JUNE 2019 MACWORLD 59Play app should
automatically
disappear.
Keep in mind
that the button
schemes for MFi
controllers don’t
always perfectly
align with those on
the DualShock 4.
On the Gamevice,
for example, you
can’t press down
on either of the two thumbsticks (usually
known as the L3 and R3 buttons). That
means you won’t be able to use either the
sprint or the enemy lock-on in God of War,
which makes gameplay unnecessarily
difficult. The Rotor Riot is reportedly the
only controller that supports L3 and R3,
but I haven’t had a chance to try it out.
You’ll also have latency issues when
using an MFi controller, much as you will
with using Remote Play in general. This
means that Remote Play isn’t ideal for
games requiring rapid reaction times. You
wouldn’t want it for playing Apex Legends,
in other words, but it’s fine for turn-based
games or lightly interactive games like
Persona 5.
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
If your Wi-Fi isn’t strong enough to
support the stream, you can adjust the
video quality in the Remote Play app’s
settings (accessible only from the screen
where you click Start when you open it).
You can choose between four settings,
although the best two—720p and 1080p—
are only available if you’re using the
PlayStation 4 Pro.
> You will lose connection to the game
you’re playing every time you leave the
PS4 Remote Play on your app.
> PS4 Remote Play will drop its
connection if you interact with the physical
DualShock 4 on your PS4.
> PS4 Remote Play will drop its
connection if you turn off your PS4.
> The PS4 and the iPhone running PS4
Remote Play need to be on the same Wi-Fi
network. Playing over LTE doesn’t work.
> You can’t use a Sony DualShock 4 with
the PlayStation 4. It’d make all this easier if
you could, but I don’t make the rules. ■PS4 Remote Play with a Gamevice attached. Compare this with the
image on page 57. Much better, eh?