Play Crysis on Your Playstation 3
by Patrick Steen on January 14, 2008 at 7:14 am
Want to play Crysis on your Playstation 3? With StreamMyGame you can do just that. Install Linux on your PS3 and start streaming PC games…for free.
Yup, the StreamMyGames server is free. The server works by remotely converting the game’s video and audio into a Game Stream and sending it over your LAN network to a second computer, laptop, or Linux enabled PS3. PC games can be played on the console/second computer without any lag or having to install the game on this machine. Crysis and PS3 unite!
Richard Faria, CEO of StreamMyGame talks of the service’s advantages:
Playing the latest PC game on the PS3 is now a reality at HD resolution and fast frame-rates. I have a PS3 in my living room and PC in my office and my two kids both have old PCs in their bedrooms.
Now we can play games anywhere around the home. StreamMyGame’s technology networks the power of a main PC so it can be used to play high end games on other PCs, PS3s and Linux devices.
What’s the catch? Well there’s two. Currently this streaming only works over an LAN network, but the service is set to expand to broadband in March this year. This means you’ll be able to stream games further than your living room, to anywhere in the world even.
The second catch is that only the basic version is free, which is stuck at streaming a 640×480 video output. For HD you’ll have to subscribe to a years membership for $9.99, or $19.99 for the premium service, which doesn’t appear to have any observable advantages.
In the below video you can see Crysis being streamed to a PS3. Most would question why the guy doesn’t just get a long lead to plug his PC into his HDTV. However, those people would lack foresight! Your PC might be upstairs, and your HDTV downstairs!
Seriously though, this is reminiscent of PSP streaming from the PS3, and so begs the question; Could we be playing Crysis on our PSP, on the train to work? Streaming from your PC to your PS3 and then to your PSP doesn’t sound outlandish. Sony will most likely be the ones to stop us in our tracks, and the lag might be unbearable, but it’s worth dreaming isn’t it?
You can learn more about StreamMyGame here and even register for the free software.
Via Beyond3d
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12 Comments » |
on January 14, 2008 12:00 pm
Lol, this is stupid, you still need a powerful PC to play Crysis. Connect your PC to a TV and you get same results.
on January 14, 2008 12:52 pm
Cool, BioShock and Mass Effect on the PS3 too? infact… any game! Woot!
on January 14, 2008 1:02 pm
no, because mass effect isnt on ps3, is it now?
exciteable silly boy.
on January 14, 2008 2:56 pm
yeah, but you still need a good game computer to play crysis on yer ps3 since the pc does all the work ^^,
on January 14, 2008 6:02 pm
Very exciting like. But I’ll be more impressed with a decent emulator for linux. I wanna play Bioshock but don’t wanna fork out for a dodgy 360 or anything.
on January 14, 2008 6:16 pm
Great! Let everyone know about this so Sony get slammed hard and bled dry with lawsuits and in turn losing these silly features.
on January 14, 2008 7:15 pm
So… it’s actually running of the PC. Which kinda makes it an incredibly stupid alternative to a (long) HDMI-cable.
Why? What’s the point – bar it just being possible. I’d use the HDMI-cable and some wireless keyboard/mouse-combo…
Or, maybe… No. Just: w-h-y?
on January 14, 2008 7:29 pm
Nice! another advantage of open gaming platforms, like the PS3.
on January 14, 2008 8:18 pm
Mikoolo: Yes you do, but it will also work for a myriad of other PC games.
Thijzo: I mentioned this in the article. Its advantage would come when it can be streamed over a broadband network – meaning you can play PC games to where-ever your PS3 is in the country/world.
on January 15, 2008 3:37 am
Piece of Shit. Wheres the WOW Factor! This is absolutely unnecessary. Just a fucking stream to the PS3. Ey guys. Buy a HDMI or DVI Cable. Complete shit! Everyone who buy this crap is a poor Würstl!
on January 15, 2008 5:15 am
Patrick Steen: What? How could anyone want that? Imagine playing a game where your movement has 60ms or more? Anywhere in the world? Yeah.. right. This is basically a remotedesktop but designed for gaming. Terminalgaming? give me a break.
on March 4, 2009 2:18 pm
this guy is dumb 800x 600 is smaller than 720p