Report: PS4 Share Play caps at 720p for guests

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The PlayStation 4's latest update, codenamed "Masamune," adds a major feature, Share Play, to the console today. PlayStation Plus members can now share their games over PSN with friends that don't own a copy (and aren't necessarily PS Plus subscribers themselves unless both are playing), hosting one-hour play sessions at a time. As a Sony rep confirmed to Video Gamer, Share Play sessions are capped at 720p and will "have a limited frame rate" for friends partaking in the action, while those hosting the game will still see 1080p games on their screens at the full resolution.

SCEE product planning manager Kazuhiro Yanase said that while Share Play "doesn't require any super-fast broadband," the company won't disclose recommended upload and download speeds for those looking to share games sessions with friends over PSN. "The internet environment is really different user by user. For example, some users will be using a LAN cable, some users will be using Wi-Fi, sometimes you use the microwave in your house," Yanase told Video Gamer. "It's very difficult for us to guarantee you can use Share Play if you have [a certain] speed."

Today's update also adds the ability to play music from a USB device with support for MP3 and AAC file types. The Masamune update introduces YouTube as an option for gameplay clip uploading as well as home screen themes. We've reached out to Sony to confirm the Share Play restrictions and will update as we learn more.

Source: Video Gamer Via Joystiq

 

[blaaislaai]

Makes sense, 1080p would be too bandwidth intensive on slower connections. Especially here in SA where it does not even work properly.
Guests are not paying so why should they have the full experience anyway?

 

[Tom]

Ya this doesn't bother me to much... I really like the idea that if a mate is struggling with something you can jump onto their game and play through the part for them while they watch, 720p is more than enough in this regard, and i think this is more the point than playing free games with your mate for an hour...

And like Blaai said, if they haven't paid for the game, 720 p is way better than 0 p...

 

[XbatousaiX]

Yeah bandwidth usage would be massive if it was higher than 720 p this is a awesome feature it is just a pity that our internet can not do it properly I will test it on the weekend when my cap resets.I think the lowest upload speed is 1mb a sec so that means mobile users are the only ones that will be able to use it properly in this country.