PC games on Sony PS3 using Game Streams: bad for Xbox 360
Filed under: Gaming, PC Games, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Daniel
Posted on: October 27, 2007 | 38 Comments
So if you got new game releases like FIFA 08 and BioShock on your PC, you may soon be able to play these PC games on your Sony PS3 thanks to “Game Streams”.
According to a new “free-to-join website” called Streammy Game, you will be able to play PC games on your PlayStation 3 via IPTV channels called Game Streams and if this happens it could revolutionise the gaming industry.
The CEO behind this venture is called Richard Faria, the members of Streammy Game will get a free plug-in that converts games into the IPTV channels and will let the gamers play remotely by sending it over a home network.
This is then received by a second PC or laptop which then plays the game, now the first thing I thought was “LAG” but they are claiming there will be none.
If this works and indeed there is no lag, I would have to agree this could not only revolutionise the gaming industry but could help the Sony PS3 win against the Xbox 360.
Q4 of 2007 will see a Linux version released that enables PC games to be played on the PlayStation 3 and it does not stop there, as they also claim the games can be played on other devices like mobile phones, media devices, set top boxes and DVD players.
This is going to be amazing.
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What’s the point. I play PC games with my keyboard and mouse not a controller and my PC monitor has just as good resolution as my HDTV. I play console games on a console. There is no draw to this and no profit for Sony if the games are played on their system because there is no liscense to Sony for the game. I can do this by hooking up my PC to my tv through my video card and using a wireless keyboard and mouse if I wanted to. Just saved me $500.
Excellent a 400 dollar dumb terminal ok maybe a thin client(PS3). Why not just use a media extender as a dumb terminal instead.
I guess it will work well if the game requires little or no interaction, hence works well for movies etc… As for no lag, not a chance in hell. The lag will make it impractical for HD games. You need serious bandwidth just for the transmission of the HD graphics, sound etc… Might work for low definition games, flash, xbox live games etc… Just think about the lag issues you have with online games, and the relative movement of data is relatively miniscule.
As for helping the PS3 win the race. How does that work? Sony sell the PS3 at a loss, then everyone buys games for their PC… I don’t see Sony getting anything from this.
To be honest this sounds like the claims of a start up tech company, looking to raise funds.
That is by far the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Let me go out and buy a $5000 gaming rig to play it on my ps3. If you think that will sell consoles sir I suggest you actually become a gamer before you write about it.
“This is going to be amazing.”
I think I will reserve judgement on this ’till it actually happens.
smilingassassin said: “That is by far the stupidest thing I have ever heard”
You are a bit of a retard then. It might not be terribly useful feature but ’stupidest thing you have ever heard’?
More stupid than that 360 owning kid who tried to cool it down in a bucket of water?
This will help the PS3 how? If your buying games for the PC that works best with a mouse and keyboard playing against non PS3 owners online. Sony wants people to buy PS3 games, not PC games. Did you forgot that they lose money on hardware and make it back on software.
PS3 Rocks !. I enjoyed the games now, but with more and more value add stuff like PVR, IPTV gaming and etc, I sure can see that xbox 360 was a poorly plan technology. Sony Rocks,
i wud like to say its another icing on top of ps3 console.now time to sell my xbox.if i can play gears of war and halo 2 on my ps3.thats the coolest thing .ps3 rocks.
lol…I think PS3 fans are upset because they feel suckered. They fell for the corporate propaganda, the hype. Game developers are coming out now letting it be known that the PS3 is inferior to the Xbox 360. At least you got a blue ray player, and I think that’s all Sony was interested in this round. I would of thought all of you would of learned from PS2. If Sega had the advertising dollars, Sony wouldn’t even be in this market. That’s why Microsoft jumped in, they saw a lame at the top and knew they could do it better. The PS3 is quiet though, more than an average computer. That lets you know it was meant to be a movie player. Sony hasn’t loss, they really want Blue Ray to take off. That’s why the 40 gig model lost all ps2 compatibility ’cause they couldn’t care less about gaming.
Not revolutonary.Not a bad idea but it has failed many times over the years.If they could make the newest console games play without a glitch over the net they might have something.That was Nintendos plan until the 360 was announced.
Sony might do well to make the PS3 a full fledged pc/media portal(ha ha cause they aint got any games j/k ,kinda).They already said it was.At the very least it would kick MS in the butt and get them to open up media types and get a browser.