Sony will retire the PlayStation Plus PC app on Dec. 10, 2026. The app let PlayStation Plus Premium members stream games to a Windows PC through Sony’s cloud streaming service. Sony says fewer than 0.4% of eligible Premium members were using it. If you are one of them, here is what you lose, what keeps working, and the one free option left for playing PlayStation games on a PC.
The short version
Sony is closing the PlayStation Plus app on PC on Dec. 10, 2026. Your membership and console benefits stay the same, but cloud streaming on a PC ends.
- The PlayStation Plus app on PC stops working on Dec. 10, 2026, and Sony says it will contact affected users directly.
- Sony says fewer than 0.4% of eligible PlayStation Plus Premium members used the PC app.
- PlayStation Plus memberships and benefits on PS5 and PS4 consoles do not change.
- If you own a PS5 or PS4, the free PS Remote Play app can still stream your own console’s games to a PC.
- Remote Play needs your console at home and an internet connection of at least 5Mbps, with 15Mbps recommended.
What Sony said about the PlayStation Plus PC app
In a note at the end of its November PlayStation Plus post on Nov. 10, Sony wrote: “from December 10, we will be retiring the PlayStation Plus app on PC.” It said fewer than 0.4% of eligible Premium members were using the app, and that “the PlayStation Plus cloud streaming app on PC will no longer be available.”
Sony also said the change “does not affect PlayStation Plus memberships or benefits available on PS5 and PS4 consoles” and that it will notify affected users directly.
In plain terms: if you only ever played PlayStation Plus on a console, nothing changes for you. If you used the PC app to stream catalog games on a laptop or desktop, that option ends on Dec. 10, and Sony has not named a replacement for PC.
What still works on a PC after Dec. 10
The PlayStation Plus PC app and PS Remote Play are two different things, and only the first one is going away.
- The PlayStation Plus PC app (closing): Sony’s cloud streaming app for eligible Premium members. The games ran on Sony’s side, not on your own console.
- PS Remote Play (still available): streams games from your own PS5 or PS4 at home to a PC, Mac, phone or tablet. The PS Remote Play app is free, but you need the console, and it has to be connected to the internet.
So the real question is whether you own a console. If you do, install PS Remote Play on your PC before Dec. 10 and test it with a game you already have. If you do not, there is no official way to stream PlayStation Plus games on a PC after that date.
How to set up PS Remote Play on a PC
- Check what you need: a PS5 or PS4 connected to your home internet, a Windows PC on a network too, and a DualSense, DualSense Edge or DualShock 4 controller.
- Download the free PS Remote Play app for Windows from PlayStation’s Remote Play page.
- Sign in with the PlayStation account you use on your console.
- Check your speed. Sony says you need at least 5Mbps, and recommends at least 15Mbps for a better experience.
- Connect your controller to the PC with a USB cable and start streaming a game you already own.
Should you change your PlayStation Plus plan?
If PC streaming was the main reason you paid for the Premium tier, look at your plan before your next renewal date. Your renewal date and plan options are in your PlayStation account settings. Sony’s post does not mention refunds or a credit for PC-only users. If you mostly play on a PS5 or PS4, Sony says your console benefits are unchanged, so there is no reason to rush.
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