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"Sony Prepares for Life After Game Consoles"- Bloomberg Businessweek
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geordiemp
Member
Agree.
People buy a Ps4 to have better image quality games and nice response times when playing.
Cloud based gaming for many genres such a shooters / fighters and action games does not sound appealing at all.
Game streaming sounds as exciting as Ouya.
CapHarlock
Neo Member
It's not as far out as 2050 either, more and more gamers are already buying games though downloading. The new gen of gamers are not as attached to their hard copy as we are.
Shyamalan twist.
MS leads in streaming games?
HolyBaikal
Banned
Well, Elon Musk says that this is happening very soon.
I don't know if true... but that would be wonderful.
If current/next gen console sales were falling due to other media and phone/tablets, then maybe. However console hardware is selling more than ever so the demand is there.
If anything, I think Sony needs to speed up their download speeds so people can buy digital and get content faster.
If anything, I think Sony needs to speed up their download speeds so people can buy digital and get content faster.
The Praiseworthy
Member
We are talking about streaming games, not downloading them.
Beside even if more and more players are heading through digital downloading... there is just no way that's mean the physical games are dying or or on the way out because there are always those in the world with their own reasons ( bad internet \ collectors \ old fashion \ want to own the game and have the option to lend or or sell it ect ) who are always going for the physical copies.... so what is going to happen is giving the option to the customers to get their games digitally or physically, they won't take one option out and force us with the other........ unless they really hate money and sales.
Black Mantis
Member
Yes, but they don't tend to make much of a profit on hardware sales, software is where the most money comes from.
publicpwnerer
Member
Amen. No purchaseable classic titles on the PS4, only this games as a service bullshit.
I intend to make this apparent every time PSNow comes up. Hopefully Sony gets their heads out of their arses.
Sephiroth_VII
Member
The Praiseworthy
Member
They take the hardware out --> go fully streaming or digital--> the majority of the world don't depends on their internet connection to do so because it sucks --> software sales goes way way down --> the most stupid idea ever.
Keep the hardware which still sells a lot --> keep selling the games physically and digitally and give the option to the customers --> the hardware still sells and make some profits also the software --> they stay in business and make money --> gamers can still buy games the way they wish and play --> everyone wins.
Gaming isn't as same as movies / music, sure they must realize that.
alexandros
Banned
It will take over all of gaming.
freakzilla149
Banned
And it may never be but they need to right there at the forefront of it so that they aren't chasing after the next big after it's already taken off.
ShaoranWright
Member
Details about Sony's 2015 Android TVs leak
http://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1417780131
Yep, their strategy is quite clear.
http://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1417780131
Yep, their strategy is quite clear.
So with the rise of 4k tvs, what is the realistic bandwith needed to actually stream a 4k resolution game and have a solid framerate?
I think answering that question is kind of the catalyst to determining exactly how far into the future we are talking about. After all, fiber Internet isnt even a thought in most of the country thanks to the corrupt oligarchic cable companies. And I'm assuming fiber is a must?
I think answering that question is kind of the catalyst to determining exactly how far into the future we are talking about. After all, fiber Internet isnt even a thought in most of the country thanks to the corrupt oligarchic cable companies. And I'm assuming fiber is a must?
Ultra-fast unlimited internet that's available everywhere has been just around the corner for how many years already (according to analysts)? It's funny because things seem to be moving the other way around, with ISPs and mobile operators tightening their caps and adding them where there were none.
Streaming tech and the infrastructure will get better and when we look at other forms of media, it seems inevitable that this will happen to gaming as well. Sony would be stupid not to prepare in some way for that future before being caught off guard again.
The bulk of the money was made with royalties anyway so missing the hardware business isn't that bad.
That's not to say that this will happen soon. Many of the core gamers won't accept streaming in the near future because of the input lag and image quality issues and these early adopters can be quite important. But technology evolves quickly. There are many things right now I couldn't have imagined as possible 10 years ago.
Sony could also go both ways for a short time, like streaming PS5 games for the less tech savvy and giving people a PS5 home console that care about image quality and input lag.
The bulk of the money was made with royalties anyway so missing the hardware business isn't that bad.
That's not to say that this will happen soon. Many of the core gamers won't accept streaming in the near future because of the input lag and image quality issues and these early adopters can be quite important. But technology evolves quickly. There are many things right now I couldn't have imagined as possible 10 years ago.
Sony could also go both ways for a short time, like streaming PS5 games for the less tech savvy and giving people a PS5 home console that care about image quality and input lag.
I think it's more realistic that you'd have a a tonne of rendering capacity on the cloud side downsampling from a higher res like 4K before streaming out at 1080p, say. We don't necessarily have to be able to stream at 4K to experience some of the benefit of that resolution.
But anyway, this (i.e. high end games) is where I think Sony should be going. Classics is nice and all, but the promise of the cloud is to be able to do things beyond the local machine. Even if this isn't something they should do wholesale in the near future, I think it would be really interesting if they did even just one show-case premium cloud-streamed game that went well beyond PS4's capabilities. A proof of concept for what the future could be like.
Q
qizah
Unconfirmed Member
If anything the PS4 proves otherwise that game consoles are dead.
Even Sony doesn't know why it was selling so well.
People are obviously still willing to buy consoles, so I think this is a long way off.
Even Sony doesn't know why it was selling so well.
People are obviously still willing to buy consoles, so I think this is a long way off.
Canis lupus
Member
Consoles aren't going anywhere yet. They're preparing for what could come in 10-15 years time.
Gamezone
Gold Member
They sell well because of the Xbox One launch mess.