Pachter about the Sony/Gaikai deal inside

[Chandler]

happydolphin said:

Chandler said:

PDF said:
Watched ign video one the issue. They seem to use this to promote their TVs. Why buy this other tv tv, when i could buy this sony tv/videogame device.

So instead of buying their next 599$ console I need to buy their next 1000$+ TV to play Uncharted & co.? See my other comment above, I don't like this at all.

Yes, but once these next TVs that have their own apps (already available) become mainstream and are in homes, people no longer need to buy TV or console. It would be a simple app away.

@ your first post:

I think Sony is once again too early in their approach to make this investment feasible. There are still a lot of countries where the internetz is not fast enough or capped with download limits. Also, wouldn't this kind of streaming tech produce A LOT of traffic, especially if the next Playstation would merely be a service like this and not a console? I also don't like the idea to be dependable on the internet to get access to my games. Are they even my games or do I merely rent them for the time I use them? There are a lot of people who complain that they are forced to be online to play even single player games and I am one of them. I don't like this direction but to each their own I guess. It's good that every console manufacturer chooses their own path so I still can choose what style suits me best.

Gakai works with server clusters located near the area of service. If the latency is too high in one area or they can't offer service in that area due to cost, they just won't and a message will appear to the user notifying them as such.

Your answers don't put me at ease at all. I don't see the big difference in buying a new console every 6 years and buying a new TV set every 10 years or so. Even if I could use the TV for 25 years, who does that at the pace the tech is evolving right now?

 

Also, the possibility of simply being denied access to my games due to high traffic or internet outage or whatever is not a future I am looking forward to. Maybe it will be good but right now I see a lot of question marks and possible bottlenecks. I just like to have my games at arms length and at my disposal whenever I want to play them.