PlayStation 4 is the world’s bestselling console and delivers an enormous catalogue of the biggest and best video games, movies and television streaming services direct to your living room.
PlayStation strives to provide a safe, enjoyable environment for all our players and ensure that parents are well informed about the type of games their children are playing and the features they have access to.
With that in mind, on this page you will find information on:
While gaming is the primary focus of our home consoles, we provide a lot of additional features as well, such as catch-up television, movie streaming services and music streaming via Spotify.
It’s possible to restrict these features and set limits on playtime using account settings and parental controls, which can easily be accessed through the intuitive menu system.
There are two major ways to control what a user can access:
Full instructions on how to use parental controls can be found on our help pages:
Thankfully, the explosion of creative, co-operative games like Minecraft, LittleBigPlanet and the LEGO series mean there’s never been a better time for younger users to get into gaming and PlayStation 4 has a huge range of family-friendly games that really encourage this imaginative, interactive playstyle.
Design your own game world and then explore, create and conquer in Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition.
Make your imagination a weapon as you rise up as a legendary builder in a dangerous sandbox world.
Explore an editable world made entirely of LEGO bricks in LEGO Worlds on PS4.
Universes collide in a unique LEGO® adventure featuring characters from DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings and The LEGO® Movie.
Take your swing at golfing glory as a classic PlayStation series makes it colourful PS4 debut.
Bring friends and family into play.
Discover a new way to play PS4 games together - the PlayLink range lets you enjoy a variety of exciting and entertaining multiplayer titles, using your smartphone or tablet as a controller.
All games released on our consoles are submitted to your local classification board who review the entire game and provide content guidance to give you a clear idea of how suitable a game will be for your children.
Over 60 titles available on PS4.
Over 100 titles available on PS4.
Over 180 titles available on PS4.
PlayStation Plus is an online subscription service that gives users access to our enormous online multiplayer community, a monthly selection of free games, cloud storage for backing up saved progress and exclusive promotional discounts.
A single subscription will allow access to this for all players on a single console. So, if you’d like more than one user on the console to have access to these features, you won’t need to purchase multiple subscriptions. If however, you would like to restrict access for specific users this can be done as using sub account controls.
Some online multiplayer games may have their own multiplayer service via a separate subscription. In these cases a PlayStation Plus subscription might not be necessary.
Access to all these features can be restricted using parental and sub-account controls.
As we mentioned earlier, PlayStation 4 is much more than a dedicated gaming machine.
Find out everything you need to know to get started with PlayStation 4 - from setting up your console to creating an account and more.