On the Online Status option, players can choose to “Appear Offline”, with further settings that could let players appear offline either as they log-in or at any time they choose, as per the PlayStation Blog. With the “Play Together” feature, you can see what other players in your party are playing, and then join their sessions. The scheduled event feature can be shared with friends, a group, or a community.
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It has been just under five months since Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, said that PlayStation 4 would be getting official PC and Mac remote play support, and now that update will finally be arriving tomorrow.
The remote play features will work with computers running Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 or later. With a default definition of 540p and 30 images per second, it’s much lower than the best definition you can get on the PS4 with well-optimized games (1080p and 60 frames per second). One Dualshock 4 controller can be used in Remote Play, and needs to be connected to the PC or Mac via USB cable. While there’s nothing like playing a game natively on a big TV, PC streaming can be helpful when someone’s using that TV for something else, or you want to hang out in a different part of the house.
Sony has announced a new system software update for the PS4 which is set to go live tomorrow.
The decision to bring Remote Play to PCs and Macs comes after Microsoft introduced a remote gameplay feature for the Xbox One, allowing Xbox games to be played using a PC that runs Windows 10.
From a social perspective, PlayStation 4 firmware 3.5 allows users to change their status between appearing online or appearing offline. Users who registered will be added automatically to the gameplay session. The new development is possible through the anticipated PS4 Remote Play app that now available on Windows and Mac OS X.
“Remote play” is possible through a fast internet network, however, the PS4 will alter the resolution of the stream to match the user’s connection speed.
On April 6, the rollout of firmware 3.50 for the PS4 begins.
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