I tried a handful of top PlayStation 4 games of varying genres and styles across multiple performance settings and connections-and by and large, Remote Play worked really well. And games still look great at 720p, anyway.
The lack of 1080p streaming is disappointing, but it’s not surprising at all: The higher the settings, the more likely you are to encounter fun-killing lag and other hitches. It’s set to Standard on both counts by default, but you should experiment between the two based on the performance you’re seeing. You can’t watch streaming or disc-based media, however, presumably due to piracy concerns. You’re effectively taking over the console from afar, and can do nearly everything you could do there: Play games, interact with friends, purchase new games, and more. The free PS4 Remote Play app helps you get up and running within minutes.Ĭlick the button to connect to the PlayStation 4 over the internet, and voila, you should have the PS4 interface on your screen within moments.
Make sure your PS4 is powered on, and then link the DualShock 4 controller up to your Mac via a USB charging cable-yes, it must be wired for Remote Play. Make sure your PlayStation 4 has the latest system software version (3.50, as of this writing), then hit this link to grab the Mac installer for PS4 Remote Play. But Remote Play is absolutely dependent on network quality, which can be a frustrating variable depending on your situation. When it works well, the results are startling: You’ve got stunning, exciting PlayStation 4 games running on your Mac, even if your hardware couldn’t possibly run native games at that quality. All the computing is still done on your game console, with your interactions rapidly transmitted to the PS4 and the gameplay footage just as speedily sent back to your screen. In fact, this week’s update marks the first time that non-Sony hardware can be used to tap into Remote Play, as any Mac or PC that can run the app can feasibly run PlayStation 4 games. Remote Play is available for Sony phones, but sadly not for iOS devices-yet, at least. And Sony has also brought the feature to some of its own Android smartphones and tablets, although not to other mobile devices just yet. Now you can play top-tier PS4 games, along with digital indies and old-school reissues, on the Vita wherever you are. That changed when the PlayStation 4 came out, as Sony mandated Remote Play functionality with the Vita. That feature was later extended to the PlayStation Vita handheld, but few PlayStation 3 games ultimately supported it. Remote Play actually traces back nearly a decade to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable (PSP) handhelds, as Sony offered functionality that let you stream PS3 games to the portable system over the internet. If you’ve got the connection for it, PS4 Remote Play is an awesome perk for console owners.
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