Let’s start this PS-iGaming overview with an intriguing coincidence: PlayStation 1 was launched in Japan in December 1994. The first online casino was also started in 1994, in the USA. This year we mark the 30th anniversary of the parallel, hand-in-hand development of these two gaming concepts.
Now, we’ll check out how you can enjoy iGaming via PS consoles and why it is (not always) a convenient experience.
A rule of thumb is that you can access every iGaming platform from a device that comes with an integrated web browser.
So, if you have a PlayStation 5, you can browse the Internet and visit any pages you’d like. What may differ is the quality of user experience on various websites. For instance, cutting-edge, modern gambling and betting powerhouses, such Pay N Play Casino, are typically easily accessed from newer gaming consoles. Simply put, the respective technologies behind PS5 and recently-launched websites are compatible.
The only thing here is to get accustomed to browsing the web and using websites with PS5 gamepads. But there’s a workaround, as well: you can use a keyboard and/or mouse with PS to improve user experience and accelerate your on-page action.
Older iGaming (and any other) websites won’t be as smooth as their newer counterparts unless developers have done their homework and improved the website infrastructure to match newer configurations. For instance, some companies keep (re)developing retro games on new game engines or even scale down some modern 3D games to 2D versions, like the Sonic 2D platformer. Then again, if you’re into brand-new games, you’re probably looking forward to the launch of Sonic X Shadow Generations this October.
Such a variety of options meets different gamers’ tastes, bringing even more diversity to the gaming world.
Having described that we can access and use iGaming websites from PS consoles, it’s time for a more state-of-the-art approach: cloud-based games and cross-gaming features.
Cloud gaming brings the comfort of playing games directly from the cloud. It doesn’t matter whether the end gamer is using their PC, smartphone, or console. The end result is always the same: enjoying a seamless, 21st-century gaming convenience.
This combination of cloud-based games and cross-platform options (games equally accessible from all devices) opens room for more innovations in the iGaming industry, as well. For the time being, most online casinos, from domestically registered platforms to offshore casinos, are developed on traditional CSS/HTML websites, i.e., the latest versions of these programming languages.
In the future, however, we can imagine iGaming platforms similar to Steam or Microsoft Store, where various iGaming providers will be offering their games.
Blockchain technology has already changed the world of gaming, and we’re only at the dawn of a crypto-dominated future.
For example, players’ ability to earn from their gaming sessions is something that blockchain has brought to the stage. By collecting non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrencies, and various rare items, gamers have entered a new era of online gaming – game finance (also known as GameFi). Some of these non-tangible items can be exchanged for tangible goods, so players can feel their real value.
No wonder that iGaming providers have also embraced such tech advancements. From launching crypto gambling sites to letting their players store their gaming data in blockchain vaults, such platforms are pushing the envelope, so that classical gaming platforms will soon follow suit.
At the moment, it’s not possible to buy PS games directly using cryptocurrencies, but there are indirect ways, via gift cards, for gamers to obtain the new Lego Horizon Adventures using Bitcoin, Ethereum, or some other crypto.
With so many (i)Gaming current affairs going on, we should only sit back and keep enjoying the wonderful games our eyeballs can see and try.