| AgentZorn said: The problem with remote play on the PS4 is that you need to buy other acessories in order to use the feature. It will never take off because of the price needed to use remote play. |
Yes, you do need to buy accessory for remote play (Vita being only one at the moment) - that's why it's not the main or even necessary feature, but additional convenience for those who would like to have it, and convenience being the main word here; it does nothing but let you play off your TV, so if that's what you need/desire there is a solution for that.
| JWeinCom said: Thanks for the link. As for the Gamepad, having it integrated with the system is a huge difference from having it as an add on. Remote play for instance would be impossible for 99% of games if you're using a tablet. Out of the games we've seen in Nintendo Land, perhaps 1/3 of the games could be replicated using the tablets. If you want to make a game that truly utilizes the functions of a peripheral, then you need to be sure that every gamer on a system has that peripheral, or else you're severaly limiting your audience. There is a reason that the Move and the Kinect didn't catch on (or caught on then died off very quickly). |
Not any tablet, either Sony's potential gaming tablet, or 3rd party tablets like WikiPad, or any tablet in combo with gaming controller add-ons - as I mentioned earlier, I see Remote Play alike approach as convenience for those who want/need it, not like something that should be the main feature, so no extra game features would be actually possible in that scenario, other than playing a game off your TV.
So in line of what I said in my original post, I think Gamepad in that fictional case should've been what Remote Play is for PS4 - just a convenience, and main focus should've been keeping Wii like approach, but with adding bit more "mainstream" into the mix, with Game Pro controller and more IPs that cater to "core", all while having hardware that is actually capable of running all (or most) future 3rd party titles.
Well, at least, that's just my opinion...
