Tag: The Playroom
News Astro Bot Dev Team Is Working on PS5 Demos - Will These Become The Playroom 2?
Onboard software could return on PS5
Before Japan Studio's Asobi Team made PlayStation VR's golden child Astro Bot Rescue Mission, it created PS4's built-in software package, The Playroom. Designed as a social augmented reality experience, every console shipped with the game pre-installed, meaning everyone had something to play immediately. It makes...
News PS4 Live Streams Are About to Get a Lot More Interesting
Potentially, anyway
It’s not always easy for a company to predict how consumers will decide to use a particular product, and The Playroom on the PlayStation 4 will definitely have raised a few eyebrows when it started to get used – and, in some instances, abused – by next-gen early adopters. However, recognising the swell of demand for live...
Feature The Strange and Sometimes Sordid World of PS4's Playroom
How Sony’s toy box became a streaming success
The Playroom wasn’t made for you. Fresh from the relative success of EyePet, ex-London Studio suit Nicholas Douchet was head hunted by Sony’s top dogs in Tokyo in order to extract the potential of its fledgling PlayStation 4 format and the DualShock 4. The augmented reality obsessed executive...
E3 2014 Sony Embraces PS4 Live Streaming with The Playroom's Set Maker DLC
Use responsibly
Sometimes companies create unexpected phenomenons, and The Playroom has definitely become that for Sony. Originally intended as an internal showcase for the DualShock 4, the platform holder eventually opted to bundle the application with each PlayStation 4 as an incentive to purchase the PlayStation Camera. However, following the...
News Find a Use for Your PS4 Camera with Free The Playroom DLC
Run, robot, run
Sony’s complimentary PlayStation Camera-based technology demo The Playroom has secretly expanded this week with a free add-on named Ninja Bots. Available now from the PlayStation 4’s iteration of the PlayStation Store, the intriguing gratuity transports the titular cyborgs to a training ground, where your Ninbotsu skills will be...
Weirdness Don't Livestream Steamy Activities on the PS4 Like This Russian Couple
Play it safe
Sony may soon need to substitute the name of its next generation console for something a little saucier, as the PlayStation 4 is quickly becoming the system of choice for the sex obsessed. Not content with purportedly being the top platform for a catalogue of steamy websites, the supercharged device recently played host to a live...
