| Soundwave said: This is not about selling games. In a lot of ways this is nothing to do with video games period. This is about the CLOUD and who is going to control it ... Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, or Google. This is bigger than video games, Microsoft doesn't give a shit (at the top end of the company) about console wars. They do care a lot about the cloud. The problem with GamerPass on PS4 for Sony is it undermines the old, traditional business model of consoles that Sony is reliant on. That's why they can't allow things like GamerPass or even EA Access. But if gaming goes streaming centric, Sony is in trouble. It's gonna be one of the big boys (MS, Apple, Amazon, or Google) that likely controls it. |
Having looked into the streaming situation a bit more this is very true MS are lining Nintendo up to be one of their major clients I can see them pitching cloud tech and offering server services for online to Nintendo. For MS this would mean the entire dedicated portable market would be a consistent userbase for them, Sony right now if all this comes into being would be banging their heads against a wall as it's not a traditional set up like they adept at dealing with, all of Sony's for lack of better words defeats to competition in the gaming space has come from non traditional situations, PSP, PS3 and Vita were beaten out by situations that are unorthodox.
I don't see gaming going fully streaming centric but I can see the streaming side of things becoming a feature for platforms like how online has and at some point Sony would either have to partner up or be forced to create their own.
