PS3 Sport Streaming Busted for PS Plus Premium Customers

PS Plus Premium customers are expressing frustration as a serious tier perk — PS3 sport 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 sport you haven’t already performed earlier than, it gained’t launch.

PS Plus Premium members attempting varied workarounds for PS3 sport streaming

PS3 video games are solely accessible to stream, and are thus solely accessible to gamers in nations the place Sony gives cloud streaming help. The equal of PS Plus Premium in non-streaming nations is PS Plus Deluxe.

Someday over the past week, gamers started reporting that numerous 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 Assist have been instructed 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 sport you wish to stream to your PS Retailer wishlist is the answer. You’ll be able to 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. Making an attempt to play video games through the PC app will robotically 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.