The PS4 is gradually leveling up, gaining some of the features Sony promised fans all the way back at the initial reveal. SharePlay is one of the bigger features, allowing a friend to take over your game from another console. Thing is, they won’t be getting the exact same experience.
While the PS4 can comfortably reach 1080p with most games, guests will not have the same experience. Games that are streamed via SharePlay will be capped at 720p, prioritizing low input latency over high quality visuals.
The guys over on Eurogamer got to play around with Sony’s virtual couch feature at an event recently. Both consoles were wired to the internet, providing the best connection possible for SharePlay. While the input lag was extremely low, there was apparently noticeable frame-rate dips, never mind the visual quality drop.
The preview also notes that the latency is entirely dependent on the upload speed of the host, which doesn’t bode well for the feature locally. Our upload speeds are pretty terrible, to the point where even simple Twitch streaming becomes a chore. I’m skeptical that will work at any playable level, but I really hope it does.
Because how awesome does online, local multiplayer sound? Having the ability to share a game online and turn previously internet handicapped titles into fully fledged online multiplayer ones is great. If it works, it sounds like a killer feature.
Last Updated: October 28, 2014
eXpZA
October 28, 2014 at 10:05
Also capped at 30fps, for a more cinematic feel.
source: http://www.videogamer.com/news/ps4_share_play_is_limited_to_720p_and_42_other_things_you_need_to_know_about_system_update_2_0.html
Hammersteyn
October 28, 2014 at 10:11
Love that gif, it’s a miracle some online games work as well as they do if you take the lack of local servers for most titles into account.
http://media.giphy.com/media/AzHoIkZ98w2Xe/giphy.gif
Admiral Chief 0
October 28, 2014 at 10:30
nomnomnomnomnom….MY TURN…NOOOM
Hammersteyn
October 28, 2014 at 10:38
Kinda like when I do my tax return
Fnuik
October 28, 2014 at 10:51
Talking about local servers, how does Destniy servers work? I found that while playing the game 99% of the time you play with local players?
Hammersteyn
October 28, 2014 at 11:39
I dunno, well I think it’s more of an African server as I’ve run into guys with UAE in their nicknames. The best one I did see was a dude names Skyline_GTR_007. I kid you not.
Jonah Cash
October 28, 2014 at 10:56
Don’t think this will work so good in SA though!!
RinceThis
October 28, 2014 at 11:01
Still, it’s a free feature, so no problems with that.
Mabenito
October 28, 2014 at 11:06
720p will work fine with my (somewhere between 2-3Mbps at 2am) connection. Anyway, most of my PS4 friends are always online at 2am.
OVG
October 28, 2014 at 11:41
GTAV = 50gigs
TLOU = 40gigs
Wolfenstein = 42gigs
Killzone = 38gigs
Knack = 35gigs
Battlefield = 33gigs
COD = 33gigs
NBA = 40Gigs
The Witcher 3 = 4 teraflops
Operating System = 90gigs
For those people who use the PS Store… 2 weeks to download games in South Africa.
Im sensing a problem for the 500gig HD.
sampson3121
October 28, 2014 at 15:38
so you never played it , yet you have an opinion? lol right 🙂