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Great web cam for the streaming gamer that doesn't want to spend the extra money on a capture card or Kinnect camera

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017

Works great. My husband and I like to stream our games and this camera does the job. Eventually we plan on getting a capture card for our computer so that all of our gaming platforms can utilize the same web cam through our computer but for now this works. Product was well packaged, easy to open, and the set up was a breeze. Decent image and microphone for the price considering that the Xbox One Kinnect is so much more expensive. We did not purchase a camera for our PS3 so we were unsure how this would perform. We were pleasantly surprised, especially after discovering the sad excuse for a headset that was included with our PS4. Well worth the investment for streaming on Twitch if a capture card is a little out of your budget or if you just find investing more into maintaining your personal computer to be frustrating. We purchased this camera for $40.99 am not sure if I would take a star away if I would have had to pay the $60 price point. Although, it still is a great deal compared to the Kinnect. We love being Amazon Prime members and with free one day shipping this was a no brainer for our family.

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Tierro

Just dance

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2023

My husband got this for our 5 year old. Sometimes it does not recognize anyone when trying to play just dance. It does recognize once the game has already started but then it stops. We have tried repositioning but it still gives us trouble.

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Tamala

Great web cam for the streaming gamer that doesn't want to spend the extra money on a capture card or Kinnect camera

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017

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Madalynn

we got a ps5 3 months later 🤣

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2023

Style: CameraVerified Purchase

my boyfriend and i wanted this so we could live stream our games and it worked really great! and the quality was really good! i definitely recommend!! but it isn't compatible with the ps5 lol

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Vanessa P

Awesome

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2023

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Works great and is small. The video quality is Awesome. Easy to connect. Love it

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JWINK

Decent PS4 accessory waiting for some games to take advantage of its capabilities

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2016

Style: CameraVerified Purchase

The camera includes a basic instruction sheet, an adjustable plastic stand an and attached USB cable.

I have been waiting to grab a PS4 because I thought the regular price was too high for the camera. After it went on sale for 29 bucks, I decided to get the new version. As far as I can tell there is no real difference in the specifications between this version and the older PS4 camera other than the outer design. I mainly got this in the hopes that now that the PS VR is now out that more and more games will start utilizing the camera. Unfortunately, there are not many games that utilize the camera to its fullest extent even with the VR.

I did expect the camera to have a bit better resolution than it has. The picture at times is pixelated, especially in low light. The camera does the job but the picture capability should be better. There is a build in microphone but the features of the camera seemed to be limited for the most part at least so far. I am hoping that more features will be added over time through the PS4 OS. You can log into the PS4 using the face recognition but at times it doesn’t work from only 6 feet away and really isn’t any quicker than just logging in with the controller.

The build quality of the camera is good although I think the attached cable could be a bit longer than the three to four feet that it is in length. The stand itself is ok as it is adjustable but it is limited to placing on a flat stable area as there is no way to wall mount it

The camera works fine for what it is but it is really limited in what it can do mainly because of the lack of software/game support and sparse feature capability of the OS. For 29 bucks, this is worth taking a chance that some new games will bring some of those compelling features to the camera. At full price, I would wait until it goes on sale.

4 stars

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boomfire

Can you see me now?

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2023

Style: CameraVerified Purchase

I totally forgot that I got my camera from here lol. I really enjoy it. Just going through and reviewing stuff I bought on here. Works great. Easy to set up. I use it for when I stream on twitch through my console.

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Amazon Customer

Nice 🙂👍

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2023

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Works great 😸👍

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Bartholomew

Works perfectly

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2023

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Works perfectly as it should

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OmegaDan

Streaming made near perfect

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2022

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I have always wanted the PS4 camera so I can stream my ps4 games on Twitch. Not only is the video quality very good, but the seamless integration with Twitch is just fantastic and haven't had any issues with it whatsoever. Now I have another method of streaming on Twitch and I can say I am very happy with my purchase.

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Piaw Na

Of limited use but does make Just Dance more fun.

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016

Style: CameraVerified Purchase

I hadn't planned on ever buying the PS4 camera. It was unbundled from the PS4 for good reason: the only reason for its existence was the fear that Microsoft's Kinect would take off, and Sony needed a good response in case that became the main way to use a game console. When Kinect became an obvious failure and no games supported it on the XBox, there were no games that required the PS4 camera either. Of course, if you have plans to get PSVR or you do live-streaming (neither of which appeals to me), the PS4 Camera would be essential.

What drove me was Just Dance. I first bought versions of Just Dance for the PS3, which were about $5 each. It turned out that my wife liked the game, and played it a lot, but complained about having to hold the move controller in one hand for scoring purposes. Versions of Just Dance for the Kinect wouldn't need the controller, but I wasn't about to switch platforms just for one game. I did some research, and discovered the Just Dance for the PS4 with a Playstation Camera wouldn't need you to hold a controller!

There was a sale over the holiday season so I managed to pick up a camera for $30. Just Dance 2015 could be had around $20, and we'd be in business. In practice, Just Dance's action pick up doesn't seem very sensitive (which is probably a good thing). Basically, if you flail around in the general direction you'd score correctly. My wife was very unimpressed when I could score as high as she did, since she's obviously a much better dancer. (I couldn't deny it simply because after each song the game shows you a video record of you flailing around trying to score) But she did appreciate not having to have anything in her hand.

The game does do a good job of making you move. My step-counter would run up about 500 steps per song, which is about right. My HR would go up as well, indicating that the Vivoactive HR is only accurate for people who aren't cycling.

What surprised me was that the PS Camera got used by Bowen for the free app that came with every playstation: Playroom. Bowen never seems to get sick of the AR Robot, and the companion app that lets you draw an object and then send it into the augmented reality view of the room was just as addictive to him as having paper and crayons.

For the standard price of $60, the PS4 Camera is pretty poor value (though you can get it as part of the bundle for PSVR), but at discounted prices it's reasonable.

Mildly recommended.

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Neal Dessauer

Works pretty great

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2023

Style: CameraVerified Purchase

Quality is a little low but overall pretty good

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