{"id":30344,"date":"2014-03-21T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=30344"},"modified":"2014-03-21T13:00:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T20:00:16","slug":"blame-twitch-shortage-playstation-4-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2014\/03\/21\/blame-twitch-shortage-playstation-4-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Blame Twitch for the shortage of PlayStation 4 cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a PlayStation 4 camera accessory? You&#8217;re not alone. Sony&#8217;s president of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2014\/3\/20\/5531280\/blame-the-popularity-of-twitch-for-the-lack-of-ps4-cameras\">Polygon<\/a> that the console&#8217;s built-in Twitch streaming feature is the cause of the shortage. People love to use it. They broadcast themselves playing games, or they create call-in shows set in their living rooms, or they stream <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/11\/29\/5154540\/how-the-playstation-4s-playroom-brought-out-the-worst-in-gamers\">questionable material<\/a>. Yoshida said that Sony&#8217;s marketing folks underestimated how popular streaming would be.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They came up with the initial demand in that conventional way and it was very, very low,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Using the camera to broadcast yourself is much, much more fun they they thought and they didn&#8217;t quite get it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sony said the peripheral has a 15% attach rate, putting the its total sales figure at around 900,000 units. Due to the camera&#8217;s constrained supply, many sellers have marked it up above the $59 suggested retail price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a PlayStation 4 camera accessory? You&#8217;re not alone. Sony&#8217;s president of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida told Polygon that the console&#8217;s built-in Twitch streaming feature is the cause of the shortage. People love to use it. 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