During the February PlayStation Meeting, it was revealed that the PS4 will be deeply integrated with Ustream, allowing people to share their gaming experiences with the Ustream audience and other PS4 users. It also means that PS4 users will be able to watch all the concerts, space launches and PlayStation Meetings that the video site hosts. But what about the good ol’ PS3?
-PSLS
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.
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.
Do you have to pay for a UStream account to broadcast? I don't know about their service.
Always welcome more apps
Hopefully they're ready to handle the bandwidth.
Even more reason to not buy a PS4 at launch.