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PS4 Remote Play coming to PC and Mac

Sony Computer Entertainment is working on an official PlayStation 4 Remote Play application for PC and Mac, SCE Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida confirmed on Twitter.

“Some people asked if we plan to provide Remote Play function to PC, and yes, we are indeed working on an official application for PC/Mac,” Yoshida said in a tweet.

dreadz743092d ago

This is good and on my Mac oh yes please I could play @ work :)

Abash3092d ago

I can't wait to stream my PS4 games to my PC, I do it sometimes with my Xbox One. Its a cool feature and nice option to have

SpaceRanger3092d ago

Not just that, but you'll probably be able to play anywhere! (:
It won't be a knock off version of streaming where you have to be ok the same network. I'm looking forward to it on my Mac as well.

I could see Sony eventually making ties with Apple to put an app on each of their devices. Effectively giving Apple a key into the gaming community.

Erik73573091d ago

Yes that will totally happen when majority of people have a pc over a mac but whatever.

SpaceRanger3091d ago

@Fries1223

Yes because the only devices Apple has are computers. Let's just forget about tablets, Apple TV, and iPads. /s

sinspirit3091d ago

@Fries1223

Yes that totally makes sense when the majority of people have an iPhone over a Windows phone.

PSNow and PS Remote Play on the AppleTV. Makes sense. Sony is making a lot of steps forward onto the market now and being more open and intuitive with the buyers decision is part of the steps they are taking(such as PSNow support on Samsung Smart TV's). Samsung also being Apple's main competitor in the smart phone business. Apple is still rumored every year to have plans for an emerging gaming market, but their are already three gaming titans on the market and the gaming market is hard to nail. I think they are planning on more of an Apple TV-esque gaming product that doesn't break the bank. I could easily see them having an Apple smart device that links to your TV in the same fashion as the Wii U with its gamepad allowing a decent controller functionality for gaming. Eclipsing the overly basic AppleTV remote for a more premium and modern offering.

shabz6663092d ago

This is so awesome. I love Ms and Sony fighting for my money. Great stuff. Keep competing. Hopefully ps4 can stream outside of home network. Win10 streaming is great but would love to have that outside home network as well.

kraenk123091d ago

The Vita can do it so why shouldn't it?!

HumanatPlay3091d ago

More than Mac/PC, I would love to see it become non proprietary on the mobile front.

Erik73573091d ago

Ehh...it depends. If they are still sticking with the portable playstation thing then they wont do that but if vita is the last one from them then it probably will happen.

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yuukiliu3092d ago

I would use this ALL THE TIME! My wife could watch the news and I can game in piece on my nice laptop(not a gaming computer, but it is Full HD)

Rookie_Monster3092d ago

Can't wait to play Uncharted 4 and bloodborne via remote play on my laptop. Hope this gets release soon.

MasterCornholio3091d ago

Does that mean you will be buying multiplatforms for your PS4 now?

Rookie_Monster3091d ago (Edited 3091d ago )

Depends on the quality and when the streaming update will be released. Currently, the remote play with PS4 games is still limited to 720p on PS TV, Xperia phones, and PS VITA, so unless Sony also offer up to 1080p 60fps streaming like what XB1 and Windows 10 can do, then I'll continue to use my XB1 as my preferred streaming system for third party games.

Able to stream high quality is key. Also, hopefully Sony can release this one quickly like having a demo at PSx, in which I will be personally attending, so I can see first hand how it works.

If all goes well, then no doubt I'll be getting the better 3rd party ports that are not on PC on my PS4 instead of XB1 like I did until this Summer.

Liqu1d3092d ago

Pretty much confirms they'll take action against that guy who's charging for the feature.

frwololo3092d ago

Actually sounds to me like their way of saying they won't sue the guy, with the pretty clear understanding that they expect him to discontinue his work.

My take on it: http://wololo.net/2015/11/2...

kneon3092d ago

That's what I expect. If Sony release an officially supported solution for free then they will have put him out of business, no need to sue him.

vanity293092d ago

They will sue. Its just that nobody will care or create an outrage whem they do.

PeaSFor3092d ago

vanity29, what about the custom remote play android app? been available for a while, been updated for a while yet sony doesnt seem to care about it..

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Obscure_Observer381d ago

"Got that one right, Shu!"

Kind of ironic when Sony is focused on GaaS like never before.

Flakegriffin381d ago (Edited 381d ago )

Companies evolve overtime. Sony has implemented themselves in the single player space relatively well. Now they can expand further by doing more all while still giving us single player experiences. Obviously Shu is speaking on GaaS games being the main dominance of the gaming space and if that’s the future then that indeed sucks.

You can have that mindset all while still creating some GaaS titles.

InUrFoxHole381d ago

They have 10 in the works right now.

Crows90381d ago

Absolutely! Man all the freaking gaas games theyve been releasing...wait. Not a single one.

sinspirit381d ago

Did you read? It says "dominated". That word means something.

RedDevils381d ago

They don't want to be Blockbuster, too stubborn to adapt with time.

tagzskie381d ago

kinda ironic when it comes to xbox you xboys can even defeat einstein in explation why its good, when it comes to ps you guys became dumb and dumber..

FinalFantasyFanatic381d ago

How so? They're only after one or two good GaaS games, they're throwing crap at the wall until something sticks, alot of those games in development are going to languish and die shortly after release. They're still predominately focused on their core strategy of great single player games (look at the previous interview where they admit they cancel alot of games).

Bathyj381d ago

God why do Xbox gamers always love the thought of PlayStation being as crappy as Xbox.?

DarXyde381d ago

"Like never before" regarding GaaS is like saying "PS3 is a console that launched with HDD space like never before": it's a very low bar to clear because there isn't much precedent.

I happen to agree with Shu here. I don't think being a GaaS title is a scarlet letter, but I can't think of any live service games that have been great at launch either. Naughty Dog is looking likely break that trend. I'd say two love service titles at a time is the sweet spot. I suspect people can only deal with a limited number of live service games contemporaneously.

TheCaptainKuchiki381d ago (Edited 381d ago )

Lmaooo
People always criticize Sony because 90% of their exclusives are single player games. People say they are too expensive because of low replay value.
And you wanna pretend like Sony is focusing on Gaas? Their biggest games aren't Gaas unlike MICROSOFT.

ModsDoBetter381d ago (Edited 381d ago )

How are Sony focused on GaaS?

They own Bungie and have Destiny but the majority of their titles are far from GaaS.

Why, if you are such a die hard Xbot, do you rush to comment on Sony related articles?

1Victor381d ago

@obscure
Are you ok now we was worried about your mental health state when you disappeared for almost a week from bashing PlayStation articles.
Is the word DENIED still triggering you?

I haven’t read the article as my spam blocker always red flags that site and I don’t t want to risk it so a general comment it is 🤦🏿
We all know live services game and quality rarely goes together but some of them are fun to play

derek380d ago (Edited 380d ago )

@Obscure, Sony is starting from a place of zero which requires a big initial investment to establish themselves in the live services market.

Vengeance1138380d ago

It's very much the opposite, Shu said this damn well knowing Sony is going hard on GaaS. This is Shu confirming that Single player games won't be effected at all despite them going into Live service.

Extermin8or3_380d ago

Except they aren't really- they have what may be a live service game from Haven studios and firewalk studios, they have another from a second party dev and an fps game with multiplayer focus by deviation games, they counted Gt7 as a live service game but really it's not much different to how recent GT titles were treated, they have the last of us factions, a Horizon multiplayer game in production at guerilla alongside horizon 3, a new ip from Bungie. The rest of their studios seem to be hard at work on traditional singleplayer games that may also have a multiplayer mode or may not. So their live service titles are mostly in development from either new teams setup at existing studios or from acquisitions they have made which really just replace the capabilities they once had through Sony Online Entertainment until they sold it half a decade ago. Only I'd argue their new capabilities in this space would appear to be better and have higher quality talent than it did back then.

Sonic1881379d ago

And what is Xbox focused on? Redfall is so bad, it's worse than Forspoken 😂😂😂

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S2Killinit381d ago

Thank god for actual gamers in the industry.

neutralgamer1992381d ago

Shu I agree but right now Sony themselves are working on more than 5 live service games

Redemption-64381d ago

He never said they were not working on any. He said, he doesn't want to see Gaming's Future dominated by live-Service Games. Sony currently has 25 games in development. 10 being live service games, with the other mostly likely being single player games and that is honestly a very good balance

neutralgamer1992381d ago

I agree I just hope their live service games are not simple money grabs and try to do some good interesting things

-Foxtrot381d ago

"and that is honestly a very good balance"

The issue is, whether people want to admit it or not because it's Sony, but once a company gets a taste of that money GaaS games make the chances of them going money crazy becomes super higher

I know what you'll probably say

"bu bu but Sony wouldn't do that"

NO COMPANY is immune, even the best can fall and I really don't want to see that happen here.

The fact people will completely blow that off and pretend it's not even a possibility is worrying to me because that's how we end up shits creek.

They might be fine...they might go too far but at the moment I don't think it's a bad thing at all to be sceptical with the shit this industry has gone through in the past 10 years alone.

FinalFantasyFanatic381d ago (Edited 381d ago )

The thing is most of those 10 games won't even be viable, out of the 10 that actually get released, probably only 1 or 2 will make the big bucks worth continuing support. I think Sony even knows that, look at all the other GaaS games that release and die shortly after. Personally I'm okay with that because I don't want the market dominated with these games.

I'd actually rather the resources go on to making some more top-tier JRPGs, I feel like we don't get enough of those in the last couple of gens.

neutralgamer1992380d ago

Final Fantasy

But keep in mind when those games fail many of the studios are shut and there are layoffs

NotoriousWhiz380d ago

I don't want a Gaas game. I just want a new socom. A strong multi-player title with no purchases beyond the initial purchase.

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-Foxtrot381d ago

Yeah exactly what I was thinking

Not 1

Not a cheeky 2

But freaking 5

Like it’s not even a “we’ll try doing one and see how it goes”

__SteakDeck__381d ago

@-Foxtrot What do you have against live service games. I’m not a fan of live service games, but multiplayer games can be done right just look at Titanfall before EA killed it. As long as PS’s core studios keep making single player games, everything should be fine.

Redemption-64381d ago

Sony said they have 25 games in development. 10 being live service games, with the other mostly likely being single player games. They have more single player games in development

-Foxtrot381d ago

@__SteakDeck__

Urm....that they are a cancer in this industry

That the majority of them fail and the developers have then wasted years on them rather than other things.

They turn developers and publishers into thirsty little money grabbers where that big money is still not enough for them.

I could go on, defending GaaS games is not a hill to die on man, it's really not

"done right just look at Titanfall before EA killed it"

Titanfall 2 was not really a GaaS type of game compared to what we are getting now so that's a really bad example.

__SteakDeck__381d ago

@-Foxtrot Yeah it seems like you just have a hatred for multiplayer games. I’m not the biggest fan of multiplayer games, but like I said they can be done well. Also Titanfall 1 had no single player it was multiplayer only and it’s now a dead game, but it was still good. So yes that is a good example.

FinalFantasyFanatic381d ago

@_SteakDeck_,
I'm still salty about Titanfall 2, it was one of the only multi-player games I actually liked.

NotoriousWhiz380d ago

Multi-player games don't have to be Gaas games. Look at Mario Kart, Splatoon. Nintendo's games most likely don't have Gaas because they're behind the times, but this is one area where it's better to be behind the times.

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blackblades381d ago

And? They still have single player games. Domination would completely ruled with live services which Sony should know to still do single player. On a side note they should also do a few 1st party smaller games like indie or AA. By the way is indie a single A game.

Philaroni381d ago (Edited 381d ago )

To be fair, so has many other companies aka Ubisoft for example and many of them they decided to end development on. Just because something is in the works does not mean it will release if they do not feel it will pan out. ATM all of the GaaS we know of from Sony are The Last of Us Factions, and some kind of Horizon (Monster Hunter like) game. Also keep in mind, they do own Bungie, and Destiny and there new project be it Destiny 3 and there new IP will likely be that. So just that on its own is near half of what we can best assume.

Main issue with GaaS now days is that its very over saturated. Keep in mind as well Battel Royal games are GaaS by nature also, hell CoD is GaaS. Halo Infinity, ditto. Really now days unless something is an honest to god single player game only the GaaS term gets over used.

Not sure if many played it (I loved it) Gun's Up was a GaaS for a long while, it was going to shut down till some youtubers gave it a bit of new life for another half of year. We know Sony Mobile is working on things and it not shock me if some of this stuff is targeted to the mobile market.

Right now Sony's biggest weakness I'd say is MP games. With that Firewalk studio from lots of vets they just acquired its quite likely there game will have GaaS stuff as part of it, that is still years down the line. I think everyone needs to chill out some and just wait and see what comes. We have not really got a real honest GaaS from Sony before this or even last gen really... At least as we know them now days. Such a broad term now.

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Workshyskiver386d ago

A titan and a legend of the industry.

autoglope386d ago (Edited 386d ago )

Shue is great. .. He even mentioned Miazaki and Ueda,..

victorMaje386d ago

What a Legend. I salute you.

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