PS4 Twitch TV: Naked Couple Spurs Ban On Non-Gaming Content
It would appear that Sony's PlayStation 4 has shown not even gamers can be trusted with webcams.
The PS4 comes equipped with Twitch.tv, which allows users to live stream games they are playing via the Live From PlayStation feature. Playroom is a free title which combines Twtich.tv with the PlayStation Eye camera to allow gamers to live stream from their living room.
Thanks to some naughty gamers, however, Twitch.tv is cracking down.
"FYI: We continue to moderate according to our Terms of Service. Non-gaming content is not allowed," Twitch Support said via Twitter. "Non-gaming content (c): If using PS4 Playroom, the content must be about games or gaming and within our ToS. Thanks for understanding."
Twitch also assured gamers that "discussing gaming Is gaming content."
Being nude, on the other hand, is not.
In one forbidden Twitch stream, a husband and wife used Playroom to broadcast their living room activities, which included getting drunk and the wife getting naked. That account has since been banned, Kotaku reports.
"As Twitch continues to attract new broadcasters, we want to keep our terms of service top of mind and reiterate we are a destination for video game-related content. We also have a team, supported by a predominantly positive minded community,that works around the clock to ensure our TOS is being adhered to. It is at the discretion of our partners to determine which Twitch features are integrated into their hardware and software," Twitch said in a statement.
The PS4 was released on Nov. 15 in North America and sold over 1 million units within its first 24 hours on Canada's and the United States' shelves. The video game console will launch in Europe on Nov. 29 and will be available in 32 countries by the holiday season.
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