| osed125 said: imo the purchase of Gaikai was a dumb move by Sony, sure cloud gaming could become a big thing in North America and Europe, but what about the rest of the world? Contrary to popular believe the internet it's not fast enough in most places to have a optimal cloud gaming experience. Sony could potentially screw over all of their consumers outside North America and Europe. Of course all I said could become true if they decided to go all out on cloud gaming, if you can still buy fisical copies of games then it's not really a big problem. |
Yes, it wouldn't just isolate those outside NA and EU. The internet isn't developed enough in NA to handle the consumer base. Sony would be reducing their target market by 5000% or something. Well that is today, in a few years things might change. It might be first successful in Japan where internet is fast, then Europe, then North America, but it will still only be a service in the wide scheme of things. Sony has already "confirmed" physical media next gen, which is stilll the smartest move. Only next gen will most likely have simultaneous digital releases, just like the Vita is doing now. The PS3 can pull that off every now and then but next gen they will require digital availability day one. People talk that maybe when cloud gaming hits it will make the consoles the last consoles, but that depends on how developed the internet is by then, if not another generation of hardware is possible. Hopefully the world will have a fully developed internet structure to allow for streamlined services like that, until then there are options for everyone.
Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(
