Yeah it was odd to read that description being presented as an oddity - that sounds like most households I know. If you have a wife, kids, or roommate and don't enjoy being holed up in your own room the whole time you play (and those sharing your house don't just want to watch you game all night) then in house streaming is a huge boon.

I PC game, but most of my gaming is done on the couch, streamed onto my phone. I've been very tempted to buy a dedicated streaming device lately to avoid draining my phone battery while playing

[–] Gamoc 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's an oddity because there's already multiple devices in most homes that can remote play, paying for a device that can ONLY remote play is about the stupidest waste of money I can think of when I have two phones, a PC, a laptop and a tablet that can all do the same thing. Hell if you plug in an ethernet cable the PC and laptop well do it better.

It could have been a cool device if you could use it to stream from PS+/Now, but you can't. It could be cool if it had like a vita in it or something so you could play vita games, but it didn't. It's an idea with potential, but they shoved all that potential in a bin and instead released something that's completely useless unless it's connected to your PS5. What a waste.

[–] echo64 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's completely useless, unless you want to play your ps5 in the same kind of way you play a nintendo switch. In which case it works super well.

it turns out a lot of people want that. People could stick a laptop on their lap and get out a controller and play nintendo switch on that too, but that's a pain. people just want a thing they can pick up. and they are happy to have it. even if you are angry about it.

[–] Gamoc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's multiple devices that allow you to play your PS5 like a Switch, and they all do more.

I'm not angry, you can have opinions about things you're not angry about. I'm disappointed that Sony charged as much as possible for the bare minimum again, just a lack of ambition and abundance of cost.

[–] echo64 1 points 1 year ago

we all think that it costs too much don't worry, but also you should understand the value proposition it has. people are paying "too much" because it serves a real function.

no, we don't want to hogtie a controller to a phone, we want the nice ergonomics of a playstation controller all built together. it's worth understanding that value.