Play PC games on a PS3???

[Syncere Styles]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/a78532/ps3-to-allow-pc-games-to-run-on-it.html

[VG Aficionado]

Well, the headline is misleading at best ;)

[qzak]

A new free-to-join website will allow PC games to be played on a PlayStation 3 console, the CEO behind the new venture is claiming.

Richard Faria from www.streammygame.com states his site will revolutionise the gaming industry by providing members with a free plug-in that converts games into IPTV channels called Game Streams.

The site will enable games to be played remotely by sending it over a home network to a laptop or a second PC, and the firm claims the receiving machine will play the game "without any lag and it does not need to have the game installed".

"We are embarking on a new paradigm in the gaming industry fuelled by advances in computer hardware, network speeds and the want of gamers to have more freedom," said Richard Faria CEO. "We network the power of their main PC so it can be used to play high end games on other PCs and laptops around the home. I believe the demand for high resolutions will drive the sales of high end PC hardware.

"We will release a Linux version in Q4 2007 which will enable PC games to be played on the PlayStation 3 and many other devices including DVD players, set top boxes, networked media devices and mobile phones."

Currently compatible with Windows XP and Vista, the firm claims it will work with all games based on Microsoft's DirectX8, 9 and 10, including new releases such as FIFA 08 and BioShock.


Wow. I'm glad I can play BioShock on my mobile phone. Good times.


(not)

[GTAce]

Cool. :)

[Gegenki]

Its funny that they don't mention that you can't actually use it on the ps3. I just tried it.
It gives you a message box on a PC whereas on a PS3 cause the message box won't sow up, it gives you a page 404 error.
As for the practicality of it I just don't know. I'm not 100% sure - I think I did a loop back stream to my own PC (running off my pc, through my network setup and back to my pc) and the menus in Unreal were running extremely slow - there was no point in even trying to load a level.

[GTAce]

Its funny that they don't mention that you can't actually use it on the ps3. I just tried it.
"We will release a Linux version in Q4 2007 which will enable PC games to be played on the PlayStation 3 and many other devices including DVD players, set top boxes, networked media devices and mobile phones."

Lets wait and see.

[Gegenki]

Oh right of course... I never made the link between Linux and DVD players; set top boxes; networked devices and mobiles phones.

A) I'm still at a loss.
B) I'm wondering why I tried it suddenly... I feel like an idiot lol

[Viper]

We just had a thread on this recently but I can't find it.

As I said there, sounds like it's just waiting to lag your ass.

[Leedogg]

We just had a thread on this recently but I can't find it.

As I said there, sounds like it's just waiting to lag your ass.

Yep thats what I'm thinking too,

you attack, the PS3 sends the info to the PC, the PC receives the info, then the PC sends the info back

by that time you can be died, if you got alot of lag