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Virginie Fayad
Does anyone have one of the new M1 Macs and have you tried to use PlayStation remote play on that machine? I am considering an M1 MacBook Air and want to verify the current state of PS Remote Play compatibility. Anyone have any first hand experience with this?
I think the latest test build of macOS supports the controllers, but last I knew the desktop remote play app only runs on Intel build. I am sure it runs in Rosetta 2 but I wonder if everything works properly.
Sony has worked wonders on the new and improved Remote Play app for the PS5. My PS4 is getting as much use these days as my PS5 thanks to the ability to play both last-gen and current-gen games in multiple rooms. What's more, mobile remote play feels even better than Steam remote play on mobile. The PS5 is the center of a remarkable multi-platform PlayStation ecosystem.
Remote Play isn't exclusive to the PS5. The PS4 offered remote play for mobile and PC, as well as the discontinued PlayStation TV. I never had a good experience with any of these devices or apps. The PlayStation TV, like the Steam Link before it, was ahead of its time. Even with a wired connection to the PS4, 30 Mbps download speed, and a short distance between the PS4 and the PlayStation TV, the streaming box was never able to provide a stable, lag-free HD experience.
That's not the case at all with the PS5 streaming app. My PS5 is on a 5 GHz wifi connection in my living room while my PS4 is on a wired connection one floor up and on the opposite side of my house. Even over WiFi, the stream is absolutely flawless. I've been playing Demon's Souls on my PS4 all week and have not had one moment of input lag or stuttering, and have only seen momentary pixelation one time.
Remote Play has kept my PS4 useless and relevant for much longer than I expected it to. When Sony revealed that the PS5 would be backwards compatible with practically the entire PS4 library, I expected my PS4 would end up collecting dust or traded into Gamestop for a few bucks. With the Remote Play app, I essentially have two PS5s. I intend to keep the PS4 in my office as my remote PS5 for this entire console generation. If it burns out, I would definitely consider replacing it with another used PS4.
What's even more impressive is using remote play on a mobile device. I'm a big fan of playing games on mobile, and the PS Remote Play app works just as good as Game Pass and Stadia. Unlike those streaming apps, the PlayStation app only works with a Dualshock 4 controller. I have phone mounts for Stadia and Steelseries controllers, as well as the Razer Kishi, but I'm not keen on getting yet another phone controller mount and switching controllers when I play games on different platforms.
The solution is the PSPLAY app. Though it is a paid app ($5.99 USD), it will allow you to use any controller and it offers an even more stable stream. Without ever disconnecting my phone from the Razer Kishi, I can use Xbox Game Pass, Stadia, Steam Link, Geforce NOW, and PSPLAY. The app also offers over-the-internet streaming. It's a bit trickier and you need to configure your router in a certain way, but with the app you can stream your PS5 anywhere.
I'm not sure why the desktop app is so much worse than these other apps. I've been testing it on both the PS5 and the PS4 and every game is a stuttering mess. The PC app won't even stream the base PS4 in 1080p, only 720p. PS5 streaming is extremely pixelated and laggy. It would be great to be able to stream the PS5 to laptops and desktops, but between mobile and the PS4, there are plenty of great options for streaming the PS5 anywhere in your house.
Starting with mobile, I was instantly impressed with how quick it was to boot not only the interface but each game as well. Having to wait for minutes, and go through multiple attempts at times, had really diminished my desire to play on PlayStation, but the snappy response here enticed me to jump into games way more due to just how easy it was.
That small experience showed me that the visual quality held steady, but more importantly, so did the delay. Unlike remote play on PS5, the delay on Xbox Cloud Gaming never felt like it fluctuated. Perhaps, I thought, if it was a consistent delay, I might be able to eventually adapt to it, like learning to play with inverted controls. It would be awkward and uncomfortable at first, but over time I hoped it would become second nature.
PS Plus Premium is adding a new feature next month that will allow subscribers to cloud stream select PlayStation 5 games. The initial list includes heavy hitters like Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Horizon Forbidden West. Sony is targeting an October 30 launch in North America.
Cloud streaming has been one of the primary selling points of PS Plus since its relaunch last year. Subscribers can use the feature to access several games in the service's catalog, including PlayStation 3 games. The new feature will now extend that technology to newer PS5 releases, with Sony saying it plans to make "hundreds" of games streamable.
Starfield is the highest-profile Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S game since Halo Infinite, but the game isn't locked to those two consoles. Thanks to cloud gaming and Microsoft's more open-ended mentality of making its games available on a wide variety of platforms, you don't have to own one of Microsoft's current-gen systems or have the Xbox app installed on your PC.
No, it's not on PS5 or Nintendo Switch, but if you want to play Starfield while it's at the center of the video game industry zeitgeist, here are some places where it's playable other than the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series X, and Xbox PC app.
Steam
The most obvious choice if you want to play Starfield elsewhere is to pick it up on Steam. While Microsoft does have a proprietary PC launcher of its own, Microsoft now consistently releases its own games through Valve's launcher. Bethesda joined Xbox Game Studios in 2021 and has a long history of making its games available on Steam as well, so it's not too surprising that Starfield is available on the platform.
Starfield already proving quite popular on the platform too, having peaked at 266,000 concurrent players, according to SteamDB at the time I'm writing this. If you're looking for a way to play Starfield natively on the hardware you own without using a Microsoft platform or service, this is your best option. It'll run on Steam Deck too, although that's not the only way to experience Starfield on the go.
Xbox Game Pass app on Android
Sony finally revealed more details about its upcoming handheld, now called PlayStation Portal, but these announcements have soured my opinion on the device rather than hyped me up for it. I enjoy cloud gaming and have used a variety of services like Google Stadia, Amazon Luna, and Xbox Cloud Gaming - across my phone and even dedicated devices like the Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld. Because of that, I was really excited to see what PlayStation could do as it entered the space. Unfortunately, some specific exclusions from PlayStation Portal's functionality that make it more of a remote-play device rather than a cloud gaming handheld indicate that Sony has a fundamental misunderstanding about what people would want out of a PlayStation game streaming handheld.
Namely, the device's positioning as primarily a "remote play dedicated device" and the exclusion of PlayStation Plus Premium cloud gaming compatibility drastically shrinks the number of reasons people should pick the device up. Cloud gaming and devices built around it have been around long enough to show that an inclusive approach to the number of services, games, and kinds of game streaming available is vital to success, and for a $200 handheld, PlayStation Portal seems like it's excluding way too much.
Narrowing its appeal
Remote play differs from what's more ubiquitously referred to as cloud gaming players are running the games on their own consoles rather than a third-party console or server. Still, it's a form of streaming games over a Wi-Fi connection, typically through an app on a phone or device like the Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld. That means you'll have to stick around your own home to use the PlayStation Portal, and its game library is limited to whatever the user owns on the console. That's limiting (it's like if Steam Deck only ran Steam Link) but does have some use cases. Still, it doesn't necessarily feel like it warrants a dedicated $200 device over a phone and a nice mobile controller like the Razer Kishi V2 or Backbone One - PlayStation Edition; haptic feedback and adaptive triggers only go so far.
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PS Remote Play is an app that turns your Android into another tool that can interact with your PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5. You can use the screen of the device as the display for the console without the need for a TV, but you can also turn it into a PS4 or PS5 remote controller, allowing you to navigate through the console's menus or play your favorite games.
You will need several requirements to take full advantage of PS Remote Play. First of all, if you want to use your Android device with a DualShock 4 controller, you'll need Android 10 or higher, while if you're considering using a DualSense (the PS5 controller), you'll need Android 12. DualSense Edge, on the other hand, requires Android 14. Also, of course, you will need a PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 console updated to the latest version, an active PlayStation Network subscription, and a stable, high-speed Internet connection.
Some of the most useful features of PS Remote Play are, perhaps, the least showy, the least spectacular. For example, the app allows you to use the keyboard of your Android device to enter text in the console, which is much more convenient than using the controller. Similarly, another simple but incredibly useful feature allows you to join any voice chat using the microphone of the Android device. As a result, you won't need to play with headphones or a larger microphone nearby. You will simply be able to use your Android device directly.
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