Twitch cracking down on non-gaming broadcasts from PS4 owners

Own a PlayStation 4 and stream your content? We’ll you best make sure that content is limited to just games, as Twitch has begun cracking down on non-gaming streams making their way to its video streaming platform.

The service sent out a tweet at the weekend after some rather questionable content began finding its way onto Twitch’s service since the launch of the PlayStation 4. The console has been pushing the Playroom feature, which uses the PlayStation’s all-seeing Eye to stream what you’re doing directly to Twitch and uStream.

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

According to the Terms of Service of Twitch however, the Playroom feature should only be used for gaming-related content, and not anything of a sexual nature or host non-gaming shows. New Xbox One owners haven’t yet got the same warning, as Microsoft has not yet rolled out live streaming to the Xbox One – although this feature will be coming in early 2014.

Source: Kotaku