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nemo37 on 04 December 2017
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DonFerrari said:
zorg1000 said:

How do you know he has a Vita or a stable internet connection when hes not at home?

He is talking about playing in his bad, how is his internet relevant in this case? And I gave as first option just clicking the home button on the PS4 controller and it will turn on very fast already in the game.

nemo37 said:

I tried the Vita option for both PS4 streaming and PSNow streaming (when it was available on Vita) and the latency was somewhat high and the lack of certain buttons did not make it a very compelling experience. My next attempt was with a smartphone, Dualschock 4 controller, and the PS4; the latency here was much lower but it was only really practical (I tried exposing the PS4 through my router so that I could connect to it from data or while using an external Wi-Fi and the latency was so high that it was unplayable) when at home and it still felt more awkward than using the Switch.

With the Switch I can just play it anywhere without having to connect to a network and worry about latency, etc. It is just a much better solution both at home and especially on-the go.

I was able to play some games (I used the simpler ones) in the Vita both in house and outside (on the outside I fully agree it wasn't a good experience, but Brazil internet isn't really good... from what we know in Japan it the system works well for this).

For portability yes Vita is better at playing Vita games than PS4 games, that is know. And Switch offer a better experience for consoles being portable (expected when it had more technology evolution to use).

But the point he was making is playing in his bed not everywhere.

In a bed setting it works fine. I actually use the smartphone + DS4 setup for my PS4 (which is not even connected to TV just to the PSVR headset) most of the time and it works fairly well (I have it so that the controller connects directly to the PS4 as opposed to go through the smartphone and then the PS4; I found that makes things far more responsive), so far I have used it to play Horizon Zero Dawn and Ratchet and Clank and it works well. From a setup point, though I will still say the Switch is a bit more convenient (I also don't have to worry about family members slowing down the local network by downloading stuff; although this can be avoided if Sony lets smartphones connect directly to the PS4 in the same manner as the Vita as opposed to going through a router).