PS Vita TV's Killer App: Remote Play 134
jfruh writes "When Sony announced the PS Vita TV yesterday, most observers saw it as competition for the Apple TV and Roku, or maybe the Ouya. But gaming writer Peter Smith views it differently; he thinks that remote play, including the ability to stream games from the upcoming PlayStation 4 console, will be the Vita TV's killer-app. In that sense, it isn't so much a low-cost replacement for casual gamers as an add-on to the high-end PS4. '[W]hen you're in the middle of a game and someone wants to watch TV, you can just grab a Vita and keep on playing. (This is similar to the popular "tablet play" feature of Nintendo's Wii U, without the Wii U's limitation of having to stay in close proximity to the base console.) ... For any Playstation 4 household with more than one TV I think the PS Vita TV will become a 'must-have' accessory; it's almost like getting a second PS4 for $100.'"
Re:Too late (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Too late (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Great idea, but... (Score:4, Informative)
Confusing summary (Score:5, Informative)
[W]hen you're in the middle of a game and someone wants to watch TV, you can just grab a Vita and keep on playing.
The way the summary is written implies that you need a Vita TV to stream to a Vita, but you don't. What the article actually says is that, instead of streaming direct to a Vita, you could instead stream to a Vita TV connected to another TV.
I can see "Vita" and "Vita TV" causing a lot of customer confusion.
Killer App? Really? (Score:3, Informative)
Uhh, my PSP was able to do this with my PS3. What's new, here?
Re:Sony wins again! (Score:3, Informative)
> but it has better controls for certain types of games
but it has better controls for SOME types of games.