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You Can Stream PS4 Games To PC Starting Tomorrow With Update 3.50
You’ll soon be able to stream your PlayStation 4 games to your PC or Mac. The feature is part of the 3.50 update arriving tomorrow.
In order to make use of the feature, which works similarly to PS Vita remote play, you’ll need Windows 8.1 or 10 on PC or OS X 10.10 or 10.11 on Mac. There are some drawbacks, however.
Resolution will cap at 720p if your bandwidth can handle it. It will default to 540p and can step down to 360p. Frame rates can go up to 60 if your connection can support it, but it will default to 30.
Additionally, you can only use one controller connected via USB. That means you can’t play couch co-op games away from your console.
Tomorrow’s update also brings the ability to appear offline, the oft-requested notifications when friends sign on, and other improved social features. The console update also comes with a new mobile app that incorporates user-scheduled events, Dailymotion viewing via Live from PlayStation, and more.
[Source: PlayStation Blog]
Our Take
It’s great that you can now stream to PC and Mac, but this feels more like a hack of the Vita functionality than a native solution. Only being able to connect a single controller and resolution capping at 720p even over a home network seems like there’s already room for improvement.
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