kowenicki said:
Turkish said:
kowenicki said:
Turkish said:
DirtyP2002 said:
well, it makes you wonder if 380 million for a smaller service was a reasonable price. |
What do you mean smaller service? Buying Gaikai was a lot better than buying OnLive for Sony.
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Why? Why did they need to buy either? Don't they know how the internet works?
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Maybe because the way Gaikai works is a lot more suited for Sony's needs? Its actually seen as a very cheap buy. A company with no debt, that uses modular server configurations, was a better choice for Sony that want cloud computing on several devices. OnLive was expensive to run, had fixed server configurations, it was 1:1.
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And Sony couldn't create this? The truth is nobody knows if it was cheap or not yet. But it would have been cheaper today that's for sure.
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They could, but how much more would that cost Sony to start from scratch? Why are you sure it would be cheaper if they bought it today? OnLive was once worth $1.8b. Gaikai will be a gold mine for Sony if they utilize it right.
