In an opinion piece by a BBC journalist has said that "the iPlayer's streaming service on the console makes something of a mockery claims by Sony and Microsoft that their consoles are the true multimedia machines." The article also quotes the BBC Future Media and Technology Group Controller as saying "If you want to get on the PlayStation or Xbox, they want control of the look, the feel and the experience; they want it done within their shop, and their shop only."
Both the Wii and PS3 have a web browser - and so in theory users could access the iPlayer directly.
But neither console - at present - support the form of Flash used in the iPlayer.
Clearly Nintendo is rectifying this - but is also going one stage further and offering a dedicated channel, which acts as a one click button to the iPlayer service.
Reading between the lines it would seem Microsoft was unwilling to work with the BBC unless it was given more control over how the content was accessed and presented inside Xbox Live, its walled garden online service.
It seems more puzzling for Sony to take this approach. It has said often that PS3 is an "open platform" and all it would take is a small update to let gamers access iPlayer in the web browser.
I think this is almost inevitable - and so Sony gamers shouldn't be too distraught.
For Microsoft the issue is more tricky because the 360 doesn't have a browser so any service has to "integrate" into Xbox Live.
I'm guessing that Microsoft wanted the content but not the iPlayer branding.
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BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.
I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!
looks like a flash update is enough for the ps3
they really do need a flash update. i cant access porn on my ps3 until they do. its my only quarm with sony's ps3...
TOO FAR?
the word control is a bit excessive..
ms and sony don't want to control the content of iplayer - they just want to integrate it into their respective dashboards..
bbc wanted to retain their iplayer dashboard so as to increase revenue from their commerce side.. nothing wrong with the beeb's decision. but once a the ps3 browser is updated to the current flash the iplayer should work.
A proper iplayer app on the PS3 would be great but i guess a flash update is all we will get :(
Flash support: pending
life: continues!