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Tomorrow's PS4 Update To Add Game Streaming for PC and Mac, Privacy Features (polygon.com)

Posted by msmash on from the playstation-4-camp dept.

An anonymous reader cites a report on Polygon: The PlayStation 4's newest software update will be out tomorrow, April 6, adding PC remote play capabilities, a new live streaming channel, and several improvements to its social networking features, among others. With the update, the PS4 will support remote play on PCs running Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 or later and Mac OS X 10.10 and 10.11.You can read more about it on PlayStation's official blog post.

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  1. New Rootkits, Too? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would never trust a Sony device on my home network.

    1. Re:New Rootkits, Too? by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Informative

      "Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"

      --Thomas Hesse, President of Sony BMG, Global Digital Business, back in 2005 when they included rootkits with their CDs.

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      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
    2. Re:New Rootkits, Too? by sims+2 · · Score: 2

      Well Its been over 10 years later and I'm still avoiding Sony branded products.

      So maybe I don't qualify as most people.....

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      Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
  2. Always Available: The New Norm by Anubis+IV · · Score: 2

    One of the big reasons mobile gaming is taking over is because it's always available. Practically everyone has their own mobile device, so there's never a need to negotiate for TV or computer time. And one of the things I've figured out in the last nine months of being married is that being married means you have to share the TV (those of you with kids are probably thinking that I don't know the half of it yet).

    Entertainment is oftentimes a matter of convenience. If I have to work at my entertainment--whether because I'm limited in the means by which I can enjoy it or because it can't be enjoyed in the amount of time I have available--it's both less entertaining and less likely to be enjoyed due to the difficulty in slotting it into my (now our) schedule. Netflix has remained relevant for me through multiple major changes in my life, thanks to the fact that it runs on practically every device from the past decade and can be enjoyed in whatever time increment I can afford at any given time.

    As purchasing decisions roll around, I've already begun considering whether and to what degree my devices have remained relevant to me. Features like in-home streaming help protect against thinking, "The PS4 seemed like a good idea, but I just never played it as much as I wanted to." Instead, I'll be thinking about how I was able to play something like The Last of Us while my wife enjoyed her DVDs of Gilmore Girls for the umpteenth time. The Wii U's relevancy to us increased immensely the first time my wife was able to enjoy Yoshi's Wooly World from another room while I watched through some TV series that she had no interest in, so I'd expect the same would be true for the PS4.

    Keeping your product in front of your customers has always been a goal of big companies, but more and more that means doing it literally by making your product available all the time, everywhere. Anything less, and you're opening avenues for competing products to gain traction by being the thing that your customers turn to when they're away from your product.

    As I suggested earlier, Netflix isn't going anywhere for us, and the Wii U has been earning its keep, but I was honestly starting to question whether the PS4 would remain relevant for me as time went on. This feature keeps it relevant for me.