PaigeFTW: The PlayStation Life
Loyal readers may have noticed that I am something of a Sony fan.
Aside from my obvious attachment to my beloved PS4, I am in possession of, well, basically every other PlayStation product ever created— including the little-purchased PSP Go (you’re confused, I know).
In fairness, I like Nintendo, too. (I have a Wii U, remember — only a real Nintendo fan gets suckered into one of those.) And I did own an Xbox 360 last console generation.
But is it worth it to invest in an interconnected family of products?
My kneejerk answer is, surprisingly, no.
The only feature that gets any lip service is Remote Play — meaning you can use your PS4 from your PS Vita or Xperia smartphone when other people would like to borrow your TV. I have never once in my whole life needed this feature. I would be more interested in a reverse Remote Play that puts my Vita content on the TV, but Sony apparently isn’t.
This is quite sad, honestly. Back when the PS3 ruled the Sony roost, it served as a convenient hub to manage content across platforms. You could easily download, delete and back up data on the PSP or Vita through PS3. The PS4, on the other hand, can only download PS4 games.
Sony’s best and brightest console is inexplicably disconnected from the rest of the PlayStation family. This is not entirely surprising when you consider that Sony has also yet to figure out how to organize downloaded games in folders on the PS4, but it is still disappointing.
Factoring in Sony’s general distaste for backwards compatibility, you end up in a weird situation where you have to maintain all your Sony products (no matter how old) to get the maximum gaming experience.
So, interconnectivity? Not really a thing for Sony. Well, I guess it’s good I have a big TV stand.
