System and method for streaming game sessions to third party gaming consoles

A system for streaming a media stream from a game console to a plurality of computing devices, the system comprising:

• non-transient electronic storage media configured to be included within the game console and computer program modules stored in the non-transient electronic storage media, wherein, when executed by one or more processors of the game console, the computer program modules:
• execute an instance of a game world, wherein at least one of the computer program modules is configured to generate, based on the game world, a primary view of the game world on a display locally coupled to the game console;
• obtain action requests specifying in-game actions, wherein at least one of the computer program modules is configured to implement the action requests;
• encode, using at least one of the computer program modules, portions of the primary view to produce a secondary view, wherein the secondary view is of lower-quality relative to the primary view;
• generate, at the game console and using at least one of the computer program modules, a media stream comprising the secondary view of the game world by prefetching the portions of the primary view prior to encoding said portions;
• and
• stream, using at least one of the computer program modules, the media stream to the plurality of computing devices such that individuals using the plurality of computing devices can access and view the secondary view.