Hands-On With PS4-Vita Remote Play, Vita TV, and Slim Vita 2000

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Hands-On With PS4-Vita Remote Play, Vita TV, and Slim Vita 2000

Added: 30.09.2013 5:39 | 18 views | 0 comments

I have to say I was far more impressed with Sony's new devices than I thought I would be. Here's a rundown of what I experienced with the new Vita, the PS Vita TV, and PS4 remote play at the Tokyo Game Show.
PS4 Remote Play With Vita
I played Knack on a PS4, using a Vita 200 as my controller, and it worked without flaw. The new VitaÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËs LCD screen displayed exactly what was on the TV, and at no point did my movements feel slowed down; the user experience was largely the same as it was when I played Knack using the DualShock 4. I looked down and used the Vita as my screen sometimes, but naturally, my eyes always wandered back towards the HDTV. The VitaÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËs screen wasnÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËt necessarily bad, but compared to a large, 1080p HDTV right in front of me, there was going to be an obvious preference. This seems to be a nice sign that, at least until you get the dough for multiple DualShock 4's, you can use a Vita as your second controller in some games.
Here's a video of the lady who played Knack before me. She's using a Vita as her PS4 controller.

PlayStation Vita TV I played the action RPG Soul Sacrifice Delta on SonyÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËs Vita TV, in a group with four people. My controller was a PS3 DualShock 3, and I was playing on an HDTV, while my three teammates were playing on Vita 2000s. The link up was flawless, and I never noticed any lag — and you know me, I was watching for it like a hawk. A hawk that watches things like a Hindman. I probably looked insane the way I kept looking frantically back and forth from my TV screen to my neighborsÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žË Vita screens, checking for the slightest hint of slowdown. I never saw any, though. When a companion fell, I even watched his screen to control my character; it worked just fine. The three Vitas plus Vita TV linked together even better than IÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËd expected.