One of the most interesting, if little-used, features of the Xbox One is the ability to stream games from your console to your computer, and it looks like Sony wants to add a similar feature to the PlayStation 4. However, whereas the Xbox One streaming feature only works with Windows 10 computers, Sony has confirmed that its own app will allow users to stream PlayStation 4 games to both OS X and Windows-based computers.
Days after a third-party developer launched a native Windows application that lets you play PS4 games on your PC, Sony confirmed that it is working on an official version of the feature. Shuhei Yoshida, President of Worldwide Studios at Sony, tweeted the news. The Xbox One lets you hook up a controller to your Windows 10-based PC and stream your Xbox One’s screen to that PC. On the PS4, though, remote streaming only works on the PS Vita and PlayStation TV, as well as Sony Xperia devices, but not to a PC. App developer Twisted didn’t want to wait for Sony, and created a workaround known as Remote Play PC. It launched on Wednesday and costs 6.50 GBP (about $10). “The only way to support this is to charge for the app, all my previous projects have been free and I don’t want to have to but sadly its [sic] the only way to support my living costs,” Twisted said in a blog post. There’s no word on whether Sony will crack down on Twisted’s workaround or let it stand until its own solution is released. Yoshida didn’t elaborate on timing for the official app.
