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Streaming Ability Of The Vita May Actually Kill It

‘Remote Play’ lets the Vita display the PS4 game you were playing by streaming over wifi and means you don’t have to stop during toilet breaks. Sony’s attempt to use another console to boost the weak Vita sounds familiar. It already has a cross-play feature with some PS3 games, such as Playstation All-Stars, which comes with a free Vita version. Both devices can then connect with each other for online play.

Will the Vita’s ability to stream PS4 games really save it or just push you to buy Sony’s latest console?

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DJMarty3961d ago

What utter crap, PS4/PSvita will go hand in hand. PSvita will have a new least of life.

fattyuk3960d ago

Some people really do write stupid articles!

iamnsuperman3960d ago (Edited 3960d ago )

I agree the reasons/explanation in this article are stupid but there is a negative impact PS4 streaming could have for the Vita which I am surprised the author didn't explain properly. If we can play PS4 games on the vita then it is going to be harder for third party developers to justify doing a Vita only version thus potentially removing all third party support. Its a risky move (a move as a PS Vita owner still would like but still risky for sony)

ps3_pwns3960d ago

yep this is a dumb article. need more articles written about why the xbox one is fail if they want more hits and why the ps4 and vita rocks. these article writers need to be smart and write about what we want to hear if they want the hits,clicks, and ad money. I better see more playstation praise from these guys or ill blacklist there site.

tubers3960d ago

@iamnsuperman

I completely agree.

This is potentially a "HIDDEN" issue.

Prospective devs/publishers (specially 3rd party) for supposed BIG BUDGET, EXCLUSIVE VITA games may rather do a smaller/mid budget PS4 game especially since you can just Remote Play it.

I say it's safe to assume the PS4 will have magnitudes more install base in it's first year than the total amount of VITA sold today.

By "HIDDEN", I mean devs won't outright publicly say they're cancelling the supposed VITA game and refocusing on a different platform.

EvilJeffBridges3954d ago

@iamnsuperman

Being able to play a game on both is a factor but internet may no be available or reliable all the time. That's why physical copies of games will be useful. If vita sales rise with the availability of PS4, you can bet there will be more reason to develop vita exclusives. I would be surprised if developers and publishers were not aware of this.

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Ask3960d ago

Sony are so desperate to get people to buy those things but I really don't really want one because the games aren't that mobile or on the go friendly. If I'm at home I'll play on y ps3. If I'm on the go I'll play soemething I can pick up and drop withotu saving.

Minato-Namikaze3960d ago

Cell phone games are the bane of my existence, I love having my vita with actual buttons, lol.

mitchell11883960d ago

Actually I play my vita more than my Xbox and ps3 now. Depends on what ur into. I was a gameboy kid so on the go gaming was what I was raised on. From games to YouTube and Netflix I use my vita more than my phone. I still love console games and have already pre-ordered my ps4 but to say that the games on vita are not on the go friendly doesn't add up. I was playing gravity rush right b4 I saw this article, put my vita in standby, wrote this comment, now I'm gonna press the power button and continue my game. Seems pretty on the go friendly to me.

sashimi3960d ago

Lol go back to your angry birds while we gamers play real games!

ps3_pwns3960d ago

Nope sometimes you are at home and want to watch a sports event on tv but don't want to just watch that by itself because of timeouts or crap players you don't want to see are hitting the golf ball lol. You want to play the console games because you are at home and streaming them on the vita while being able to watch tv at the same time is you best option until the tv show or game is over.

Heisenburger3960d ago (Edited 3960d ago )

You can stop any game you are playing on Vita literally any time that you want.

If you are playing an rpg, simply tap the power button to shut the system down.

Two days later you come back and tap that power button again, and boom, your game is exactly where you left off.

That means that even those longest of grinds in a game without save points are rendered moot.

I'm not trying to convince you to get one, nothing like that.

I'm just trying to help slow down the flow of misinformation. Not to insinuate that you are doing it on purpose.

But that stop-any-time feature is easy my favorite aspect of my Vita.

*typo

Also Mitchell touched on what I said already, I just didn't catch it.

Protagonist3960d ago (Edited 3960d ago )

Desperate? it is a new optional feature. Nobody is asking to buy one nor use the feat, and since you dont own one nor want one, why bother comment? It is not like what you are saying holds any truth or fact, just seems trollish to be honest.

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AxeCain3960d ago

Does anyone else have connection issues with their Vita? Remote plat doesn't seem to work well with my Slim. Seems slow/laggy and even drops connection.
I have an E4200 Cisco Router so I doubt this is the issue.
I hope this is resolved by then.

DEATHxTHExKIDx3961d ago

I dont think it will kill it but Vita sales wont suddenly sky rocket cause u can play PS4 games on it. Buying a Vita to play PS4 games is a very poor reason to purchase one.

badkolo3960d ago

total nonsence, i said this many times and its why i bought 4 vitas, some for friends as i knew what was up, the vits was designed for the ps4, it will also be cheaper byt the time the ps4 takes off, remote play isa hey feature of the wiiu and the ps4 and vita will trumpt that in every regard, other then the lack of games which while will obviously change as the new cycle begins. Even if it slacks in vita games it will still survive soley based on its ability to interact with the ps4 in a meaningful way and most likely at a price point that will make it a affordable second controller for you ps4 that also does so much more and has its own games. THAT will save the vita

imXify3960d ago

What ? 4 Vitas only ? Get a fifth one. :D

Jk. I'm getting a second Vita myself. Well the modded one where you can record gameplays with it.

VitaOwner3960d ago

Lmao! So adding a new optional feature to a system will kill it?

jjb19813960d ago

Once people realize how awesome it is to be able to play battlefield 4 or any other ps4 game on a vita, some minds will change. I already own one just so I have all my favorite classic RPGs on one device whenever and wherever I feel like playing them. Streaming ps4 games is definitely a plus.

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What Will The PlayStation 6 Look Like?

While we haven't even begun to tap into the full potential of the PS5, fans are already beginning to talk about what Sony's next console, the PlayStation 6, will look like and what features it will have.

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Jin_Sakai5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

“While we haven't even begun to tap into the full potential of the PS5“

We always here this statement yet we have plenty of games that struggle to run at solid frame rates or decent resolutions.

Skuletor3d ago

The developers should know the limits of these consoles, especially this far into the gen. I'd blame them and possibly the publishers, pushing to make games as visually appealing as possible at the cost of resolution and frame rate, which is nothing new in the industry.

franwex2d ago

I may skip next gen altogether probably. We will see.

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Diablo IV is Available on PlayStation Cloud Gaming - Beats Xbox to the Punch

Diablo IV is now available to play via PlayStation Cloud Gaming! Still not available to Play on Xbox Cloud Gaming.

We ran our script again and found 15 other PS5 games (a lot of popular ones!) that got PS5 Cloud Gaming support within the last month as well.

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Hugodastrevas6d ago

Not for me, I'm 100% physical media all of the time.

jwillj2k46d ago

I hate that I have to keep calling this out, but your physical disks mean nothing if the game code attempts to connect to a server prior to playing.

Hugodastrevas6d ago

And that happens when? I'm playing completely offline here, stellar Blade to be more precise.
I'm sorry but I've never run into that imaginary problem you're talking about, I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it has never happened to me.

jwillj2k46d ago

You not running into the problem yet has no bearing on my argument. You’re acting like the medium is the shield for you being able to always play your games when it effectively is not. The game code itself can try to connect to a server or the console you’re playing on may receive an update that requires that game to connect to a server. Just because you haven’t ran into it doesn’t mean anything lol you don’t own your games no matter how you try.

Hugodastrevas6d ago

So I have never run into the problem you're talking about and your answer is an hypothetical? Look I can play any game of my library offline right now without issue.
That issue is in your mouth and alone.

Crows906d ago

Actually...there's an easy way...don't connect. If it doesn't require a connection and you don't connect...the code can't update...obviously....confused why you don't get what he's saying.

outsider16246d ago

Hold on..lets say i dnt have an online connection, can i atleast play the game offline though. Was thinking of getting this

jwillj2k45d ago

None of you use your brains.

OK, let’s explore this playing offline. not talking about Diablo specifically just gaming in general.

Are you going to buy two PlayStations? One offline one online? If not, moment you want to play something that requires a connection you’re cooked.

Does game experience you love so much stay the same offline?

Is the game even playable offline?

The whole point of my argument is that we don’t hold the keys anymore. The gatekeepers are the developers and console makers regardless of whether it’s digital or physical. You altering your play style for a lesser experience is not a workaround, it doesn’t solve the overall problem.

None of this matters since the move to the cloud is inevitable.

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spicelicka6d ago

So you have to buy the game and can only stream to the PS5 devices using PS plus premium? What is the point of that. Much more useful when you can stream to other devices.

MrNinosan6d ago

Works great on my Portal while at work 👍

spicelicka6d ago

That's streaming off your PS5, not from the cloud. This is specifically referring to cloud gaming.

CrimsonWing696d ago

Can’t you, uh, do this on your phone?

Tacoboto6d ago

Sony doesn't yet have a web or app-based solution to stream games off their cloud service, the closest you may be able to get would be Remote Play if they allow cloud streaming during a Remote session.

And yes this applies to the Portal too.

Einhander19725d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Tacoboto

Please stop talking about PlayStation Streaming, you don't know what you're talking about.

I just explained this to you the other day where you were telling people that remote play was their only cloud solution, because apparently you didn't understand how PlayStation Premium works even though PS Now was a thing since shortly after the launch PS4..

You can stream to PC and Mac, and they had mobile clients for it in the past but probably for the same reason Microsoft is fighting Apple and Google PS Now wasn't allowed on App stores. Which is why it's not on iPhone and Android still.

And to be honest, I am glad they are trying to keep it on the console, all their moves away from the console seem like a step in the wrong direction, which isn't working so great for Microsoft...

anast6d ago

Blizzard is shoving this game everywhere. Diablo 4 is going to take an even bigger hit soon. Path of exile 2 is coming out and it looks insane.

Crows906d ago

Well they're about to release the next season...I think that might be way they're pushing the game again.

anast5d ago

I mean I get what you are saying, but D4 isn't doing that well either.

UnbreakableAlex6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

I completed it on gamepass. Thanks God I dint pay it full price. It plays like a lazy mobile game. I am not a pro diablo gamer (Diablo 1 was the only one I completed) but D4 has no atmosphere, no creepy feeling and soundtrack like the first one and its so easy, I managed to not buy any weapon and had 4 Million Credits on level 55. I always used the same 4 attacks from the beginning and died maybe 10-15 times. It's so easy, wtf. I remember D1 to be pretty hard.
WTF happened? Is Diablo 3 also that bad?

jwillj2k46d ago

Diablo 3 was my first Diablo game. I had to use the mailbox cheats to keep it interesting.

Crows906d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Diablo 3 was really hard at launch....then they made it easy.

They love scaling difficulty though.

anast5d ago

D2 is the pinnacle. I still fire it up from time to time.

GrmpyolGamer 6d ago

Considering that the PS cloud steaming is garbage compared to XCloud and is limited to certain devices this isn't something to brag about. Wake me up when Diablo is on PS plus

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers17d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos17d ago (Edited 17d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken17d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g17d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing17d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H917d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola17d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66917d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle17d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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