers!). But that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t play PS5 games. Sounds too good to be true, right? You will just need a PlayStation 4 and PS5 console, so try to befriend a PS5 owner if you can. You will also both need PS Plus subscriptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cShare Play\u201d was first introduced for PlayStation 4 in 2014. This allowed players to beam a game from your PlayStation onto a friend\u2019s PlayStation.<\/p>\n

In April\u2019s PlayStation 5 update, Sony added cross-gen support for Share Play.<\/p>\n

Sony recommends a minimum upload speed of 2Mbps, but to make the gaming experience better, it is advised you opt for an upload speed of 5Mbps.<\/p>\n

How to play the same game on different consoles<\/b><\/p>\n

Start up a party chat with your friend. Press the PS Button to go to the control centre, and select the party voice chat card.<\/p>\n

Select \u201cstart share screen\u201d and select \u201cstart share play.\u201d You should see two options on the screen.<\/p>\n

Select a player in the voice chat and then invite the player. Make sure to select the play mode.<\/p>\n

Share Play starts when the invited player joins. From here, you can change the play mode or stop Share Play from the party voice chat card.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlay A Game With A Visitor\u201d lets you play a multi-player game by, more or less, replicating the framework of local multi-player between both of your PlayStations.<\/p>\n

It is worth noting that the game must support this feature in order for it to work.<\/p>\n

\u201cVisitor Plays As You\u201c feature is giving the visitor control over your game. They can play (through video streaming) any game from your PS5 console, as if it were in their room \u2013 but with your account.<\/p>\n

If the invited player isn\u2019t a PlayStation Plus member, Play A Game With A Visitor can’t be selected.<\/p>\n

When you invite a PS4 console player to Share Play, \u201cShare Your Screen with Visitor\u201d appears as one of the play modes. This lets you share your screen with a PS4 console player.<\/p>\n

There are a few limitations. If the game you want to share isn\u2019t available on the PlayStation Store in your friend\u2019s geographical region, you won\u2019t be able to share that game with them.<\/p>\n

You can also only activate Share Play with one person at a time.<\/p>\n

Remember that a Share Play session lasts for one hour and automatically ends one hour after the visitor joins \u2013 so try to have as much fun and beat your friend in that time period.<\/p>\n

Although it is not a limitation, only hosts can earn trophies during Share Play.<\/p>\n

IOL TECH<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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