With the imminent release into the wild of the PS4 I have been trying to track down a list of media options since seeing the Xbox One's offerings the other day. Luckily, in amongst the huge number of first impression/overview/summary stories on offer I found a little paragraph tucked away in Gizmodo Australia's run down of features.
So what does the PS4 offer?
- Crackle (I thought this was US only, turns out it is available in Australia with a lot less content of course)
- Machinima (wooo, direct access to a YouTube channel)
- MUZU TV (a music video service)
- Network 10's Tenplay (Catch up service for the 10 network - has a lot of stuff in it's list, some of which have actual episodes you can watch)
- Quickflix (Like Netflix but double the cost for a tiny fraction of the content)
- SBS On Demand (SBS Catch up, has good stuff occasionally but not much content)
- TED (see Machinima)
- Twitch (good if you like watching other people play games)
I know the above looks very much like a copy/paste job from the above linked Xbox One article and that's because it is. Both systems are offering the exact same limited services in Australia. No surprise really. The only advantage for the PS4 is that none of the above items require a Playstation Plus subscription whereas most will require Xbox Live on Microsoft's console.
Some notable items missing from what is on offer are VidZone, ABC iView and PlayTV. Sony also released a FAQ which stated that DLNA would not be supported (this enables streaming of media from other devices to the machine). After much outcry Sony has announced they are looking at providing DLNA on their new box.
If you want an idea of the sort of things you can access overseas then revisit this wonderful summary of Sony's E3 presentation. TV stuff starts around 1:10.
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