At the Tokyo Game Show Wednesday evening (Thursday morning, in Japan), Sony President and Group CEO Andrew House and Division President Masayasu Ito took to the stage to talk up the PlayStation 4. The company's next generation console is set to hit stores this November, and the keynote today was one of the last chances that Sony had to make a public bid for consumers' dollars before the PS4 goes on sale. Sony didn't introduce as many new things as we had hoped it would, but it did put forward a PlayStation app for Android and iOS that could be interesting to gamers who may still be on the fence about whether they'll get the next console.

The PlayStation app, which was briefly demoed onstage, will let customers use a phone as a game controller by touching the “Connect to PS4” button from within the app. The app will also be available as a hub for PlayStation Network information, allowing users to access trophy information, as well as chat with other players and accept multiplayer invites. Sony stressed that users would not need to download any special software (besides the app itself, of course) to enable this functionality.

Sony's app will also direct users to dedicated game pages as well as let gamers see their friends' activities on the “What's New” screen. Twitter and Facebook integration will also be a part of the new app.

Today's keynote also featured a live demo of Vita TV streaming. The Vita TV, a sub-$100 console that plays Vita games and allows for second-TV PS4 streaming, will work with both the DualShock 3 controller and the coming DualShock 4 controller. When a gamer wants to turn over control of the TV, she need only pause the game, relocate, and restart the game on the Vita TV after the device is registered over a home network. “Over the Internet, you have to consider bandwidth and latency, but over a home network I don't think you'll have any trouble,” Masayasu Ito told the audience. Senior games editor Kyle Orland was present at the keynote and said the game transfer took about 10 seconds, give or take, in the demonstration.

Finally, Sony stressed that it would allow both user-created PlayStation Network IDs as well as real names in the future on its PlayStation Network. “We decided to introduce real names to encourage light users to join our world,” Masayasu said. “Casual users don't mind using anonymous names, but when they get a friend request, will they accept it quickly if it's a weird PSN ID? I don't think so.”