TangoAlphaLima
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I'd like to know this as well. My Vita works okay with direct connection to my PS4, but I'm wondering how well the PS TV will work via wired ethernet connection to my PS4. About the same, or worse?
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Playstation TV Thread: Vita Who?
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I'd like to know this as well. My Vita works okay with direct connection to my PS4, but I'm wondering how well the PS TV will work via wired ethernet connection to my PS4. About the same, or worse?
Enigmatic Rainbow
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People have been able to match Amazon's price at Target, and then use the Cartwheel coupon to get it even cheaper (can also stack the discount further with Target's Red Card).
ArgyleGamer
Member
I had both PS4 and the PS TV on wired connection and it was basically unplayable for me.
Zoe
Member
Before or after the update?
ArgyleGamer
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GreyOcelot
Member
i've done a ps4 wired/pstv wireless and it worked fine. it's definitely better wired though. i got mine after the update, supposedly it was much worse before that (like what argylegamer is referring to)
Thats my setup with a RT66u router (pretty good) not a very good experience though very obvious input lag and some artifacts
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Bought one today. Set it up wired. There's noticeable input lag, but it'll be totally serviceable for something like Dragon Age, or walking around grabbing collectibles or what have you in open world games like Assassin's Creed. Definitely wouldn't be using this to play Call of Duty online or anything, but it should be useful in plenty of other ways.
I truly apologize if someone already asked this and you guys answered, but is it possible to permanently close that "featured" tab?
It's driving me crazy, every time I close an application this tab shows up. That doesn't happen when I use my vita, and it's the same memory card I'm using.
It's driving me crazy, every time I close an application this tab shows up. That doesn't happen when I use my vita, and it's the same memory card I'm using.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
I'm pretty sure you can't close it. I imagine it's essentially forced advertising.
Thanks for the reply! I just bought this today and couldn't google anything relevant about it.
Man, that's horrible. I hope they update at some point to get rid of this.
Just got my PS TV yesterday, and I tested remote play over both a wired and wireless connection. There was noticeable lag when using wireless, which isn't ideal for sports games, but was playable. Wired was an improvement as expected, and provided a better experience with minimal lag.
I'm gonn have to get a Powerline adapter with an AC passthrough after all.
I'm gonn have to get a Powerline adapter with an AC passthrough after all.
Yes, but only the Japanese version of the game works.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Nope. In Japan it does tho.
redhairedking
Junior Member
This makes no sense at all to me and it's stuff like this that shows how little Sony cares about this device
Dreamwriter
Member
...or Falcom not caring about the US PSTV market, or XSeed not caring enough about Celceta to allocate their few resources for it for the last year. I don't think Sony has anything to do with it. The patch that Japan got a full year ago that allows controller use in the touchscreen bits just never was released for the US version.
I bought pstv about a month ago, tried again to use remote play tonight (I use powerline adapters) and it played sluggishly for about 2 minutes before it dropped the connection. Granted I use resogun to test, but still dropping connection completely every minute or two counts as unplayable for me.
On the other hand, remote play was working amazingly for my new Vita slim. My oled vita drops connection just like the pstv though. I wish I could figure this out...
On the other hand, remote play was working amazingly for my new Vita slim. My oled vita drops connection just like the pstv though. I wish I could figure this out...
It will never since this Xseed has to patch it.
redhairedking
Junior Member
I'm having trouble believing the code is different enough that it would be that hard to port the patch to the US release.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Apparently Final Fantasy III PSP works on US PS TV now. Downloaded it again on a whim today and was shocked to see it worked. Now I can have FF 1-10 in one place.
Edit: and now it doesn't work. Huh? I played it for a couple of hours today just fine. Next time I turn on my ps tv it doesn't work. I have no idea why.
Edit: and now it doesn't work. Huh? I played it for a couple of hours today just fine. Next time I turn on my ps tv it doesn't work. I have no idea why.
djSyndrome
Member
I just tried this on a whim myself and was shocked that it worked. Daughter is playing it right now.
Well that sucks. Looks like I can never exit the game now!
EDIT:
Figured I would test this out.
Quit game and restart: works fine
Quit game, go into suspend, wake: works fine
Quit game, turn off system, turn on system: doesn't work - get incompatibility message
Deleted game, redownloaded: works fine
My system is a US unit connected via ethernet, FWIW.
WhoaIsThatMars
Member
Heyyyyy, I bought a PS TV over the weekend. Both my PSTV and PS4 are wired. It controls great and the video output is pretty damn clear.
Problem I'm having is with sound. My sound stutters every 3 seconds or so. It's not game breaking, but it is kind of annoying. Anyone have this issue or have any solutions? Thanks
Problem I'm having is with sound. My sound stutters every 3 seconds or so. It's not game breaking, but it is kind of annoying. Anyone have this issue or have any solutions? Thanks
Probably the only good question for that is, are you set up with all gigabit connections? If you're only on 10/100, that's a possible fix.
djSyndrome
Member
The sound is stuttering and you're asking about the ethernet connection?
Better question: what route is your HDMI signal taking?
Enigmatic Rainbow
Member
Is there a way to lock the PS TV (with a pass-code) in the same way as a Vita? I would rather not have to remove the memory card every time some one else uses it.
stump sock
Member
You think we'll ever just see a patch that enables all games with the huge caveat of "THIS MAY NOT WORK"? Even if you had to go into system settings to enable it?
Seems silly not to.
Seems silly not to.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Thanks for doing those tests. Since the game is only about 170 MB I guess I could erase and re-download every time I want to play. But how odd is that having the game work perfectly one moment and then not work at all upon restarting the system. I'm on the same US setup as you as well.
redhairedking
Junior Member
That is very strange, and pretty inconvenient honestly
I suggest get the bundle. You can always sell the Lego game code if you don't like the game.
Ekir
Member
It should be the very first option they should have chosen
Something like 'WARNING this game has not been certified. Do you want to proceed?' They had to mess it up the most they could... u_u'
SerTapTap
Member
It should be the very first option they should have chosen
They had to mess it up the most they could... u_u'
This is the only sane way to handle it and it of course is not at all how it was handled.
Has Sony commented on this at all? I love my PS TV but this is an extremely damaging and extremely arbitrary limitation. It'd be one thing if the whitelist were extremely well maintained (and I still think an "advanced" option should be in to enable it) but that's not the case either.
djSyndrome
Member
So I noticed that I can see games in the store by searching for them by title that I don't see in the "Games for PSTV" list. Does this mean that they will work? Has anyone tried anything else besides FFIII this week that previously was known bad?
I'm interested in Ridge Racer Vita - has anyone had any success there?
I'm interested in Ridge Racer Vita - has anyone had any success there?
stump sock
Member
just more of the same stupid whitelisting crap. Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit was whitelisted in EU for several weeks before NA. I sent several messages to Tom and XSEED and he replied that he'd send them an email to check- it was working in less than a day after that.
like, there is no reason that Hyperdimension Neptunia game shouldn't work just fine. just nobody's flipped the switch.
A Huge Battleship
Member
Shinovi Versus definitely works, but you have to connect to the internet to start the game up, otherwise you get a message saying it's not compatible. That aside, I've played through the entire game without any difficulties (I'm UK based).
It should be the very first option they should have chosen
They had to mess it up the most they could... u_u'
As much as I would love to see this, I wonder if it's the publishers that are preventing the use of a "whitelist". I can't imagine a publisher would be happy with sony allowing all games with the caveat, if it turns out all of their games are broken. Would be bad for their image, bad PR, bad for working relationships. Law suits waiting to happen
Great, thanks.
Ekir
Member
I get your point, it certainly would give a bad image and some publishers would rather their games dont work at all than sorely to a point. I wonder if theres some middle ground, as it is now many japanese developers dont have the time to work in games finished months or years ago as they're already on other projects.
SerTapTap
Member
It's not about "working it in", most games that have been PS TV enabled don't even get patches, they're just whitelisted without updates at all. You press "refresh live area" and there you go, it works, no download. If the game did not originally require touch controls it does not need any changes. Hell, monster monpiece DOES need touch controls and is still whitelisted (it's playable but a bit awkward with the touch pointer).
I don't buy the "devs would be pissed" angle at all. Just don't sell those games as PS TV compatible and it's no different from people trying to run PC games on incompatible hardware, in fact it's a far better experience because it will for sure run, just may not be easy to play.
It's really stupid. If a game works on one region, it should work on all of them.
redhairedking
Junior Member
I just don't understand why Sony even bothered to make this if they had no intention of supporting it outside of Japan
vagabondarts
Member
**Sony Computer Entertainment of America**
They treat products like Microsoft pre-Surface.
Just push it out there and let it exist.