PlayStation 4 Games Must Support Remote Play On PS Vita
May 29, 2013
The Sony PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable can link up wirelessly in a wonderful way called Remote Play that enables certain PS3 games to be playable on the PSP. The PS Vita continues that function now with the PS3, bringing more advanced games like God of War to the Vita via network connectivity. It's a fantastic function and extends the PSP and Vita libraries. The key problem is that only a few games support Remote Play. A feature is only as useful as the software it supports. Thankfully, Sony is working to improve Remote Play between the PlayStation 4 and the Vita. The company's Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed on Twitter that all PS4 games (within technological reason) must support Remote Play.
@mrdawe Yes, it's true unless the game requires specific hardware like the camera. It will be great to play PS4 games on PS Vita.
— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) May 29, 2013
This is spectacular news. I've spent many evenings before falling asleep playing games on my Vita, and while Remote Play is a great feature, many games that I would expect to support it do not. Knowing that the future PS4 library will be ready to go for the Vita is a great thing and I applaud Sony for pushing developers to make this happen. It must involve some extra work, but I believe the audience will appreciate and reward it.