I do like to think that the Mac's wireless capabilities are head over heels better than the Vita's, though. But since it's still probably bouncing through Sony's servers, who knows
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Sony's PlayStation Remote Play Feature Expanding to Mac and PC Tomorrow
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I do like to think that the Mac's wireless capabilities are head over heels better than the Vita's, though. But since it's still probably bouncing through Sony's servers, who knows
Can't wait to try it out! I'm hoping Sony considers supporting iOS with Remote Play, I'd love to be able to play remotely from an iPad Pro or AppleTV.
There's that. Then again, it might just be better to just put your ps4 in a backpack and bring it with you. Hook it up in the motel room
Wife want to watch her Real House Wives of NY on the 50" TV, I rather be in another room playing whatever game with headphone on instead of listening to those bitches screaming at each other.
Coming from a keyboard & mouse gamer, I always have a hard time aiming with a console controller for FPS games. Now remote play with a touch screen? Thats definitely a big challenge.
Yeah I'm not exactly expecting it to be perfect, it was more about providing an example of why you might want the functionality.
But what if I want to play Fallout 4 on my Apple Watch?
I use Remote Play through a PS TV to play my PS4 when its TV is being used. The PS4 is hard-wired through an Airport Extreme AC, and the PS TV is hard-wired through another Airport Extreme (with the 2 Airports connected via wireless.) It plays well enough, but there are moments of pixelation and lag. I'm not sure if the PS4 is going out to the Internet then back to the PS TV, or it's all done internally on my network. If Remote Play works just as well on my MBP while at my in-laws, then I'll be happy.
This. TVs (well, big fancy ones) are generally communal and familial, whereas personal computers are "personal".
I see that this claims to work over the Internet. But if people are complaining about lag in a home LAN, I cannot imagine the problems with lag over the Internet.
Use the dial to move forward / backward, aim up / down, but you can't do both at the same time.
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"Working" at work will never be the same again starting tomorrow (if this works out well).
I was thinking along the lines of using a DS4 or MFi controller with the iOS device.
Totally agree with you though on the keyboard & mouse support. I'd play more FPS if they enabled that on OSX.
Great idea to avoid the guilt of tying up the biggest TV in the house! But as others have said, where oh where is the Xbox one version of this?
I don't think that will really work nicely.
PS 4 streaming over internet..? Wouldn't surprise me that a STABLE 10 mbps is needed for it being "playable" on low-rez.
I understand "in house", i.e. 300 mbps Wifi, etc. now.... (about the b*tchin' wife)
I wonder if the app will allow us to exchange messages with users on the Playstation Network. I am currently using BlueStacks to run the Android version on my Mac.
Well my 4G gets 30mbps+ let alone my home internet, so really in 2016 10mbps should be the minimum.
When I first heard about this for the Xbox One, I was hoping it was playing Xbox games streaming from the cloud and you can use just a PC without the console. I don't want to host the gaming system in my living room on premise to play Xbox or Playstation games on my PC or Mac.
apple literally does the same thing all the time
hehe, apple has the same weakness, they integrate less with other platforms than even windows
See my comments above, yes, the controllers should hook right up (both USB and Bluetooth). Since this appears to be software only, the Mac (or PC) will run some kind of client application, you'll probably log into your Sony/PS account, etc., and select from the available games - not sure if this will be registered games you own, or if there's any specific requirement on the PS4 side (like a cloud install of some of the game[?]).
It's basically remote desktop/Citrix/etc., between a game machine for logic/rendering and a thin client for display/controller input.