Machiavellian on 18 June 2013
| sniper989 said: PS4 can also use cloud computing though, can't it? Doubt it could be used in many games, though, as PS4 does not require an internet connection. |
Yes and no. Sony has servers that could be leverage to use cloud compute. The no comes into play because Sony does not have the infrastructure to do it to scale. They don't have the platform to do it like MS Orleans. They do not have the type of investment 14 billion today by MS on their cloud compute infrastructure. They do not have the amout of servers, processors and software to manage such a system.
If people are thinking of use Gaikai then just forget it. Do not forget that Sony bought GaiKai for 500Mil, Think about with that purchase price compared to 15 billion MS spent on their infrastructure alone and you see there is a world of difference between Azure and Gaikai.
