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TheSixthAxis: Hands On With PlayStation TV

TSA: "PlayStation TV is one of the most impressive pieces of kit I’ve seen. It’s primary focus in Western markets is for Remote Play – Sony are pushing it as a multi-room solution for your PS4, so that you can jump from playing a game on the big screen in your sitting room to another screen in your bedroom, gaming room or elsewhere."

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twdll3615d ago

I like it. Sounds like a winner if Sony plays it right, and does not fill it with ads and other bloatware everywhere. Speaking of ads, I wish if you were a subscriber to PSN that PSN ads did not show. Wishful thinking.

Omegasyde3615d ago

Uh, those PSN ads aren't intrusive i.e. show up on the main dashboard. Not sure what you are pointing to.

twdll3615d ago (Edited 3615d ago )

PSN ads are all over PSN. I am saying that it would be good to not see ANY PSN ads on PSN if you already have it. On my PS3 it is much less than on the PS4, and that makes for a less "intrusive" experience. It seems like ever since PS4 Sony is getting more hungry with ads everywhere. I prefer an ad free experience since Im paying money for the service.

Drekken3615d ago

twdlld, You can start complaining about ads when McDonalds, Burger King, Mountain Dew, and Dorito ads show up.

REDGUM3615d ago

An ad is an ad!
Who cares where it pops up?
Just my opinion!

REDGUM3615d ago (Edited 3615d ago )

Oops. Double post!

twdll3615d ago (Edited 3615d ago )

Im saying its like this... I have a Grooveshark account and I pay for it. It has NO advertisements. My ps4 PSN account is paid as well, it has advertisements (most of which I dont mind) but I dont want to see GET PSN PLUS everywhere when I already have it. Kinda like a better experience for those who have PS PLUS. Just sayin.

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jtsventor3615d ago

Especially with a $99 price tag this is a great value. This will be the only known way to get my Vita games like Killzone, Dragons Crown etc... on my TV which I've been waiting for. With PS Now and a PS4 in my home this should be awesome. I hope it will also allow me to play Vita games multiplayer with my Vita so I can invite friends over.

Whxian3615d ago

there is another way however its an expensive mod that would double the price of the vita, so this will be a cheaper solution.

KwietStorm_BLM3615d ago

Are you talking about ads in the store? Advertising things on sale in the store? Because there's nothing on the home screen. What do you mean by all over PSN?

GrandTheftZamboni3615d ago

Ads in the store? Stop the madness!!!

Th4Freak3615d ago

I suspect you have never seen the PSV PSN because the only ads you see are in the dashboard but once you open the app (store) there are no ads...

Conzul3615d ago

Actually PSV has some intrusive advertising on the app-switching page. Always along the bottom.
The one you press and hold the PS button to access.

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Anon19743615d ago (Edited 3615d ago )

I used to have two PS3's, one for my home entertainment system downstairs in my den and one upstairs in my living room. For me, PSTV is worth $100 bucks to me as a PS4 extender alone. The fact that I can play many of my Vita games on the bigger TV is just icing on the cake.

I can certainly see these things being popular with parents also looking for a cheap console to put in their kids room, or something portable that they could take on vacation with them. Both my brothers picked up new rv's this year with TV's in them and I'm seriously considering getting them each a PSTV for Christmas for their campers so the kids have them for rainy days and can still play with them at home as well.

Edit: Just read that, assuming your internet connection is fast enough these things will stream PS4 over the internet as well like the Vita can do. That's a nice plus. Too bad it won't play media off a usb device as well. That's really the only thing extra I can think that would be nice to have. They have Netflix on everything else, including the Vita. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before they have this on PSTV as well.

darthv723615d ago (Edited 3615d ago )

streaming the ps4 is the least of my desires for this device. i want it to play vita games on a bigger screen. i do that now with my PSP Go hooked to a tv and using an extra sixaxis controller.

But the beauty of the Go is i can undock it and keep playing. I was really expecting sony to make a vita with tv out but this is just as good.

What i am most interested in is if i can pop out the memory card from the vita and put it into this device an still play the games saved to it.

i know that with the PSP, if you dl a game to the memory card in one PSP and then tried to put that card into another psp it would not let those games play. something to do with the way the games are locked to the originating system so i hope its much easier with vita to pstv.

i will read the article now and see if that is addressed.

Anon19743615d ago (Edited 3615d ago )

I didn't see them mention it in this article, but I believe before with the Vita TV in Japan they said you could just switch the cards between Vita and VitaTV and keep playing the same games. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure I read that somewhere. I hope that's correct, because that would be a concern for me as well. When I'm playing Rayman on my Vita, I'd like to continue the same game I'm playing on my PSTV.

As for issues with games that require the touch screen heavily like Tearaway, too bad the Vita can't simply act as a PSTV controller. I'd love to just fire up my Vita and have it output to a TV screen wirelessly. :)

darthv723615d ago

dark...i would think that with the vita being bluetooth compatible, sony could implement some sort of fw update that allows you to pair the vita to the pstv for use as a controller.

that would be ideal. Maybe sony has been playing around with that option but have not quite gotten it to work right. in time though...i could see them making it work.

Killzoner993615d ago

"PlayStation TV is one of the most impressive pieces of kit I’ve seen."
Was there ever any doubt? This is Sony we're talking about. Playstation TV will no doubt be successful , I just hope Sony can keep up with demand.

barb_wire3615d ago

Let's just hope Sony supports PSTV.. cause they did a lackluster job with the PSP and now they're repeating it with the Vita.

KwietStorm_BLM3615d ago

PSP had great support. It was the hackers that moved developers away, and Sony isn't or can't do much about that.

hkgamer3615d ago

demand is not going to be that high. its just the practicality i think. i mean look at its competitors and its ui and apps, then compare it to the vita/pstv. its definitely lacking in on demand video apps.

the ui is not suitable for tv screen.

the only plus side is that it can play many games such as psone, psp games. stream ps2 &3 through now in the near future. stream ps4 games if you have a ps4. only bad side is the limited vita games that may or may not work.

i'll get this once it has atleast the channels i have from the ps3/4.

Omegasyde3615d ago

Sorta like how they dropped support for PS move....

Clown_Syndr0me3615d ago

Ill buy this as I want to play Vita Games, but zi don't want a Vita. I wont use the PS4 extension features, but its great to know theyre there if there's ever a change in my circumstances.

hkgamer3615d ago (Edited 3615d ago )

you may have compatability issues, since many vita games require the use of the fron or rear touchpad. not sure if that problem has been resolved yet.

update

@darkride66

i know it does sound stupid, but they should allow vita users to use their vita as a controller. i know many people that would love to play some vita games staring at a big screen.

Anon19743615d ago (Edited 3615d ago )

Obviously some games aren't going to be able to port over. While some touch screen controls can be mapped to button layouts, really...what can you do with a game like Tearaway that uses the Vita's camera and both front and back touch? There's really no way to make that work on a single controller.

Or rubbing etchings on Uncharted, or when you have to hold your Vita up to the light to see through an image as part of the puzzle solving. You'd just have to be able to skip over those, or remove them altogether to make it work.

Unless they made the Vita an optional controller for PSTV. :) Of course, that wouldn't help Clown above who doesn't particularly want a Vita.

Clown_Syndr0me3615d ago

Well if that's the case I wont buy it. But its been out in Japan for a while and I wasn't aware of any problems.
I wont lose sleep over it, but if they make all (or atleast most) games compatible somehow then ill definately buy it, if not ill pass.

@darkride Id only get a Vita if I could stream to the TV, without the use of an extra peripheral. I wouldn't buy both PS TV and a Vita for example.

Spotie3614d ago

Why don't you just buy a damn Vita? That doesn't make any sense.

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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

jwillj2k46d 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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