YouTube seeking developers for 'console-based TV experience'

@Linselj34

Yeah. Seriously. It sucks on wii, a bit better on ps3 but still sucky.

@bxgt Just Fantastic

@Riquez

They already do, its called Google TV.

@commenter7

EDIT: I miss understood your comment,

It's not really that simple to just port a console version of Chrome.

@commenter7 yeah, I realise its probably not that simple but creating a segregated version of youtube just seems like the totally wrong direction when whats really needed is a decent browser for both consoles.

I mean if they go down that route then we need special version of youtube, then a special version of facebook, etc, etc.

PS3 already has a browser, it just needs updating to be better.
360 needs a browser, surely MS can work that out?

@Istari Spartan

Why do you need a web browser of a console.

@JRMG Yeah. That's why BBC iPlayer is available in near-HD (would say it's at least 720p but I have no way of proving/disproving it) quality in the browser, here in the UK (works like a charm, is flash based, supports subtitles etc.). And another 3 channels that stream in 10x better quality then youtube. Plus, there's a zillion websites on the internet that stream video to the PS3 browser just fine. There's also a bookmarklet for the PS3 browser that lets you play Youtube videos in HQ. It seems that the fault here is 100% on Google's side. They probably didn't find the PS3 a viable enough platform to invest in a individual webfront so they decided to just default it to the generic "TV" setup. These things cost money, you know.

@Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar I'd have to disagree that its Googles fault about youtube sucking on PS3 browser.
The PS3 browser is fairly sucky & hasnt been updated in many years.
Sony needs to put a little effort into updating it.
Its probably on par with Mac IE5.0 from the 90's, I even suspect it is little different from the PS2 browser ;-)

Some elements of youtube are a bit excludatory in terms of how they work though.
For example the search button uses javascript that doesnt work on old browsers (including PS3)
If you have a keyboard for your PS3 you can type in the search box & press "enter" to submit your search - that works. But the search button itself will not work.

At some point web developers have to draw a line with what browsers to support, based on user numbers & quality. I think the PS3 browser is below the line on both counts.

@KNRasengan You don't need an app. The PS3 browser is fully capable of doing high quality streaming. BBC iPlayer in the UK does it that way.

BBC iPlayer's picture isn't that great, nowhere near HD unfortunately, don't get me wrong, it's good but I'd like the option to watch in HD. Freesat's iPlayer has that option and it's all the better for it.

@RookI22I

So you go to PS3youtube.com with the PS3 browser? I was originally very excited that PS3 could do youtube, but every video is so low quality, choppy and slow for me.