Sony may have glossed over the announcement during its GamesCom 2013 press conference last week, but Twitch is totally coming to the PlayStation 4. The popular streaming service – which many had assumed had been locked up by Microsoft – will allow you to broadcast gameplay to a growing online fanbase, all with a tap of the multipurpose share button.
Chatting with Engadget, vice president of marketing Matthew DiPietro explained that the functionality will likely be available on “day one” for Sony’s next generation machine. It’ll join Ustream, and will provide you with access to popular features such as picture-in-picture and audio capture.
It’s not yet clear whether the service will be locked behind the PlayStation Plus paywall, but considering the Japanese giant’s stance on this in other areas, we’re going to suggest that it’s unlikely. Either way, if the lack of Twitch was a real kick in the teeth for you at E3, hopefully you (and your followers) can rest easy now.
[source engadget.com]
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great twitch is way batter than ustream, might actually use this now
After how terribly Ustream handled Sony's E3 and Gamescom presentations, I'm not at all surprised. I still can't get over how they have a mobile app that isn't optimized for freaking mobile! I mean, how does that work?!
Neon confirmed as Delsin's second power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR_T9XypFSA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Also Sony is currently negotiating with Time Warner and Disney (if I remember right) for the PlayStation TV application.
I think I might use it once to stream all the random stuff I do on open world games xD
PS4 looks better every day.
That's one thing I definitely didn't overlook. It's the streaming platform of choice for gamers. Ustream simply doesn't make sense. But if you're a hipster go ahead and stream there if you want.
I'm not a fan of Ustream, it seems a bit buggy at times. One of the good things about Twitch is that you can transfer your videos to YouTube. It would be cool if they added YouTube so you could skip Twitch all together if you wanted to because I know some people who prefer to use YouTube over Twitch.
Sony have said: DVR won't require PS+
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