What is Sony planning to do with Gaikai in the long term?

[Andrespetmonkey]

walsufnir said:

Andrespetmonkey said:

They said on the 20th... Long-term goals were all PS titles (includes third parties) available for streaming. All PS4 titles on PSV. GK will also be on other platforms like phones and tablets (not sure if limited to Sony products).

Looking beyond this gen it's hard to tell because the industry is quite unpredictable at this point, with all the potential transitioning going on (to streaming, DD, mobile games, PC-console hybrids etc.). If streaming really takes off I imagine GK will be the focal point of PS5, it may not even be a new box. But who knows?

*All* titles? Wow, that would be a lot ;) If they really limit it to Sony platforms it would definitely make sense to have something exclusive for their hardware but this would require to have a lot of Sony hardware floating around to earn enough money to keep the service up.

If they really want to make money they should at least offer it to Android and ios - just imagine how many users you could reach! Also keep in mind that Gaikai is by now not the only streaming service and most probably the competition will rise when it turns out to be attractive to users. If you limit your services to your own hardware ppl will choose what service is available to their existing hardware and don't buy new hardware, IMO.

And yes, I think next-next-gen will be a lot different to what is going to be released this year.

Yeah I had an idea a while back about how Sony could bring GK to android/IOS. I think it should be a free app, heavily promoting PS4/Vita, with all game previews and demos available. Could be a great marketing tool. If the full service is available to IOS/android phones it kind of invalidates PSV's position in the market, and to a lesser extent even the PS4.