Sony's official PlayStation App has cracked 100 million installs on mobile devices — and that's through Google's Play Store alone. It's an impressive number which has no doubt been bolstered by the popularity of the PS5, which launched back in November.
For the sake of context, the PS4 has sold around 115 million units to date. And since the PlayStation app is designed to be companion software, it's fair to assume that a huge number of console owners will have the app on hand.
And to be fair, it does make for a decent little companion; you can access things like the PlayStation Store, messages, and your friends list from your phone. It's not perfect by any means, but Sony recently said that it'll be adding more features in future updates.
Do you use the PlayStation app? Take a quick look before bed in the comments section below.
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This app makes me angry
Does anyone here actually use it to great effect? I’ve tried downloading games remotely, nada. Tried booting up games from the app to be ready when I get home, nope. Tried purchasing stuff and redeeming codes, works flawlessly!
@2cents that about sums up my experience with it as well. Occasionally it works for downloads, but more often than not it fails.
That's weird, I use it to download games all the time. The PlayStation has to be in rest mode and your account must be the primary account on your PlayStation.
@2cents Those two features actually work well for me, but the console must be in rest mode. I was in my girlfriend's apartment and installed a game remotely this weekend actually.
Edit: One thing that happens sometimes is that a blackout shutdowns the console while I'm out, and since it doesn't go back to rest mode once the energy is back, remote download requests don't work.
Have had it installed for years, maybe used it twice.
The app is probably more reliable in finding games and sales then the actual PS5 store.
I do, it’s pretty handy
I downloaded H:ZD using it the other day. I was at work & when I got home the game was all ready to go. I wasn’t sure it would actually work but I must admit, I was pleasantly surprised.
I'd use it, but I'm afraid of putting my ps4 on rest mode, because of frequent outages. I don't want to risk damaging my hard drive. Whenever power is out, it needs to rebuild the library or something.
All these bad experiences? Crazy! I use it to control my son’s PS4’s parental controls. Use it to download games into his console. Use it to download games to my PS5. Hell, this weekend when my son was with me he forgot his mic at his mom’s and I let him use mine. I used the app to chat in party with my friend while we ran dungeons in ESO. I’ve not had any issues with the app... yet.
Yeah, when the app works, I actually think it’s pretty great that I can buy a game while being away from the console and even queue it for download.
Yup, I use the app, it's pretty good app since you can buy games from the app too.
I find it useful for when the playstation plus games go live, if its a decent month I can set the games downloading while I'm at work ready for when I get home.
@naruball i live in the tropics ; i can assure you your ps4 wont mess up from outages
pointless app btw.
@2cents Hi yes i have downloaded games with it without issues on my home network and even at work so the games ready when i get home. I like the new app but there's always room for improvement.
I use it to check on sales. It's nice that it tells me when a game has finished downloading too. Plus they are constantly conducting surveys and i'vr noticed that they actually listen to the feedback. Since I commented about a UI problem and later it was changed. I'm not saying they listen to everyone but if you've got problems with it then it's worth doing the surveys.
@nomither6 thanks. That's good to know. I get stressed every time I get the "rebuilding ps4 database message".
I use the app all the time. Mainly to make purchases though. Don’t message friends on there, as I don’t have gaming “friends”.
It could be a lot better though. I shouldn’t have to use other sites to check latest and best historic discounts, nor to track trophy progress and stats.
@2cents It was a bit rough at launch but subsequent updates have improved things considerably. I’m on iOS, Your mileage may vary of course, and I can’t comment on the Android version but I’ve had no problems recently here.
With the app I can:
All very handy and it just works
I use it mainly to 'purchase' PS Plus games, check my friends list, check trophies on the go - particularly if i dont want to interupt my current play session - or if im playing a game on Vita where you have to close down the game to access the trophy app.
I also used it this morning to redeem the code for that free days gone wallpaper before it expired as i forgot to claim it last night.
No issues here with the app. If i am using the message/chat function on ps5 i tend to use the app too. Easier than using the dualsense to type
Shame the app is utter *****.
Ever since they brought back the wishlist feature, I use the app all the time.
@2cents If you want to boot up your system then you're going to need to use the remote play app. As for downloading games, messaging, and buying games, I've never had a problem with the app. I'm sorry to hear that that hasn't been your experience.
@2cents Everything works fine for me, using the Android app with my PS5. It's how I buy stuff and set off downloads, because search is life, and a keyboard helps a lot.
use the app all the time, mainly to grab the monthly ps+ titles or check out the sales, redeem stuff on the store, it saves me time to actually boot up the ps4 to do the same things
Grats on 100 Million downloads. I still use it to chat with friends, surf the PS store, and check Trophies.
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