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Stream PC games to your PS4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch with Rainway

Rainway is a service that allows gamers to stream any of their PC games to a number of platforms, the confirmed platforms include Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch.Gamers can also stream their gameplay to a web client to any of the above-mentioned platforms. Rainway’s streaming protocol allows for low-latency, high-quality streaming from any DirectX 11-compatible GPU over an Internet connection. Another great feature,  it is compatible with major game clients, with Steam, Origin, and Battle.net.

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Aenea2879d ago

Why not just hook up your PC to your TV?

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Persona 5 devs Atlus confirm Metaphor: ReFantazio will also release on PlayStation and Steam

Techradar writes: "The upcoming game from RPG veterans ATLUS was originally announced at the Xbox Games Showcase as part of E3 2023, leading fans to infer that the title would only be available on Microsoft consoles when it releases in 2024.

However, a new trailer from SEGA Korea has confirmed that the title will be coming to PS5, PS4, and Steam in addition to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One."

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Magog688d ago

Not surprising. More smoke and mirrors from Phil Mattrick.

porkChop688d ago

What smoke and mirrors? Console manufacturers don't include competitor's logos in their trailers. It's no different from the PS Showcase where almost every game was multiplatform but only showed the PS5 logo.

italiangamer688d ago

Smoke and mirrors is the fact that ms denied permission to SEGA/Atlus to rapidly announce those games are coming to PlayStation too. Something Sony didn't do with the games of their showcase where obviously childish ms was quick to remind people that those games were coming on xbox too.

shadowhaxor688d ago

Just going to add that there was ZERO mention of Metaphor: ReFantazio coming to the PlayStation in any of the press releases I received from Atlus. I also reached out multiple times after the Xbox showcase about the game coming to PlayStation. If anyone is at fault, it's Atlus failing to communicate it was coming to other platforms. It's not like Xbox would have told them not to reveal that afterward unless it was a timed exclusive.

That page also doesn't exist anymore, so Sega Korea pulled it for some reason....

goldwyncq688d ago

@ italiangamer
So exactly like when Sony failed to mention that games like GT7, Forbidden West, Miles Morales, and GoW Ragnarok would also be coming out for the PS4 and led their fans to believe that those games are current gen exclusives for months?

Magog688d ago

@shadowhaxor

Xbox makes other companies keep Playstation availablity out of the news when they are featured in there showcases regularly.

TheTony316688d ago (Edited 688d ago )

Microsoft paid for reveal embargos. They did it last year too for the P3-P5 ports.

neutralgamer1992687d ago (Edited 687d ago )

I don’t know why Ms doesn’t grow out of their childish PR when it comes to Xbox. They talk like they aren’t in competition with PlayStation and are instead doing their own thing yet

Right after Sonys event they had to let everyone know of certain games also coming to Xbox yet only a few weeks later hold their own event where they buy timed exclusive announcement trailers

Paying publishers money to make sure game release information regarding other platforms won’t be announced till 72 hours after the showcase and during this time trying to create a fake narrative that some games are exclusives

Even people on social media and YouTube were saying how Ms secured exclusives. For a trillion dollar company to act like this against a billion dollar company is beyond ridiculous

DarXyde687d ago

I don't think it was misleading.

Microsoft is the master of doublespeak and veiled statements, so when it isn't used, you can very good and well assume it isn't exclusive to their ecosystem. Good example was Rise of the Tomb Raider: they literally said "coming exclusively to Xbox in 2015". I knew immediately, "Game's timed." When something is properly exclusive, Microsoft says so unequivocally.

Likewise, as soon as I saw Atlus, I knew there was no way they'd be skipping PlayStation. It literally wouldn't make sense for this kind of game to skip it in favor of Xbox. Shin Megami Tensei, sure, but that's because that's the "Nintendo Atlus game".

I don't know anyone who thought that a game developed for Xbox by Atlus would miss PS5.

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goldwyncq688d ago

If you really believed that a JRPG would be an Xbox exclusive in the current generation then I don't know what to tell you.

shinoff2183688d ago

True enough. We all know xbox gamers don't buy games let alone buy jrpgs

MrNinosan687d ago

Well, Octopath Traveler was kept away from Playstation, so it have happened, but sure, that was last gen which makes even less sense.

FinalFantasyFanatic687d ago

It's kind of a death sentence to release a JRPG on just Xbox, so it made sense that other platforms would be announced.

derek688d ago

"Phil Mattrick" lol, hahahaha. Box Car Philly.

Godmars290688d ago

When was it ever suggested to be exclusive?

Not even talking about a graphically challenging title.

shinoff2183688d ago

What does the graphics have to do with anything

shinoff2183688d ago

I hope Sony went on Twitter to let the world know most of those games were also coming to ps also

To be fair I still think ms showed off better 1st party and third party games.

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raWfodog688d ago

Would have been shockingly surprised if this was an exclusive title. Looks definitely like something that I will get into. Looking forward to getting more details about the game.

2moda5gamer688d ago

Watch this sell 85% on PS5.
At least it has a chance on other platforms unlike some other titles though...

DarkZane688d ago

Yeah, if it were to sell 1 millions copies total, probably only 5-10k would be on Xbox at most.

jznrpg688d ago (Edited 688d ago )

MS paid for a couple day advertisement exclusive again heh.

PS5 physical for me

RedDevils687d ago

I'll be having the physical copy as well.

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Phil Spencer says Xbox shelved game streaming box because it cost too much

Couldn't hit desired $99-$129 price point.

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darthv72901d ago

I know any of their xbo units and series line can do streaming but they want something small like the PSTV was. And obviously something better than the stadia setup. Given the price of regular controllers is $50-60... that seems to be half the cost alone.

Melankolis901d ago

Yea, many underestimated the cost of a controller, it's quite expensive, even more so a controller inside a portable device. Chinese devices for retro & emulation with better controller & build cost quite significantly higher than it's cheap counterpart although the specs are quite similar.

Jin_Sakai900d ago (Edited 900d ago )

“Phil Spencer says Xbox shelved game streaming box because it cost too much“

Aka we shelved it because Stadia failed.

Orchard901d ago

I'm kinda surprised they couldn't get this down to $99. Really all it needed to be, was a streaming stick w/ bluetooth with a controller in the box. That should be more than doable for $99

Melankolis901d ago

Chinese retro & emulation devices company might sell you $99 but i don't think it will be Microsoft/Sony's build quality.

Orchard901d ago

Yeah but this isn’t running anything intense. It’s not much different from a TV streaming stick.

It looks like they went for more of a set too box setup which is probably where the cost comes in - probably has a ‘proper’ processor etc

crazyCoconuts900d ago

@orchard maybe they couldn't bring themselves to deploy their software on a mini Linux kernel like all the other streaming sticks do. Windows everywhere. I remember reading about the Xbox one being two windows instances (1 for the UI, 1 for the games) managed by a hypervisor. Not a lean architecture

Orchard900d ago (Edited 900d ago )

@crazy Good point. It’s probably running Windows and needs a reasonably beefy CPU, heck I bet they can’t even run ARM in the thing - Windows on ARM is still a pretty bad experience compared to x86-64 Windows (which also isn’t exactly a great experience…)

They’re still using the dual OS setup you mentioned on the Xbox Series too. System OS and Game OS.

It is slower, especially if you’re in the Game OS and have to make cross VM calls to the system OS. It does give them an extra level of protection though, and is likely the reason they haven’t been jailbroken while Switch and PS4/5 have.

darthv72900d ago

@crazy, windows is the user interface for consumers and businesses. MS themselves has used linux based systems for various other things, including their cloud based blade servers. They arent above using linux where it fits, they are even invested in its future development.

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FallenAngel1984901d ago

PSTV should have some kind of successor

Destiny1080901d ago

they could have streamed candy crush to billions of people

Aussiesummer901d ago

Yeah right I'm sure stadia wasn't a deciding factor at all.

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Road Blasters needs an Atari Recharge

We here at Dadisajoke are running a video series on Atari arcade games that need to get the recharged treatment for the new Atari VCS.

This game brings back lot of memories of drunken nights, trying to get a high score. Now it's time for RoadBlasters to get a modern facelift and a rocking sound track!

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ZeekQuattro1044d ago

Played this all the time on the NES. Almost feels like a hidden gem as I hardly ever see it talked about.

DaleCooper1044d ago

There was a convenience store with this arcade cabinet. I rode my bike across town just to play every weekend. Good memories of this game.

Gunstar751044d ago

I suggested to Playground Games that this should be horizon dlc. Loved it in the arcade and on my Lynx