Since the release of Xbox One and PS4 there have been a lot of arguments over which one is better. However, while the next-gen war is going on we are missing some important details around the usage of the consoles that were not intended.
As Xbox One and PS4 have sharing options and give you the ability to easily stream gameplay and personal videos to family and friends and to Twitch.TV, both consoles could be exploited in an untraditional matter. The PS4 owners have already used the streaming technology and the cameras to stream amateur porn; while the Xbox One users still don’t have their streaming features ready to go.
People will be exploiting technology in different and unthinkable ways and while to many that may not seem like a huge deal, it may lead to a stop for the next-gen consoles in China. As law in China forbids porn, the Chinese authorities are not associating streaming services, but rather the consoles with the porno topic, and if it becomes hot in the media and the amateur port streaming more common as a whole, it may well lead the gaming consoles to an end in the country.
Gaming consoles were already banned in China; however, after the release of recent government documents and press-conferences, speculations were made that consoles could be one of the goods available in the Shanghai free trade zone. Having latest news about the console amateur porn, though, could change that. Gamers in China are already feeling pressured and are following the latest new on this topic, hoping it would all go away.
However, we are not yet certain that either Microsoft or Sony will release their Xbox One and PS4 in China, anyways. Both companies stated that they were having the country in mind, now that consoles are somewhat legal after the thirteen year lasting ban, but we should not be so quick and jumping to conclusions.
The amateur porn being streamed through the consoles as a whole is not such a huge deal, but definitely not something Sony or Microsoft can be proud about. However, it is not their fault and they can’t do anything about it, except banning such attempts in the video sharing community they have the rights on. Microsoft is already showing that they will be keeping their video streaming service as clean as possible, as we saw earlier this week, as they are even banning users and videos from Xbox Live for excessive swearing. Twitch.TV is also working on the problem.
The amateur porno stream doesn’t say much about the Sony PlayStation 4 or the Microsoft Xbox One as much as it does for us as a society. There are more and more people nowadays, who are letting the mainstream media and the easy access to porn, change their opinion of what is wrong and what is right. It gives us a chance to think about why we don’t think that porn is as big of a deal as it was years ago. All in all, China could only hope that amateur console porn won’t become a huge topic and won’t lead to any scandals or yet again another ban on the consoles in the country.