"Remote Play" function explored!

by Nick Doerr { Oct 3rd 2006 at 9:30PM }

So we got a lot of comments asking what this "Remote Play" feature was on the PS3 as listed on its translated interface menu. Thanks to our fellow Sony-addicts over at PSPFanboy, we've got a little more to tell you. With "Remote Play", you can stream data onto your PSP from your PS3 -- both video and game content. Does this mean you can take your PSP into the bathroom and continue playing the PS3 game in a more, erm, private setting? No time to waste, right? We're not sure if you can do that yet, but it seems fairly likely, so long as the image is all that's depicted on the PSP, leaving all the processing for the bigger, badder PS3 a room away.

Will we be able to stream Blu-ray movies onto the PSP, or UMD movies onto the PS3? Don't really know. But we do know that this capability is thanks to Wi-Fi, meaning you'll have to scrounge up that extra $100 for the premium PS3. Not like you'll find any of the 20GB models anyway. So there's your answer! Remote Play is streaming data between PSP's and the PS3.

Tags: Playstation 3, Playstation Portable, Playstation3, PlaystationPortable, PS3, PSP, Sony, XMB

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ozymandias @ Oct 3rd 2006 9:37PM

Now this is cool. Good job sony.

Adam @ Oct 4th 2006 2:39AM

Uh hello Live Anywhere..

belz @ Oct 4th 2006 6:33AM

What is it about moronic xbots, that they cant help themselves.

What the hell has this got to do with Live Anywhere?

Can you watch films on the toilet with L.A.? yeh, well bully for you.

Can you access your 360's harddrive from the other side of the planet? Yeh, well I'm in ecstasy for you.

Does it stop you from from being a tit? Unfortunately not.

bxbailey @ Oct 4th 2006 7:20AM

You don't need to have wifi or the (60GB) model to use this feature, you just have to have the PS3 networked which , just like the location free player. So you can do this with the (20GB) version if you wanted, although you would need wifi on your home router to connect the PSP to it while you're at home.

deter1ii @ Oct 4th 2006 9:15AM

I am the ultimate evil, I am a 360/Wii/PS3fanboy, not in any order. This is the ultimate shiz-nit. I cant believe it this is great. With my blue-tooth for my 360, when nature calls all I can do is keep performing spells to increase my levels in Oblivion (which I cant wait to see on the PS3), With this I can *cough* remote desktop *cough* to my television and continue to play my game, What an AWESOME world we live in.

Kevin @ Oct 4th 2006 1:13PM

"Can you watch films on the toilet with L.A.? yeh, well bully for you."

GL with getting those blu-ray movies onto your 1 gig memory stick. Ontop of that try getting PS1 games consisting of multiple cd's on your 512 mb stick. Good thinking there bud.

Matt @ Oct 4th 2006 12:47PM

I figure you have about a year to wait to actually see this happen.
http://psp.ign.com/articles/734/734850p1.html
HAI!

get over it @ Oct 4th 2006 2:00PM

"GL with getting those blu-ray movies onto your 1 gig memory stick. Ontop of that try getting PS1 games consisting of multiple cd's on your 512 mb stick. Good thinking there bud."

you do get the concept of streaming content right?

that's the concept being discussed... try and keep up.

D @ Oct 4th 2006 2:11PM

Kevin, what are you talking about needing to fit a blu-ray movie onto a memory stick? what belz was refering to when he said:

"Can you watch films on the toilet with L.A.? yeh, well bully for you."

was that with the remote play feature you could stream a blu-ray movie playing on your PS3 onto your PSP (and could therefore be sitting on the can while you watched).

AG @ Oct 4th 2006 2:17PM

Notice the name of the site, PS3fanboy...

So you 360/Wii fanboys look like idiots posting comments here. So why is it that your here? Either your a hypocrite and plan on buying a system or you have nothing better to do than rant and rave about how bad the PS3 is. If your systems are so interesting, why aren't some of you on your own fansites.

Repsode @ Oct 4th 2006 3:44PM

Sorry to be a killjoy but sadly PS3 on PSP gaming won't happen. No motion sensor for a start (though that could be fixed with a peripheral) and a lack of buttons. With half the shoulder buttons and only one analog stick the games would be imppossible to play even if the transmission of the visuals is technically possible. Shame, it would have been awesome too.

Soma @ Oct 5th 2006 2:28AM

@11
minimal play would still be fun... theres plenty of games out there im sure that you can get by with only psp buttons.. also remember that the psp was largely considered during develpoment in the ps3, so im sure they thought of that(ways to associate different ps3 buttons to the psp buttons maybe?)

Also remember that Gran Tourismo can use the psp for a rear view mirror (lol) im sure yourll see more stuff like that.
Maps, stats, HUD... iono we'll see right?