Sony has announced a new “remote play” feature for the PS Vita, which will allow PlayStation 4 games to be played directly on the Vita. “Our long term goal is to make every PS4 title playable on the Vita,” the company says. It’s a strategy similar to what we’ve seen on the Nintendo Wii U and Nvidia’s Project Shield, where home console or PC games can be streamed to a smaller second screen. Though we’re not sure exactly how it works yet, Sony says it’s integrated Gaikai technology that “effectively makes it a game server.” Unfortunately, there appears to be no similar support for tablets, which effectively limits remote play to people who have gone all-in on Sony’s ecosystem.
Sony adds instant ‘remote play’ of PlayStation 4 games on PS Vita
is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011.
Update: Sony’s official press release states that the “long-term goal” is to make “almost every PS4 title” playable on the Vita using the remote play option over Wi-Fi. That’s hedging a bit from what we heard in today’s presentation, but there’s still a lot of time for Sony to get this working before the PlayStation 4’s planned launch in late 2013.
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