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Vita Owners: What Do You Want From Remote Play?

By on September 16, 2012

The PS Vita’s most interesting feature (to me anyway) is remote play. This literally allows you to stream things (GAMES!) from your PS3 system to your Vita over a WiFi connection. AMAZING! Many Vita owners have wondered why all games on the PS3 aren’t able to be played via remote play. This is a legitimate question (and I don’t know the answer). All I know is that finally they have added some PS3 games to the remote play list.

Okay, okay, maybe there is only one legitimate reason to use remote play right now. Yes that’s right folks, the God of War saga is playable on the Vita, using remote play. When I found this out I immediately ran out and bought a copy. I did all the content manager stuff and voilà! It was really fun to think that I’m controlling my PS3 from miles away. The game ran great. That being said, there were still some issues.

The first thing that seriously irritated the hell out of me was that remote play wont play in full screen. This was tough to get past, because I love the size of the screen on the Vita. I fooled around with all the settings then finally gave up. I decided to play the original God of War so I could get a feel for how games would run using remote play — ran perfectly! It was so cool! I played for about 2 hours and had no issues. I even saved and restarted the game to see if it would mess anything up. It didn’t.

The visuals during a remote play session aren’t the best. They seem a little cloudy but it is easily forgivable when you realize you’re playing your PS3 on the go. Aside from some small issues I would say remote play is a winner.

So what can we expect from remote play in the future? Are all the collection bundles going to run in remote play? More importantly what do we want to see in the future? I would like to see the visuals overhauled to run in full HD and full screen. As far as making every game remote play, I don’t think that would be a wise choice for the system. I feel they should concentrate more on their cross-buy promotion.

I would rather have hard (or digital) copies of games than have to connect to the internet to play. Don’t get me wrong, I really like the idea of remote play, but it does have its place, especially for people who haven’t coughed up the ridiculous amount of money for the Vita memory cards. Enough about what I think, tell me your thoughts in the comments below.

Hey guys my name is Steven Mari. I'm a 25 year old lifetime gamer. I love games and I love technology. I study at Idaho State University and I work as a Certified Surgical Technologist/Certified First Assistant at our local hospital. When I'm not gaming I work out or go mountain biking. What am I talking about?...I'm always gaming! Feel free to post me your comments good or bad I'm here to listen and get feedback so I can better steer you in the right direction in your future gaming/technology investments...PEACE!
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  • http://www.geekrevolt.com/ DeShaun Zollicoffer

    The Last of Us! I want to lay that remotely :D

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000172099718 Dominic Hunter

      It might lose some of the atmosphere though, especially when finer parts of the gameplay involve listening to subtle audio cues, like glass cracking below your feet, or a guy you’re shooting at telling his buds that “you have a fucking gun” when he runs off.

      • http://www.geekrevolt.com/ DeShaun Zollicoffer

        I was joking, just give me PS Vita games.

        • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000172099718 Dominic Hunter

          Ohhhhh…. Yeah, I should have guessed that…

          • http://www.geekrevolt.com/ DeShaun Zollicoffer

            But I know what you’re saying, it would lose some magic on the PS Vita. Games like that are better off on the big screen with a nice audio set-up :)

  • Vicente Diaz

    I want more full PS3 games working on remote play! There are so many good games I simply can’t play, there are incredibly long games like JRPGs, sanbox games, etc, that require dozens of hours I simply don’t have, but on the go, a bit here and there, I could get to play those games, I’m actually enjoying GoW which I never could get to play on PS2 (I was more of a Xbox1 guy), and nowadays at home I would prefer a full PS3 game I haven’t played already than a PS2 remake, however GoW on Vita is perfect for those that missed those games last gen. It’s a pity though than Killzone collection won’t have remote play, even more when they showed Killzone 3 remote play in last year’s E3.

    • http://www.geekrevolt.com/ DeShaun Zollicoffer

      I’d love some JRPGs, the PS Vita is severely lacking in that departement. Some sandbox games would be nice too, like Sleeping Dogs or something. I wouldn’t even mind being able to play Mass Effect 3 remotely.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Lamens-Mari/100003356665563 Steven Lamens-Mari

      Ya its a real bummer about Killzone 8( The new Killzone for the Vita looks awesome though 8)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Lamens-Mari/100003356665563 Steven Lamens-Mari

    I WANT OUTLAND AND THAT BLOODRAYNE GAME FOR THE VITA!!!