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Buying a PS4 game on smartphone activates console, downloads game and shuts it down.
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DirtyLarry
Member
Nice. I wonder if it will also do the same thing for the Vita?
Case in point. Just yesterday I saw the thread while at work about the PAX sale on PSN, which also reminded me I needed to pick up Spelunky. I went on the Sony website and purchased Tokyo Jungle and Spelunky while at work. All I could think about is how great it would be if both purchases were already downloaded to their respective consoles.
Case in point. Just yesterday I saw the thread while at work about the PAX sale on PSN, which also reminded me I needed to pick up Spelunky. I went on the Sony website and purchased Tokyo Jungle and Spelunky while at work. All I could think about is how great it would be if both purchases were already downloaded to their respective consoles.
Same here.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Basically how PS+ works now on the PS3 when it comes to updating and backing up save data. It just wakes up within a certain time and does what it needs to do.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
lol the "sounds like always online" posts. ridiculous.
RubenCordeiro
Neo Member
I would like it to make me some hot coffee as well.
Can't game without coffee, work on it Sony.
Can't game without coffee, work on it Sony.
Yep. Does everyone saying this consider automatic update "always online" too?
It'll probably be a feature you can turn on or off.
But the PS3 fully boots itself to do this. I don't think the PS4 will. It will remain running in its low powered state to download updates. That's the purpose of the secondary chip right?
Ricerocket
Member
Really great feature for low power state dling.
IMO the best thing though (and X1 does it too) is putting the console to sleep, and resuming the game almost instantly at a later time without waiting for the console to boot up and load your game everytime.
IMO the best thing though (and X1 does it too) is putting the console to sleep, and resuming the game almost instantly at a later time without waiting for the console to boot up and load your game everytime.
The Vita already does this. Pretty sure that a recent PS3 system update said it was paving the way for this on PS3 as well.
professor_t
Member
That is freaking awesome.
RadarScope1
Member
does it download instantly or just overnight (or whenever it wakes up to upload saves etc)?
I usually force it to start immediately. I'm not sure how it works if you don't.
I'll do some experiments later.
Edit: Yep, It downloaded Fighting Force within half an hour of adding it to the queue.
CambriaRising
Member
I see. I never used it but I thought I had heard about something similar.
RadarScope1
Member
This is my MOST anticipated next-gen feature, easily. As a new dad who often can only game in 15-20 minute spurts and has to drop it immediately if the baby wakes up from a nap or otherwise needs sudden attention, it's sometimes not even worth it for me to boot up my consoles even for a quick game.
This feature is basically like the old days when you used to pause an NES game for hours and hours while you played outside. Except it won't be egregiously bad for your hardware. Now it's built in!
obviously if you want to use features like this, its going to be online...but if you can unplug the internet and the system still works and games you bought still play, its not always online.
cool feature, good way to push digital sales too. Sony and MS are going to 'fake drm' us with new ways (and hopefully sales) to buy digitally.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I still think the best way to push digital sales is to do what Steam/GMG does. Which is offer 10% for the digital pre-order, and offer the same or similar incentives as retail stores/Steam/GMG (such as pre-order bonuses). But that's getting off topic.
Can the PS3 be remotely turned on?
I was always under the impression it simply woke on a timer for PSN+ updates
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
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I don't know what to tell you. I got it off google image search and I'm using firefox. *shrugs* Hopefully it was just a fluke.
silver.tongue
Member
Currently yes. So I think it's going to remain like that.
silver.tongue
Member
Yes, your PS3/4 has to be online in order to download a game. (duh).
Again, this is not required for the console to function, so try harder.
It will be revolutionary when they discover a way of letting me download something without having to be connected to the internet.
Wait anyone can buy, but the auto-update window (that's when the download happens on PS3) is a PS+ feature so the process is currently behind a PS+ sub, no?
RumblePuff
Member
I thought it was always on in a low power state, effectively like having a Raspberry Pi device inside the PS4 that would start the download immediately.
Perhaps the 8GB of flash ram is being used for this in the Xbone. Just a thought...
Exactly, well said. I think this is great.
Brad Grenz
Member
Sony has already confirmed that automatic updates will not be PS+ only on PS4. This background downloading will work for everyone.
Twin Tails
Member
Both Confirmed to do this now. Rubbing NEXT GEN ALL OVER ME
BleachAndPepsi
Banned
Both Confirmed to do this now. Rubbing NEXT GEN ALL OVER ME
From an app or from their website or what?
nhlducks35
Member
Probably from the xbox site and smartglass app
Iced_Eagle
Member
Whenever you buy a game from Xbox.com it adds the game to your download queue. On the 360 it downloads the game whenever you have it turned on, but now it seems they do it even while it's in low power mode which is awesome.
I assume they'll probably add the ability to buy games using Smartglass so you don't have to use the website at some point.
BleachAndPepsi
Banned
I'm positive Microsoft is smarter than this, but wouldn't it be funny if it were a Windows Phone/Surface-only app?
And by funny, I mean suicidal.
I knew about the Xbox.com method (Sony has a similar method for PS3/Vita). I guess I'm just wondering if they'll have a convenient little app.
They're a smart group of folks, so I'm sure they will.
Twin Tails
Member
Probably how it works now [via website] when you hit buy on something it just queues up, in this instance it will start downloading instead of queuing up.
Also smartglass in on IOS and Android too.
BleachAndPepsi
Banned
You're probably right.
As an aside, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be smart of Sony to come up with a name for their second screen experience. Microsoft has a somewhat catchy name in "SmartGlass," and since Sony has been talking since February about second screen experiences for PS4 using tablets and whatnot, maybe they should give it a name too.
Something easier to type out than "second screen app."
Don't see what's so surprising or innovative about this. Hasn't Valve been doing this with Steam since last year?
http://store.steampowered.com/news/7971/
http://store.steampowered.com/news/7971/
Brad Grenz
Member
Your PC has to be on for this to work. I guess that's fine if you leave your PC on all the time, but mine is set to go to sleep automatically.
You can remotely turn on your computer using your smartphone to download games on Steam then it automatically shuts your computer back down?
FeiRR
Banned
You can but it's not a Steam feature. Splashtop is a very useful piece of software.