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- Remote play allows you to stream games from your gaming PC to your handheld with the use of a fast internet connection.
- With remote play, you can access your game library on your PC without redownloading any game.
- You can also have better battery life, cooler temperatures and less fan noise since the game isn’t being processed on your device locally.
With handhelds competing with one another to push their limits by having beefier specifications so they could run the most demanding games easily, remote play is a feature that still remains very overlooked, despite still being exceptional.
Sure, the better-performing handhelds are gradually making their way to the top, where they can handle the AAA games without any low framerates, but they still can’t manage to run them at the highest settings. This is where remote play still shines, to this day.
Why You Should Consider Remote Play
The concept of remote play is to stream your game through your gaming PC at home, with the availability of a fast internet connection. This means you could carry a mind-range handheld and stream all the games from your home setup.
Hardware Limitations = No Problem
People crave playing games like God of War, Cyberpunk 2077, and Black Myth Wukong from the comfort of their couch or on the go on a handheld, but the hardware aspect of their device usually limits them. Remote play makes this possible. This is perfect for the Steam Deck, which can no longer run recent AAA games.
Better Battery Life
The best part about is that you don’t have to worry about the battery life. One of the most common issues about handhelds is that it drains the battery quickly. During remote play, since your device isn’t rendering any or processing the game locally, power draw is drastically lower.
Your handheld is only displaying the output, much like watching a YouTube video, which barely consumes any battery if you compare it with playing games on it natively.
Cooler Temps & Less Fan Noise
Since the game isn’t being processed, it also means there won’t be any heating issues or fan noise either. With this, you can finally play your favourite games by having true portability that a handheld is intended for.
120Hz Now Works
While Remote Play is great on all handhelds, it looks outstanding on the Steam Deck because it uses an OLED panel. If you’re more prone to higher refresh rates, then you would enjoy it on the ROG Ally X, which has a 120Hz display. With remote play, you can finally access this higher refresh rate since you’d be getting over 120 FPS.
Thousands Of Games In A Single Click
Another great aspect about remote play is the ability to access your game library instantly. Since your handheld is streaming all the games from your main computer, you don’t have to download all the games again.
This is crucial since games’ size are ballooning each year with some games reaching over 100GB in file size. It means that you can bypass the storage limitations of your handheld and even cling to cheaper devices that come with 64GB or 128GB internal memory.
Latency Is An Issue Of The Past
Latency is usually a concern for most people regarding remote play, but with the advancement in technology, it isn’t an issue anymore. Mesh networks and the use of WIFI 7 allow you to stream on your handheld without interruptions or delays.
If You’re Planning On Buying A Handheld…
Suppose you don’t have a handheld and are looking to buy one. In that case, the best course of action is not to splurge money on it; instead, get a decently priced handheld like the Steam Deck.
You could even get a controller that hooks up to your phone or tablet, like the Razer Kishi. Then invest in a stronger internet connection or a better gaming PC if you don’t have one to use remote play effortlessly.
Does The Future Rely On Remote Play?
With how powerful remote play is, it is no wonder that Sony is building a handheld dedicated only to remote play. This means that they’d focus more on the design, comfort and the battery life and not obsess over the hardware of it.
If that’s what they decide to do, it might also be cheaper than other handhelds, even cheaper than the Steam Deck, which would make it an ideal handheld for the masses, and they could dominate this market. But we’ll see
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