Planetside Highlights on TV

[Mechzz]

The "spectator" thing has come up again and made me think of this.

I've watched a bit of Morto's stuff on planetside TV and dabbled a bit in twitch TV. All well and good, but not very exciting or interesting for MOST of the time. Frankly watching lots of tanks and planes waiting for a "go" signal and then missing the important bits of the fight is, well, boring. And will never go mainstream imo.

Now, what could work is if Sony were to record all the activities on a server (think anti-cheat as well!) and then edit it down for a Saturday night highlights package. Only the good bits, and with proper explanation. So you would be WITH the hotdrop team as they turned the tide of battle or ON the walls during a heroic defence. You could have post-match interviews with key players, etc, etc.

How close is online gaming to the mainstream that we might see this happen?

edit: The mechanism would be a "flying camera" type of view of any bit of the battlefield.

I know I'd rather watch this than Wolves v Wigan on a Saturday evening.

[Thomas]

Like the battlerecorder that BF2 and 2142 had?