Games Thirst – Amazing Life
Sony has mandated Vita Remote Play for all upcoming PS4 games – except those that require the use of its bundled stereoscopic camera, the PS4 Eye, a trusted developer source has told Eurogamer.
That’s great news for the fledgling console, one with remarkable power but with not many games to demonstrate what it can do. That’s all set to change if the rumor turns out to be real, which I think it is…
According to Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry, this is how remote play works:
Remote Play works by downscaling the 1080p framebuffer to the Vita’s native 960×544 resolution, using the PS4′s in-built hardware h.264 video encoder to compress the image. This is then beamed out over WiFi to the Vita, which decodes the video and sends back controller inputs to the PlayStation 4. It’s effectively OnLive cloud streaming technology relocated to the home – the difference being that image quality issues can be resolved through much higher-bandwidth video, while input latency is cut down considerably owing to the localised nature of the network.
With this help, will PS Vita sales increase? I guess the better question is, will you at least think of purchasing a Vita for remote play purposes?
