I bet they will, there won't be a "real" PS4.It doesn't signal anything unless you think that Sony is actually foolish enough to build an entire console around this idea.
I bet they will, there won't be a "real" PS4.It doesn't signal anything unless you think that Sony is actually foolish enough to build an entire console around this idea.
I bet they will, there won't be a "real" PS4.
Lets skip a few months back to January this year and to a CES panel at which Nanea Reeves, chief product officer for Gaikai, made one heck of a prediction. To be fair, we wrote it off, but we might have been very, very wrong to do so.
Not all of the current console makers will have one more generation, said Reeves, that will be the big news at E3.
Now, it all makes sense. Presumably Gaikai and Sony were working on some kind of streaming service back in January, so were Gaikai privy to Sonys future plans? Is Reeves going to be proved very right in just a few days time.
It's a buisness model choice not a tech limitation. To have access to their cloud techno is cheap I guess, it's on the traffic linked to their techno they make their money. Not the same model for Onlive. Some others "little" cloud service players work more like white labels, licencing their techno and (little, with casuals & large games) catalog to TV/Box content providers. In France (and other countries) we already have some examples, the last one coming from the new Bouygue Telecom box with Playcast to provide a cloud gaming service.
I bet they will, there won't be a "real" PS4.
Who tried Gaikai or OnLive in Europe?
TheSixthAxis makes a very interesting observation;
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/05/25/gaikais-streaming-does-this-mean-no-ps4/
That... That would make sense. Still think there's going to be a PS4 though.
We'll see, they'll obviously test it on the PS3 first but I think it does make a lot of sense for them. They could sell a "PS4" that is basically just a streaming device and a controller for 50$ or whatever, include it into their TVs and so on. Much cheaper and more flexible than a new console that might bomb.It'd be a suicide on their part if they did do it. Lag, bandwidth limitations etc. will prevent this sort of service from really taking off for a long time.
Who tried Gaikai or OnLive in Europe?
A videogame streaming serviceWhat's Gaikai?
TheSixthAxis makes a very interesting observation;
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/05/25/gaikais-streaming-does-this-mean-no-ps4/
That... That would make sense. Still think there's going to be a PS4 though.
A videogame streaming service
So technically I could play PC games on my PS3 ? IIRC the PS3 accepts keyboard + mouse, no ?
So Diablo 3, WoW, Age of Empires etc on my PS3 this Summer with the PS+ ?
TheSixthAxis makes a very interesting observation;
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/05/25/gaikais-streaming-does-this-mean-no-ps4/
That... That would make sense. Still think there's going to be a PS4 though.
Is it Japanese or something? Why's it so well revered here?
Yeah, my point is it's unlikely you'd ever be able to play PC games on your PS3, like some are suggesting.
We'll see, they'll obviously test it on the PS3 first but I think it does make a lot of sense for them. They could sell a "PS4" that is basically just a streaming device and a controller for 50$ or whatever, include it into their TVs and so on. Much cheaper and more flexible than a new console that might bomb.
groupthink. all based on digital foundry concluding the service was slightly better than onlive in an aspect or two iirc (while trading off something else)
edit found it, gakai can have better visuals but runs at 30, onlive runs at 60 with worse visuals
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-face-off-gaikai-vs-onlive
normally gaf likes 60 fps so that doesnt even make sense
but whichever one sony partners with will probably be the one deemed superior after e3.
So technically I could play PC games on my PS3 ? IIRC the PS3 accepts keyboard + mouse, no ?
So Diablo 3, WoW, Age of Empires etc on my PS3 this Summer with the PS+ ?
Yeah, the most interesting thing is if MS and Sony really wanted to adopt streaming games like OnLive, there would be no reason to release new hardware. Seems too early for either of them to jump in with both feet based on existing broadband infrastructure, ensuring at least one more generation.
OnLive is probably more of an acquisition target than a partner, though. We won't end up with OnLive selling games through both platforms. One or the other would buy OnLive and more tightly integrate the platform with their own system and branding so, even though you might be running a PC build of a game, you'd get PlayStation button prompts, or whatever.
With Sony or MS the possibilities for exclusives designed to run on hardware far more powerful than the average PC and far too expensive to sell as a console is also there. To a certain degree OnLive is constrained by their dependence on third party PC SKUs. Those games have to scale, and are often built around the 360/PS3 as lowest common denominator anyway. With Sony's or Microsoft's development and engineering expertise, they can establish a baseline standard platform using whatever exotic hardware they choose, upgrade it at will and explicitly target that hardware. There is also nothing stopping them from rack-mounting their current consoles and streaming their current library through the service.
Could we see something like future Sony first party titles being developed to run off high end PC's and streamed by Gaikai to the PS3? Streaming exclusive titles that would essentially be "next gen" without the need for any hardware upgrade on the console side? I guess image quality with the stream would be the deciding factor.
I tried it from Ireland back when it was starting out, running off servers in the US.
I remember being pretty impressed overall, my impressions are here. Have not tried Gaikai though.
TheSixthAxis makes a very interesting observation;
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2012/05/25/gaikais-streaming-does-this-mean-no-ps4/
That... That would make sense. Still think there's going to be a PS4 though.
So does this mean that ps3 owners will be PC gamers now?
well, that confirms the sony-gaikai partnership. can't wait.
Yeah, knowing Sony it'll be for games you already own. They won't be changing the retail landscape here, they don't have the balls.
Remote play is just too damn slow, even if you sit right next to the PS3.
So you buy a game, redeem code, now able to play it remotely on Vita using Gaikai's servers.
With cloud saving only available to PS+ members, of course.
Hmmm...Gaikai enables a custom created streaming module. You can license the tech and modify it for your business.What if it's something like:
- a new version of Remote Play for Vita (streaming all PS3 games to the handheld) or
- being able to play PS3 games on your PC (streaming all PS3 games to the PC) or
- being able to stream PC games to the PS3 (unlikely but nom nom nom)
- streaming BC for PS2 games
All of those options would be pretty sweet.
I really, really, really hope this will be an optional service. If Sony switches to cloud gaming as their primary platform instead of new hardware they can count me out. But then, we've been hearing about PS4 hardware specs for quite some time, so I don't think they would dump money into R&D if they didn't plan to commercialize it.