PS4 Twitch streaming to see tighter regulation, "non-gaming content is not allowed"
PlayStation 4's Twitch streaming options were used to host a variety of live chat shows using the console's bundled camera app The Playroom. The broadcasting company is poised to cull any non-related gaming streams via Sony's console after several indecent shows were halted.
The news follows this couple's phone in chat show, broadcast entirely over Playroom and PS4 for several hours.
It comes from a Reddit thread that suggested Twitch was issuing bans to PS4 users streaming The Playroom. Lewd and indecent streams were given the chop, while several Reddit users stated that Twitch was closing broadcasts due to explicit comments posted in the PS4's chat bar.
Twitch then took to Twitter to lay out its terms:
FYI: We continue to moderate according to our Terms of Service. Non-gaming content is not allowed. 1/2
— Twitch Support (@TwitchTVSupport) November 24, 2013
Non-gaming content (c): If using PS4 Playroom, the content must be about games or gaming and within our ToS. Thanks for understanding. 2/2
— Twitch Support (@TwitchTVSupport) November 24, 2013
Discussing gaming is gaming content. There are numerous such channels on Twitch, such as One More Game.
— Twitch Support (@TwitchTVSupport) November 24, 2013
I've been watching Pat stream Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag this morning. He swears a lot. Don't get banned Pat!
What do you make of the above?
Via Eurogamer.
