(Business Perspective) Does MS really need Xbox Hardware?

[DonFerrari]

Machiavellian said:

DonFerrari said:

Even if Sony bought Gaikai much earlier than MS considered GP they really haven't put much effort into it (be it marketing, servers, content) before GP started to get traction.

True Sony has not put that much effort in PS Now because it did not take off.  Pretty much the same reason why MS chose to make XCloud part of GP Ultimate and a add on because the business isn't there to sustain the service on its on.  That goes for GP as well, while a very good service, its no where close to being able to sustain itself on its on and Ryuu makes so big points on that as well.

I'm not sure on PSNow if Sony didn't put money because it didn't take off or if it didn't take off because Sony didn't pour enough resources.

For GP I would say that MS willing to put a big bet on investing heavily on it to put a lot of content have accelerated GP a lot even if the streaming at the moment isn't the core of the purpose (well TVs are starting to offer GP app on them, but the standalone stick or more TVs will still take couple years perhaps).

Not sure that if at the time GP have a sustainable model (because even if not at loss it would be growing without being fathered by the titles that are subsided by other areas of MS) Sony will have time to react fast enough to keep relevancy on streaming/renting model.