During a webcast discussing the marketing benefits of video streaming, Ustream SVP of Marketing David Thompson confirmed that PS4 gameplay can be streamed to outside platforms beyond the PS4 console itself.
With the news coming last month that Amazon had moved to acquire game streaming resource Twitch for almost $1bn, talk of sharing your in game experiences with others as you play has been front row and centre, so what better time to join the party and start broadcasting your own gaming sessions to the world?
i thought they was talking about game streaming like streaming a game from console and pc to somewhere else. o well my tablet game streams and i can stream to twitch.
the hatred is still to high for the xbox one to do what it's qualified to do (sell like the ps4 or better). i predict that i will take at least another 8 months to a year before all of that goes away. when that happens, then we can get this generation started :-)
The PS4's broadcast functionality is a great feature for the console, but it does come with its share of limitations. Only two services are currently available for use: Twitch.tv and uStream; and the PS4 doesn't allow everything to be streamed. Unlocked trophies are blocked from the stream as are the System UI screens.
When people broadcast their playroom I don't have any issues at all with Ustream. I am not sure if it's a Twitch issue or a technical issue but several times when I am watching certain Game Streams the audio would cut out, or the voice chat would go out... Or the feed would just stop. I had that happen too many times and It's not too enjoyable when I am trying to see if I want to purchase a game or not.
Ustream is coming to the PS4 in a big way, being deeply integrated into the console’s OS, allowing players to share their games, interact and watch. To find out everything there was to know about the partnership with Sony, how sharing is changing entertainment forever and what the future of video broadcasting holds, we talked to CEO Brad Hunstable in a wide ranging exclusive interview.
-PSLS
Sharing is like Nickelback. Nobody seems to enjoy it, or admit that they like it, and everyone complains about it but somehow it's still around and just seems to be getting bigger despite the mass "hatred" for it.
Who in the Blue HEll is this Nickelback you speak of?
"How the hell'd we wind up like this? why weren't we able to see the signs that we missed and try and turn the tables?"
Thank God that the above passage does not apply to the PS4, as it seems that Sony is correcting even the tiniest of mistakes it made with PS3 this time around.
Go to twitch.tv and then imagine that for all PS4 users.
I follow people on Twitter and on Twitch who hold sports and fighitng game leagues and tournaments. People in the league and not in the league can live spectate during a league game and chat about it. It's a really awesome idea.
People watch speedruns of their favorite games, help friends on a part they're stuck on in a game, check out a game they're not entirely sold on and watch their friend play to see if they still want to buy it...there's alot of reasons that streaming gameplay is a huge feature.
Well of course u lack the imagination to see it's potential, YOU didn't even have enough of an imagination to pick out a decent avatar pic.
On topic: Tournaments, humiliating loudmouths, keeping an online community alive for years, etc are exactly the great things it will bring for those who enjoy playing online. Plus, it can provide gaming guides/tutorials for struggling gamer's.
Use your brain. And especially try reading article before you make a clown of yourself again.
Nah your the dumb one. Based on your logic, anybody who says "whats the point" or dont see the point" automatically lacks imagination. Way to go idiot.
"On topic: Tournaments, humiliating loudmouths, keeping an online community alive for years, etc are exactly the great things it will bring for those who enjoy playing online. Plus, it can provide gaming guides/tutorials for struggling gamer's."
like I said in another thread about this topic. Good for others but the feature is not for me.
And finally, My default avatar is the best avatar.
I'm sure this was revealed on the 21st February PS Conference.
Thats cool it has more details to the ustream awesome article.
Ustream is terrible, laggy as hell
Hope we can stream using Twitch, since that is a host only for gamers
Do you have to pay for a UStream account to broadcast? I don't know about their service.