PlayStation TV

[Kong Wen]

The PS Blog has a new post on PS TV with an official North American release date of 14 October. It mostly confirms what we already know about the system, including:

• Plays compatible Vita games (where control/interface isn't an obstacle) including digital games and physical Vita cards.
• Plays PSN games compatible with Vita, including digital PSP games and PSOne Classics.
• Plays PS3 games via PS Now.
• Plays PS4 games via Remote Play.

One little piece of text raised a red flag for me, though. The blog says we can "use Remote Play to stream a remote play enabled PS4 game from your console to a PS TV over a wired internet connection." Remote Play usually works via wifi as well on normal Vita units, so I wonder if this is an error, a strong recommendation, or a new requirement (maybe they canned the wifi in the hardware for space or price constraints?). If it's wired only, I may have to cancel my pre-order.

[Sharecrow]

I saw that wired wording used on another site as well (though likely they just lifted it from here). That's definitely concerning. That's what it says, though...what a horrible product design decision if they did that...

[Kong Wen]

I saw that wired wording used on another site as well (though likely they just lifted it from here). That's definitely concerning. That's what it says, though...what a horrible product design decision if they did that...

Just got clarification from the Sony guy on the blog that it also works with wifi. It's been out in Japan for a year or so and it uses wifi there, too. So that's good news.

[Sharecrow]

Did yours come with three electronic games like the European ones have or will? That may be something I end up getting for my kids room either way - just curious.

[Kong Wen]

Did yours come with three electronic games like the European ones have or will? That may be something I end up getting for my kids room either way - just curious.

No. The basic $99 edition comes with no games, and the $139 edition I got comes with a download code for Lego: The Movie: The Video Game or whatever. (Plus an 8GB card and a PS3 controller.)

[kitroplious]

Did yours come with three electronic games like the European ones have or will? That may be something I end up getting for my kids room either way - just curious.

No. The basic $99 edition comes with no games, and the $139 edition I got comes with a download code for Lego: The Movie: The Video Game or whatever. (Plus an 8GB card and a PS3 controller.)

If I had money for the bundle, I would sell the Lego Movie: The Video Game and replace it with something like Gravity Rush instead.

[Kong Wen]

If I had money for the bundle, I would sell the Lego Movie: The Video Game and replace it with something like Gravity Rush instead.

Gravity Rush isn't currently compatible because of all the touch & tilt controls (although I don't know what happens if you try to download and play it... it might let you, and you just get stuck not being able to control it. I should test that out.)

I got my PSTV setup last night, updated to the new firmware, and got Lego downloaded. I'm probably going to take it for a full test drive tonight, including some Netflix streaming from the PS4 in the basement via Remote Play.

[squishy]

Just grabbed the PSTV bundle with Lego Movie Videogame and the Dualshock 3 for $49. Downloaded Chaos Rings off PSMobile since its shutting down and that was the only thing I saw that looked interesting. Any suggestions on games to look into? I like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Mostly I game on Nintendo systems, so this is for the few things I can't get there. Looking at getting the PSOne FF games soon too.