Remember this news story? (From January)

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/88715/gaikai-one-of-the-big-three-not-to-release-a-next-gen-console/

Gaikai, the cloud gaming service, made a bold prediction about the next generation of console gaming. That one of the big three, Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony, will not be releasing a console in the next generation. "Not all of the current console makers will have one more generation. That will be the big news at E3," said Nanea Reeves, chief product officer for Gaikai.

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Now coupled with this:

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/OnLive-Gaikai-E30-2012-PlayStation-Vita,news-15353.html

Sony, the brains behind the PlayStation 3 and the recent PS Vita, will supposedly announce a cloud gaming deal during the Sony press conference on June 4. The deal will allow either Gaikai or OnLive games to be streamed on PlayStation hardware.

The rumor stems from an E3 preview piece which makes reference to a "partnership deal between PlayStation and a leading cloud gaming service," but declines to go into any further detail. However Ross McGrath, SCEE PlayStation Plus Content Manager, hinted earlier this week that the service may require PlayStation Plus.

"If you don't have a PS+ subscription, now is the time to get one. For real. Just get 3 months if you aren't sure. Trust me," McGrath tweeted.

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What do you think of this?

I personally hope Sony don't go this route. I like my physical copies and not everyone has a fast, unlimited internet connection. But it seems suspicious that first Gaikai says (boldly and confidently) that one of the big three manufacturers won't have a next gen per se and then very strong rumours appear that Sony is partnering with a cloud gaming service. Put two and two together and...

(edit: Also, the Sony conference at E3 is called 'The Future of Gameplay and Innovation', could this future be referring to cloud gaming?).

there will be a PS4 Sony can more than Afford it and it will be awesome

This horrible possibility occurred to me as well, but it is so distasteful that I tried to pretend that it didn't.

PSOrbis

yes it does sound like it could be true.. i thought it would be M$ though tbh.
hmm i do like box arts though...

Does this mean Uncharted would come to Xbox? If so, I hope it's true!

Lol, I know. I've been thinking about this for a while, as soon as the latest rumours appeared I remember those statements from Gaikai, but I put the thoughts aside.

But the idea never left my mind so...

man-bear-pig said: Does this mean Uncharted would come to Xbox? If so, I hope it's true!

If this were true Gaikai would surely have a way to block Sony exclusive content.

I wouldn't mind this "OnLive Playstation", but I doubt Sony would pass the opportunity to sell another 70M+ consoles because of it.

If cloud gaming is their strategy going forward, then create some decent but not incredible hardware, sell for a profit, all while hyping up this service. If its released on PS3 it will get shunned, especially as Nintendo and Microsoft are releasing their new consoles.

No, because the spec is known and I trust the source (Charlie)

What are the specs?