Playstation NOW - It's happening - GAIKAI

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kowenicki said:

eFKac said:

kowenicki said:

pezus said:

osed125 said:

Didn't Kaz made fun of the cloud to announce...a cloud service?

Anyway I'm with eFKac on this one, but it depends on how many games are available on this service. Why would I ever buy more than 1 device when I can just buy 1 and play all games in there? I honestly don't understand this. Depending on how they manage this it could potentially hurt some hardware sells. 

Edit: is it just to play old games?  well in that case this doesn't matter.

It's basically BC.

The two main announcements today are all to push sony hardware.

That is the only reason for this.

Now, the question is.  Is it enough to pursuade the buying public to buy a sony tv, a vaio or a tablet.

THAT is what this is about.  This is the end game of what sony has been trying to do for the last 5 years.

if they succeed and people start buying sony hardware to get to this content then sony is back

if they fail... they are fucked.  Its really that simple.

 

 

 

...In addition to PlayStation platforms, most 2014 US models of Sony’s BRAVIA TV lineup will support PS Now. Eventually the service will expand beyond PlayStation platforms and Sony devices, allowing you to stream PlayStation games across a broad range of Internet-connected devices... 

 

From the press release. Aaand this whole post was wrong.

eventually.

as in... never.

as in... if they do they are idiots.

Why exactly? 

What I take from it is, they want to infinitely broaden their market to sell games too. You won't need a PlayStation, which they don't really make that much money on hardware anyway (if at all, at launch for example), after a while, (if this takes off, but I don't see a reason why it wouldn't) you won't even need to own a Sony device. Sony may potentially lose about 100 million devices (PlayStation consoles) sold over a 7 year timespan, for X ammount of potential software sold.Let's say that sales of peripherals and gadgets related to consoles also are smaller, cause there is less of a reason to own a PS4 stand if you don't own a PS4, I imagine DualShock controllers will be mandatory though and their sales will rise.

In my opinion, it's a matter of, is having a exclusive PlayStation Now app on your Bravia enough to convince a consumer to buy it over a cheaper Samsung TV? I don't think that it would be enough for many. Same for Xperia's vs Galaxy's, etc. They still will have the PlayStation Now on Sony devices (maybe with some exclusive features?), they are just risking loosing a lot from their PlayStation hardware sales, only that. Other branches of hardware will still need to compete for the consumer with quality, price, etc. etc. just without an ADDITIONAL selling point of a PlayStation Now app. 

But the chance of a total non-gamer, or a casual, checking the app on their Samsung, LG, Panasonic, iPad, Galaxy S6 or anything other and renting a game is decent. I think that's a fine trade off.

 

Edit. It's hard for me as a die hard Sony hardware fan, a conservative fan, who can't imagine Sony stopping production of TVs and so on, but that is a potential gold mine, even if Sony is heading towards being a software provider. They worked hard to collect their entertainment assets, and this looks like the right direction to use it to their best business result. For me? Well, I'll just need to find a new favourite consumer electronic hardware manufacturer