PS4 Remote Play On Xperia Smartphones

[chavosaur]

Remote Play is a really neat feature in most cases. Most people Primarily game on their Wii U game pad, a basic remote play experience, and a lot of people love to stream the content on their PS4 to their Playstation Vita, which was previously the only device you COULD stream to. Until now that is!

Sony today announced the latest additions to its Xperia smartphone line and confirmed that the devices--the Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact--will be the first phones ever to support PlayStation 4 Remote Play.
What that means is you'll be able to play PS4 games directly on your smartphone over a Wi-Fi network. To hold your smartphone in place, Sony will also sell a special GCM10 Game Control Mount, though pricing has not been revealed.

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The Aforementioned Smartphones will be releasing sometime this November. Sony has also announced the new Xperia Compact Tablet, which will also support Playstation streaming.
While buying a new phone or tablet just to stream does sound far-fetched, hope can be held onto that soon other smart devices will be enabled to stream PS4 content.

 

[Foxi4]

Delivering on what they already promised and throwing in a dedicated controller mount? What is this, Christmas?

Here's the GCM10: http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/accessories/game-control-mount-gcm10/

 

[Gaming4Ever]

Remote Play on Vita is not that good....what makes em think it will be better on phones/tablets


Also $orny still makes Phones ?

 

[Foxi4]

Xperia phones are actually pretty good as of late - I have one myself.

 

[GameWinner]

Remote Play on Vita is not that good....what makes em think it will be better on phones/tablets


Also $orny still makes Phones ?

Have you tried Remote Play? I love it.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Looks like I need to sell my Xperia Z1 Compact and get a Z3 compact.

 

[Taleweaver]

So now you can experience the full potential of PS4 games on a miniature screen with touchscreen-based controls, provided I go with a sony brand of phone? Erm...I think I'll pass.
(I'd be interested if the xperia play was supported, but I guess that would be too easy. Besides...I've lost that phone ).


It would make sense on a tablet because that has a reasonable to big screen and usually a stand as well. As such, you can use it as a backup television in case your main one is taken. But on phones it really looks like technology for technology sake.

 

[Foxi4]

The whole point is to use the DS4, not touchscreen controls. If you have a PS4 to stream with, you already have a controller too.

 

[WiiUBricker]

I wonder if Remote Play on those smartphones will retain the 30 FPS limit.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Remote Play on Vita is not that good....what makes em think it will be better on phones/tablets

No idea what gave you that idea, I haven't had a single issue with Remote Play...ever.

This is interesting news. Since the phone/tablet will be running Android, we might be able to get PS4 Remote Play working on non-Xperia devices as well, similar to the Limelight app for NVidia Shield Streaming on non-Shield devices.

 

[duffmmann]

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Remote Play is a really neat feature in most cases. Most people Primarily game on their Wii U game pad, a basic remote play experience, and a lot of people love to stream the content on their PS4 to their Playstation Vita, which was previously the only device you COULD stream to. Until now that is!

Ahem, Playstation TV.

 

[Delta517]

Wish they would make a Xperia Play 2 with PS4 Remote Play instead! Loved my old Xperia Play, but had to upgrade to S3 since it got so slow and outdated compared to new phones.

 

[Duo8]

Great! Now they have even less reasons to buy a Vita.

 

[CathyRina]

Remote Play on Vita is not that good....what makes em think it will be better on phones/tablets


Also $orny still makes Phones ?

It's maybe bad on PS3 but most certainly not PS4.

 

[Terenigma]

This is pretty cool news altho it dooms the VITA even futher...

 

[Gahars]

The Xperia fan is going to be so happy!

 

[duffmmann]

The Xperia fan is going to be so happy!

All one of them!

 

[soratheultima]

Why not just say PS4 Remote Play on Xperia Z3 series phones.

Ya made me excited for no reason. (Xperia Z1)

 

[Drink the Bleach]

I wonder if Remote Play on those smartphones will retain the 30 FPS limit.

Seeing as the latest smartphones are more powerful than Vita and have way faster modems... 30FPS is probably a breeze.

 

[Gaming4Ever]

Who in their right mind is gonna enjoy playing Bloodborne or Uncharted 4 on a Display that small?

Nice try $orny but No Dice