Sony and Honda announced plans to receive PlayStation 5 owners play on the go, and Remote Play support for Afeela 1 cars will arrive next year.
The two companies work together as Sony Honda Mobility, a joint venture focused on developing electric vehicles, which has now announced the Afeela in-vehicle infotainment system (IVI) with PlayStation elements.
The technology will allow you to sit in the Afeela 1 car and play PS4 or PS5 games as a passenger, but only via Remote Play – meaning you'll also need to turn on the console at home to stream gameplay.
As with any online technology, there are caveats. Of course, this isn't cloud gaming in the traditional sense, so you'll need your own PS5 to use it. Sony also recommends having a “stable 15Mbps connection… for seamless remote playback.” Why isn't Sony using the same cloud gaming technology available elsewhere? It's unclear.
“The introduction of PS Remote Play embodies Afeela's vision for mobility: transforming the travel space into an exciting and emotional one,” Sony Honda Mobility President Izumi Kawanishi said in a release. statement. “With this integration, we are elevating the entire customer travel experience to an unprecedented level of entertainment.”
An image of the Afeela IVI system shows someone holding a DualSense controller and playing on a small screen in the back seat of their luxury Honda car. In a press release, Sony and Honda suggest that the driver can enjoy games while “waiting in a parked car,” presumably climbing into the back seat, or alternatively, the IVI can be used to “entertain passengers while driving.”
All this seems a little redundant, since Sony provides full cloud game streaming through its PlayStation Portal handheld deviceand one of them is much cheaper than buying a new electric Honda. (Nintendo Switch consoles exist, too.) But hey, anything to keep your backseat passengers quiet.
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