In a recent Tweet, Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida revealed that remote play for PS4 would be opened up to both PC and Mac in the near future.
Remote play is a feature that arose during the PS3 era and allowed people with a PSP and later a PS Vita to play their PS3 via a network connection.
It was a cool feature and while it was less of a draw for me compared to features like backwards compatibility, it was still a nice option to have.
The same feature also surfaced on the PS4. It was linked to either having a Vita, PlayStation TV or an Xperia phone. Well it was anyway.
Now it looks like with either a PC or a Mac you’ll be able to play your PS4 via the same method.
Naturally, the PS4 needs to be on for this to work and you need a pretty decent network connection for games to be decently playable.
However, the fact that
What with the revelation that the PS4 will soon be able to emulate PS2 games soon, it seems Sony are trying to broaden the feature set of the console.
Personally, I’d prefer to see the return of the functionally disparate mid-tier games that made consoles like the PS2 such a huge success.
That said this is not necessarily something that falls under Sony’s direct control and is more down to individual publishers.
In the meantime, the PS4 is becoming more of a rounded gaming console finally. Something that its solid sales only helps to back-up further.
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