PlayStation Will Integrate Android and iOS

Sony plans to expand the game on the second screen, the screens of mobile devices that will be a "companion" for the PlayStation 4. The Japanese company is promising to create a new application called PlayStation App for the Android and iOS operating system.

Yes, the mobile device is not just a gaming console Sony PlayStation Portable or PSP Vita. The mobile device also includes a second screen iPhone, iPad, and Android smart phones and tablets.

In a press release, Sony gave the example of the implementation of the business game on the second screen. If users install PlayStation App on iOS and Android, they can see the map on the display device when playing adventure game.

Alternatively, users who are located far away from home, can buy a PlayStation 4 of iOS and Android devices where the file will go to the console unduhannya PlayStation 4 at home. In addition, the PlayStation app on iOS and Android, users can watch streaming video of other people are playing games PlayStation 4. All that could be done for Android and iOS users connected to the Internet.

From the explanation given by Sony, they did not really move the PlayStation gaming experience to iOS and Android devices. Smart phones and tablets are only used as a companion device for the PlayStation 4. Of course, Sony is not going to kill their game console business.

At the same time, on Wednesday night (02/20/2013) in New York, USA, Sony introduced the PlayStation 4 controller, named DualShock 4. However, they have not shown the form of the PlayStation 4 itself. Sony promises PlayStation 4 will be released globally this holiday season or the end of 2013.