SCE buys Gaikai, Sony make first move into Streaming Games

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crissindahouse said:

Sal.Paradise said:

"In a world where Instagram sells for $1bn, Sony's $380m acquisition of Gaikai looks like an astute piece of business that could potentially revolutionise its PlayStation business."

"OnLive is being mooted as a Microsoft acquisition target but with valuations as high as $1.8bn, the Sony's Gaikai tie-up looks like even more of a bargain."

OnLive valuation at $1.8bn and it's not even as good. Smart move getting Gaikai. The deal with Samsung that Gaikai made already should stay in place also, get Playstation branded content onto those TVs as well all for that single buyout price. 

i have no clue about all these services but if onlive would cost much more, shouldn't there be a reason why it costs more? why does it cost more if it isn't as good? is it on the stock market and that's the reason? (like i said, i don't really know these companies that's why i ask). and if this onlive isn't so good, microsoft should start an own service. shouldn't be so hard for them to start this kind of service with their experience.

OnLive is a fully set up streaming delivery service, with retail hardware boxes, controllers and games out there for people to buy.

Gaikai has the tech (and better tech - better image quality, better server coverage especially in Europe and a partnership with Nvidia tech that is resulting in the lowest latency on the market) but is still smaller and only offer demo streaming from their website.

I believe it was a company made to be bought out at some stage, not to operate on its own like OnLive.