Sony PS4 Remote Play

Remote Play with the PS4 and PSP Vita

At the reveal event for the new Sony PS4, it was mentioned a few times that the new update to Sony’s gaming console the PlayStation may be able to interact with its equivalent handheld device, the PSP Vita. The newest IP, Knack, was used by Mark Cerny, a famous video game industry figure, as a demo piece to show how the device need not be connected only to your television set. Remote Play is an option that has been available in many previous versions of the PlayStation, but had not been supported well. You may now experience a new generation of gaming where you have the option of gaming on your console while you are connected to the internet.

What’s Good and What’s Not

Live streaming theoretically allows you to use your handheld PSP while you are on the move, and yet be connected to your console at home. This is similar to the way Microsoft’s Nintendo Wii U’s new gamepad controller works. Sony is trying to bring forth this feature, as it is under-used today, and is trying to propagate the usage of this option in gaming consoles worldwide, not only restricted to their own appliances. If everything goes as expected, Remote Play could become a feasible option and may even go to become standard for any new releases related to gaming consoles or other hardware devices. The only place this option is not feasible, however, is the fact that some titles require the camera of the PS4 for the entire experience.


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References:

PS4 Gaming Requires Remote Play Compatibility
Published June 1st, 2013 - http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2013/06/01/ps4-games-require-vita-remote-play-compatib/1



PS4 Games Require Vita Remote Play
Published May 30th, 2013 - http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/30/ps-vita-remote-play-mandatory-for-all-ps4-games-3820266/



Sony Mandates Vita Remote Play
Published May 29th, 2013 - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-sony-mandates-vita-remote-play-for-ps4-games



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Sony Attacked Again, 93,000 Accounts Compromised

Yikes, it seems Sony’s PSN, SEN, & SON accounts are a hot commodity in the hacking world.

Sony’s Chief Information Security Officer, Phillip Reitinger posted on the PlayStation blog yesterday, stating that 93,000 accounts were compromised in a massive hacking attempt that involved testing a HUGE set of sign-in IDs and passwords against their network database.

Of the 93,000 accounts broken into, approximately 60,000 of them were PlayStation Network (PSN) & Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) accounts while the remaining 30,000 were Sony Online Entertainment accounts. As big of a number 93,000 is, it only makes up for less than one tenth of one percent of Sony’s PSN, SEN, & SON client base.

Thankfully, only a small number of the 93,000 accounts broken into showed any signs of activity before Sony locked them. The owners of the accounts that were compromised in this recent attack can expect an email from Sony instructing them to change their passwords.

This most recent attack only adds to the string of security breaches that Sony has suffered this year.

Back in April, Sony announced that their network had been breached, resulting in millions of their members’ personal information – including credit card numbers – winding up in the hands of the intruders and the Sony PlayStation Network being taken offline.

Due to the number of failed attempts to access accounts in the most recent attack, Sony believes that the login credentials used by the culprits were obtained from a source outside of Sony. This should serve as a reminder to everyone that it’s a bad idea to use the same passwords between multiple websites!

Hopefully cybercriminals will back off of Sony and all of these security breach newsbreaks will become a thing of the past.

To read the message posted by Phillip Reitinger, wander on over to the PlayStation blog.

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