PS5 PS Plus Collection Games Can Be Played on PS4 | Game Rant
One of the leading selling points for the recently released next-gen consoles is their backward compatibility. The PS5, in particular, has included a group of generation defining games for any players who log in with a PS Plus subscription on the brand new system.
However, due to the nature of how these games unlock on a players PSN account, some players have found a workaround to make the available PS5 titles free and downloadable on PS4 as well. This can even allow some players who haven't made the jump to next-gen yet get access to some of the most popular titles on the previous system, with or without a PS5.
In order to get this new workaround running, players will have to sign into their new PS5 with a PSN account that has a PS Plus subscription, or buy the service once they get online with the new system. Then, while signed in, players can either download the games in the PS Plus Collection or simply add them to their libraries and download them later, if they don't want to overstuff their system storage right away. From here, since the games are still PS4 titles, that means that the same account can then go back to the previous generation console and download and play those same games there.
While this doesn't seem like the most practical option for players, considering that it requires them to already have the more powerful PS5 in order to play these games on PS4, some players have begun tossing around ideas of how to better take advantage of this loophole. By sharing a PSN account, players can give friends and family members access to the games on the older console. Combined with the recently added Remote Play PS4 app, this means that there are quite a few ways for players to share access to the PS5 across a household.
This type of account sharing isn't actually anything new to most players, with a lot of families and couples often using a similar account swapping in order to give both players access to games and multiplayer. Transferring games between PS4 and PS5 so that an entire household can have access to something that someone paid for, at least once, is a good way to save money on games in a house full of gamers. Whether or not Sony is appreciative of these practices is still up for debate, and the company does reserve the right to enforce purchases and subscriptions as it sees fit.
PS5 is available now at online retailers.
Source: Resetera
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