

ĭespite Sony's early emphasis on Remote Play and original PlayStation game support, it was used very sparingly between the PS3 and PSP, with very few PS3 titles allowing for its use.
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This later changed by the end of 2007, when a firmware update made it so any original PlayStation game was compatible with Remote Play, even disc-based ones. Sony announced that all original PlayStation games would support the feature, but they had to be digital, not disc-based, media from the PS3's internal harddrive.

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The functionality was officially revealed just prior to the PS3's launch in October 2006, at Sony's "Gamer's Day" event, where Sony demonstrated the ability to transfer the PS3's output to a PSP instead of a television, through showing downloaded PlayStation games and movie films being transmitted to a PSP's screen and speakers.
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Interactivity between Sony's home video game consoles and handheld video game console is traced back as far as 2006, prior to the PlayStation 3's launch, when journalists noticed a PlayStation Portable icon, with the title "Remote Play", on pre-release versions of their PS3. In April 2010, a firmware update was released for the PS3 that allowed Remote Play between it and the Sony VAIO brand desktops and laptops and Sony Xperia brand smartphones and tablets as well. While typically in reference to Sony consoles and handhelds, it has been used in different ways as well. Similarly, in the case of Remote Play, the PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 do all of the processing, but transmit the image and sound to the PlayStation Portable or PlayStation Vita screens and speakers.

The premise of Off-TV Play on the Wii U is similar in concept, in how the video game console does all of the processing, but sends the image and sound straight to the Wii U GamePad's screen instead of a television screen. Sony later amended this definition to apply between the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita as well. With remote play, a PSP system may access files that are located on the PS3, as well as, play certain software titles. "Remote Play allows a PSP system to connect wirelessly to a PS3 system and transfers some functionality of the PS3 to the PSP system. While seldom implemented on PS3, Remote Play is a mandatory feature on all PS4 games, except for games that utilize peripherals such as PlayStation Move. This feature essentially allows compatible home console games to be played on the handheld. Similar functionality is provided on Nintendo's Wii U console, using the Off-TV Play function. Support for remote play of PlayStation 5 games to other devices was added in November 2020 just prior to the new console's launch. In 2019, support for Android and iOS devices was eventually added. In 2016, it was expanded to Microsoft Windows PCs and macOS. In 2014, it was expanded to include the use of PlayStation TV, Xperia smartphones and tablets ( Z2 and later), and PlayStation Now. Remote Play is a feature of Sony video game consoles that allows the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 to transmit its video and audio output to another device previously this could only be a PlayStation Portable or PlayStation Vita. PSP, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Android, Windows, macOS, iOS Video game console remote control function Remote Play
