PS5 game sharing setup confusion

[biron_w]

I've just bought a PS5 Pro. I'll be giving my vanilla PS5 to my brother but he won't have any games.
Does anybody know how I can set it up so he can access my games on the PS5 I'll be giving him? He has his own PSN account. Is it possible for him to play my games on his account using game share?
I know I'd have to put my account on both consoles but it's confusing how to set it up.

 

[Armageus]

Keep your account on the vanilla PS5, and ensure it is set as your Primary PS5, then I think on PS5 there is a specific "Console Sharing and Offline Play" option you need to turn on. Any other users of that PS5 should then have access to any games on it.

You then log in to your PS5 Pro as normal with your account (but only your account on the PS5 Pro will have access to your content)

(Note: I've not tried it on PS5, but that's how it worked on PS4)

 

[t2na]

I'm basically echoing @Armageus here...

It's pretty straightforward to get it all setup. On the base PS5, sign in with your PSN account. Go to Settings → Users and Accounts → Other → Console Sharing and Offline Play then select Enable.

This basically makes the vanilla PS5 your "primary" console.

Then have your brother add his account to the vanilla PS5 (either creating a new account if he doesn't have one or signing in with his account on that PS5). He'll then be able to access the games you've bought + the PS Plus benefits you have (if you have PS Plus).

On your PS5 Pro, just sign in to your PSN account and play your games normally. Even though the PS5 Pro is not your sharing-enabled console, you can still play all your games because you're logged into the purchasing account and are connected to the internet. Just make sure he only uses his account on the vanilla PS5, if he uses yours whilst you're also playing you'll get booted out.

 

[biron_w]

I'm basically echoing @Armageus here...

It's pretty straightforward to get it all setup. On the base PS5, sign in with your PSN account. Go to Settings → Users and Accounts → Other → Console Sharing and Offline Play then select Enable.

This basically makes the vanilla PS5 your "primary" console.

Then have your brother add his account to the vanilla PS5 (either creating a new account if he doesn't have one or signing in with his account on that PS5). He'll then be able to access the games you've bought + the PS Plus benefits you have (if you have PS Plus).

On your PS5 Pro, just sign in to your PSN account and play your games normally. Even though the PS5 Pro is not your sharing-enabled console, you can still play all your games because you're logged into the purchasing account and are connected to the internet. Just make sure he only uses his account on the vanilla PS5, if he uses yours whilst you're also playing you'll get booted out.

Excellent! I had sort of figured it out but that makes it a lot clearer. Cheers