Check Out Share Play in Action on PS4

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Check Out Share Play in Action on PS4

The PS4 system software update v2.00, codenamed Masamune, will be available to download on Tuesday, October 28th. One of the features included in the update that I’m most excited about is Share Play, and we put together a quick video to show you how this innovative feature works. Check it out!

As we’ve said before, the best way to think about Share Play is like a “virtual couch.” PlayStation 4 will create an online local co-op experience by allowing you to invite a friend to join your game for up to one hour at a time — even when they don’t own a copy of it. Share Play has three main functions:

  • Share Screen — Share your screen with a friend, allowing them to spectate. This is ideal for PS4 owners that want to watch their friends play a game and provide helpful tips. PlayStation Plus is not required to use this.
  • Hand over my controller — Pass your controller to a friend, virtually, and watch them play. Your friend does not need to own, or even download the game, in order to use this feature. This is perfect for introducing your friends to new games. The host will need to be a PlayStation Plus member, but the guest does not.
  • Hand over the second player controller — If a game supports local multiplayer, you can have your friend join as player two. Again, the visitor does not need to own, or download the game in order to use this feature. Both players will need PlayStation Plus to use this feature.

Share Play pushes the social interactivity of PlayStation 4 to new heights and we can’t wait for everyone to try it out. What games are you looking forward to trying Share Play with?

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  • but in asia??????

  • Now i am pissed fix my Ps4 pricks 2.0 update sucks share play Throwing me errata pricks i don’t gIve dam fix it now.

  • So can this feature be used with sub accounts or is it going to be locked like everything else that has to do with the share button?

  • For games that support 4 players gameplay, like Towerfall or Fifa. Can i use shareplay the following way: ?
    Me and my brother in my ps4 using shareplay to my friend and her sister(they are both on same console)?

  • Hi!i have a question, will I be able to use Shareplay if I don’t have a PlayStation Plus account, but another user on the same console does?

  • Hi, i don´t know if it just me, but i´m trying to play with a friend just sharing my screen. When i past him the controll shareplay stops working. we have checked our internet connection and everithing its ok. Both of us has PS+

  • I tried using the play share but everytime i would try to connect to my friends it would say the connnection speed was too slow, do i need to upgrade my internet (it may sound stupid for asking but i am 17 so I have to get another job to upgrade my internet) and does it need to be 5 mbps on download speed or something to be able to use this feature, please answer soon.

  • Hi Andrew… how much upload / download I need to use SharePlay?

  • It is not working for me , my country cannot accept it or something , pls help

  • Somebody help please!
    I have downloaded 2.0 and I went to use share play with a buddy earlier, it worked fine ,I got in a party with him and started a share play session(this was on destiny)and I went to give the controller to visitor that worked fine and when I clicked on allow the visitor to play as you and that just sent me back into my game,so I tried again which did the same thing….my friend tried to invite me and I worked perfectly…what’s gone wrong please help (I’m in the UK if that helps also)

  • Really glad to hear I can play my local/couch co-op games online now through the usage of SharePlay’s pass the second controller feature. It’s a shame certain games don’t have online built in, but now it doesn’t matter as long as both people have PS+. Can’t wait to finally play Sportsfriends and Towerfall with people through SharePlay.

  • maybe sony can NOT launch broken apps… Youtube wont let me upload, and wont sign me in even tho it says my SEN and youtube account are synced, still asks me to sign it but wont let me.
    Xbone is able to uplaod to a working youtube right? not too mention i know XBox gives better free games for Gold… i see the **** my brother gets and it makes me envyous of the Box, their sooo luck Xbox knows what their users want…. playstation on the otherhand… hey lets keep giving them **** they wont waste time downloading.

  • themes is also broken! my Destiny theme doesnt want to work told me uninstall it and redownload it… it wont let me do so… getting so tired of this consoles broken ****… so close to trading it in for xbone

  • I finally got the dreaded “my PS4 will not turn on after putting it in rest mode. Sony fix this crap. The irritation behind the level of customer service, crappy PS Plus updates and now my controller thumb grips have finally started to come apart, not to mention this latest update is screwing up my system is really turning me off to Sony products. I also think it is ridiculous that you want me to pay for shipping to send you my defective controller. Not that I expect any of you forum moderators to respond to my post since most of you always steer clear of the ones that complain on only respond to those that have good things to say.

  • Apparently 10 down / 1.25 up isn’t enough to run “Share Play”…

  • Share play is cool but i think If we were allowed to play a online multiplater game with friends, it would be the best feature on ps4 and any console system. Which should already be allowed, if everyone has an active playstation plus account.. Login direct to the PSN and not as Visitor on multiplayer games.. also there’s a time limit on the share play, that should be removed. after playing a full game of MLB 14, a shareplay time limit shows, friend was kicked off right out the game due to share play time limit forcing to restart the shareplay again. other than that, it works fine. Hope a new update gives us more than just LAN play and limits. LAN play can be done with a PC or laptop since ps3 so that’s nothing new.

  • also cant broadcast on shareplay!

  • Are you guys even updating this anymore? We know what the new games are from everywhere else but here. It’s your company! We should be getting this information from your blog directly.

  • Is the new Call Of Duty compatible with Shareplay feature?

  • @ROB_SILVERGUN
    Nope.

  • Just as an FYI as shooter_gal has already alluded to, not all games can be share played as I found out personally with COD: Advanced Warfare. I tried to personally spectate the opening firefights of the game only to be greeted with a “blocked scene” screen. Instead of having this limitation blow up on social media, Sony should have at least informed its customers at the launch of the 2.00 update (at the very latest) that the publisher has a right to disable this option. Glossing over this downside to Share Play when marketing this feature was not a good move for Sony.

  • can you share play with a PS3?

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