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Machiavellian on 14 January 2014
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Mystro-Sama said:
kirby007 said:
Mystro-Sama said:
Anyone who falls for that cloud crap deserves to be robbed. >.>

Where do you base that on?

ignorance?


I base that on the idiots who keep telling me the X1 is superior because of cloud computing when the themselves don't even have a stable internet connection and refuse to regonize that the ps4 can do the same.

The thing is, the PS4 cannot just do the same.  This is the problem with most people thinking about cloud based technology.  The PS4 cannot just do cloud based processing like what MS is implementing for the X1 just like MS cannot do cloud based game streaming without the infrastructure, software and hardware that Sony is doing with Playstation Now.  It takes years to build the platform to accomplish those types of cloud based services.

The problem with most gamers is that you feel that creating such services is like turning on a switch but its not.  The cost that go with creating these platforms are in the billions and most companies have to bet one way or another.  

The reason this area favors MS is that they have built their platform which is Azure and Orleans.  Those platforms MS has invested Billions on datacenters, software, API etc.  Sony had to purchase Gaikai to even start in this space.  While Sony would have to rent space at datacenters like Rackspace and Amazon, MS already own their datacenters and have quite a bit of them around the world.  For Sony, these datacenters are a cost until Playstation now makes a profit.  MS datacenters already bring in profits so there is no pressure for the success of them implementation and thus their servers can run at cost to expand their business.

But as stated these are just advantages, it doesn't mean that Sony cannot compete, its that they will need to be smart and make sure they do not tackle more than they can chew and put themselves in the red.