Remote Play remains one of the most criminally under advertised features of the PlayStation 4. As Nintendo Wii U owners will attest, the ability to play home console quality games while using the bathroom is a massive boon. And, if a recent test by YouTube user The Phawx is anything to go by, the nifty feature may have other uses, too.
The intrepid Sony fan trekked into downtown Manhattan – approximately ten miles away from his home console – then tethered his handheld to a T-Mobile cell phone, opened the PS4 Link app, and played a few seconds of the gorgeous launch title Resogun. The results are remarkably functional.
The Phawx's LTE network was downloading at approximately six megabits-per-second, with an upload speed of 1.8mbps and a ping of about 38 milliseconds. This translated to a delay of roughly 150 milliseconds. All these incomprehensible numbers basically mean that while the game wasn't running perfectly, it was – at the very least – playable.
Most importantly of all, though, this means that it may even be possible to use Remote Play in public bathrooms as well. Welcome to the next generation of video games, ladies and gentlemen. Do you plan on exploiting this new gimmick, or do you think that it belongs in the toilet? Sound off in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com, via eurogamer.net, polygon.com]
Comments 13
This is really impressive.
Well there goes my 3Gb data plan :/
My office is about 2 miles away from home. I'll be trying it
I have a 4GB plan and I can't just put the Sim card in the Vita, I have to have something like an android device to create a hotspot. Also the 3G dos not let me to download big games from the store. What's the point of making the 3G edition then?
Anyway even after the hustle remote play seems to work as advertised. Anyway I was mostly planning to use indoors but if it works great I may use it in my girlfriend's of my father's hometown.
I have unlimited 3G data but I'm guessing this might only work effectively on 4G but i'll give it a go anyway. I've been looking to buy a vita as a cool addition to the PS4, this is awesome.
Sounds well COOL
I played this last night. It's absolutely gorgeous! I love the arcade feel too. It reminded me of Galaga which is one of my all time favorites.
Sweet, this is looking great, I hope games that makes heavy use R/L 2 (and possibly 3) won't suffer too much on the Vita though.
I hope someone has a Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal on Vita if they do well then I will have something to do on my breaks at work.
Ohh I might finally actually use some bandwidth.
But 13 days....
i can play kz almost lag free over 20miles away from home but for some reason cant remote start it
Now that's awesome!
@megacarlos so the max is OVER 20?!?? Wonder why this is x5 better than the Wii U? Not that it really matters most won't have a use for this.
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