Sony has claimed that traditional consoles are the only devices powerful enough to play games at the 'expected quality' - in an unveiled dig at Cloud gaming services.
Server-based, streaming games systems such as OnLive and Gaikai have been clocking up the column inches in recent months - with both innovations set to launch this year.
However, when MCV asked PlayStation UK boss Ray Maguire if Cloud-based gaming spelled the end for the traditional console, he replied:
"Whilst the remote storage and access of files is becoming increasingly common, when it comes to delivering an entertainment experience on par with the quality consumers have come to expect and that they demand, dedicated games consoles remain the only systems powerful enough to do this."
This has been said loads before sony/steam/nintendo/microsoft are all in our houses already and are capable of downloading the main bulk of a game so all you get is the foundation blocks couple hundred MB the rest is controlled by the cloudarcade,simples. Then it's only £1 a go for three lives just like the good'ol bad'ol days of the penny arcades only this time you can't bump off the ten pee falls to get some more money to carry on.
the pc, 360 or ps3 cant run online games guaranteed no lag with the disc in the tray... so what chance do they have streaming an entire game and online play through your phone line??
I reckon cloud gaming is still a loooong way off. Look at how VR died on it's ass. The idea was great, but the technology was not available to fully realise that idea. I reckon they should try VR again now we have much more powerful systems.
i think you're on to something kimoak. With 1:1 motion controls and a helmet that used tech similar to 3d conemas and the like, not to mention the high standard of graphics these days i think VR would work wonderfully now.
i think you're on to something kimoak. With 1:1 motion controls and a helmet that used tech similar to 3d conemas and the like, not to mention the high standard of graphics these days i think VR would work wonderfully now.
Sounds like the inevitable "Natal Plus" MS will release in 2011
i think you're on to something kimoak. With 1:1 motion controls and a helmet that used tech similar to 3d conemas and the like, not to mention the high standard of graphics these days i think VR would work wonderfully now.
Sounds like the inevitable "Natal Plus" MS will release in 2011
That sounds less like Microsoft and more like Nin-our-sales-dipped-1%-so-we-released-a-small-update-at-a-higher-price-to-rinse-every-penny-from-the-suckers-maybe-we-should-have-made-it-better-in-the-first-place?-tendo.
We're probably at least 20 years or more away from this idea, some people in the UK don't even have broadband, they're still stuck with dial-up. My connection is only 2.3mbps most of the time. It's too early to start using OnLive, it'll be a total failure in all countries except Asia, where they MAY be able to handle the huge amounts of data.
This is possibly the first sensible comment that has come from sony for around a decade!
We're probably at least 20 years or more away from this idea, some people in the UK don't even have broadband, they're still stuck with dial-up. My connection is only 2.3mbps most of the time. It's too early to start using OnLive, it'll be a total failure in all countries except Asia, where they MAY be able to handle the huge amounts of data.
I think it will be more like never. This type of streaming is never going to work, even if they do sort out the broadband problem. The problem is that server tech development will have to seriously out pace console and PC development. As they are to all intensive purposes the same tech then this is not going to happen. As consoles get more advanced (and therefore the games get more hungry for power) the server hardware required to run the games will need to be more powerful (and remember that each server will be asked to run a number of games at the same time). The expense to set this up for a serious sized audience will be too prohibitive. Also are keep games alive when only a few people are playing them? Probably not, in which case say goodbye to playing your favorite game when it is over 12 months old (or even less depending on the number of users).
This comes from the company who once dominated the console market! Coming from the same people that have seen Nintendo outsell their product with a lower technical spec console, and Microsoft, the new boys on the block giving them a fair run for their money with a less capable system and older technology (DVD).
Forgive me if I don't really care or believe what Sony say. And I'm not being biased either, as I would say the same had the comments come from Microsoft or Nintendo. No one knows exactly how the industry will change in future and that includes the console makers. Or perhaps Sony planned for Nintendo's cheaper, less capable system to outsell theirs and held back their wand/Nintendo similar product?
Cloud gaming hasn't proved itself and only time will tell if it's going to be profitable or popular. In years to come it may dominate gaming and be the future for Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, or maybe it'll prove to be totally useless and will be forgotten about. It's a sure bet that if it works, technically and financially Sony will seriously consider a similar service, and for them to suggest otherwise is downright pathetic. I expect Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and many others will keep a very close eye on cloud gaming as they do anything that could become part of gaming in the future.
guys this isn't going to happen anytime soon, if you can't accept that then you can believe that this company has totally revolutionized compression/data streaming tech and look like an idiot.
If they have done then dont you think they would just license the sh1t out of it and make way more money then just doing this game service?
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