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One of the big questions that was left on the table about the remote play feature that will establish a connection between PS4 and PS Vita, is if it’ll work only via local wi-fi or also online like it did (rather poorly) for the PSP, allowing you to stream your game even when you’re not at home.


Looks like fans of the feature have a reason to rejoice, as Sony Worldwide Studio President Shuhei Yoshida basically confirmed that it’ll be possible by answering a question on twitter:

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According to a You must login or register to view this content. by Digital Foundry the hurdle of compressing and downscaling the game’s video and audio will be taken over by the PS4′s built-in hardware h.264 video encoder, removing the necessity to burden the main hardware with it like it happened on the PS3.


Of course, as Yoshida-san says, the quality of the internet access on the Vita will still be a big factor, as the streamed video will be still in the Vita’s native 960×544 resolution, which takes quite a bit of bandwidth (more than the PSP remote play functionality did), but being able to access a good wi-fi hotspot anywhere and play your games streamed from the PS4 at home will still be a hell of a good selling point for both consoles.

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It's brilliant news, I am actually glad I bought a Vita now this should make things more interesting.

same mines been alittle it of a dust magnet at the moment, got too many ps3 games to play no time for the vita yet xD

Haha it's the same for me really, this new feature though I will probably wear my Vita out! Got to love Sony!

yeah same, specially when im in the bath or somewhere with a hotspot and fancy playing my ps4 game

Sneaky break at work

haha yeah you know