Playcast

Playcast, Inc.

5 Investors

Peer-to-Peer Game Streaming

EVERETT, WA

Playcast, Inc. is an emerging technology company developing a peer-to-peer game streaming platform. As a decentralized alternative to traditional cloud gaming, its service allows users to stream and share games directly from their personal computers, seeking to solve issues of centralization and high costs in the industry.

Products & Team

Playcast Pavilion

Game Streaming PlatformSeed

The flagship service is a Steam-integrated Windows application that converts a gaming PC into a live-streaming server, or 'Pavilion Kiosk'. This enables PC owners to contribute their hardware to a global game-streaming network, allowing others to play their games.

Value Proposition

Playcast addresses the high cost of both gaming hardware for players and centralized server infrastructure for streaming providers. It allows gamers to access demanding titles without expensive equipment and enables PC owners to monetize their underutilized systems.

Pain Points

The platform solves the high cost of entry into PC gaming for players. For hosts, it addresses the issue of expensive, underutilized gaming rigs. For developers, it offers a low-cost channel for game discovery and user acquisition.

Peer-to-peer streaming architecture designed for low-latency gameplay.Enables users to play high-end PC games through a web browser on various devices without needing powerful hardware.An incentivized hosting model where PC owners can earn free games for sharing their idle computing resources.A developer-friendly platform for promoting titles through free trials, events, and sponsored streams.